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We have a new to us 2004 EX, with 119,000 miles. The alarm just recently started going off at random when parked and locked obviously. I have read all I can using the search function, and have done some "poking" around with the hood latch and the tailgate latch, but still have intermittent alarms.
I am hopeful that it is a problem in one of the switches to the doors. I have tried just disconnecting the hood switch but still get the alarm. The switches are "closed" when the doors/hood are open, so logic says I should be able to just unplug the switch and the car will think that the door/hood is shut as the circuit will now be "open". It is a little confusing with the open/closed thing, but that is how I see it.
What I propose is to unplug the switches, one at a time and wait an appropriate period(until the darn alarm goes off again) to see what happens. If the alarm sounds, I plug that one back in and go to the next door. This should eliminate the door switches, unless I am missing something I don't understand. If my problem goes away before I get all the way through, then great. If not I will think on this some more.
I would be interested in your thoughts about this.
By the way, the dealer says they will diagnose my problem for $85, but I am not really optimistic they could tell me much for that money.
I am hopeful that it is a problem in one of the switches to the doors. I have tried just disconnecting the hood switch but still get the alarm. The switches are "closed" when the doors/hood are open, so logic says I should be able to just unplug the switch and the car will think that the door/hood is shut as the circuit will now be "open". It is a little confusing with the open/closed thing, but that is how I see it.
What I propose is to unplug the switches, one at a time and wait an appropriate period(until the darn alarm goes off again) to see what happens. If the alarm sounds, I plug that one back in and go to the next door. This should eliminate the door switches, unless I am missing something I don't understand. If my problem goes away before I get all the way through, then great. If not I will think on this some more.
I would be interested in your thoughts about this.
By the way, the dealer says they will diagnose my problem for $85, but I am not really optimistic they could tell me much for that money.