Picnic Alarm

[darkshadow]

alarm siren goes off for no apprent season, is it possible to disarm/or disable and lock up using key only. or can i adjust the sentivity,if so how?on a 97 picnic. many thanks.

[douglasi]

alarm siren goes off for no apprent season, is it possible to disarm/or disable and lock up using key only. or can i adjust the sentivity,if so how?on a 97 picnic. many thanks.

Have the same prob - use the key to lock up. Have you resolved it at all please?

[Surv1v0r]

alarm siren goes off for no apprent season, is it possible to disarm/or disable and lock up using key only. or can i adjust the sentivity,if so how?on a 97 picnic. many thanks.

Have the same prob - use the key to lock up. Have you resolved it at all please?

I have a very similar problem - except that it only happens in freezing weather. Last year I drove out to a ski resort in France and the car alarm kept going off in the middle of the night - I only happened to find out when some local happened to see me opening the car door one day and complained about his disturbed sleep.

The way I get round the problem is to lock the doors with the switch on the driver's door, close the door and then lock it with the key - effectively disabling the alarm.

I have spoken to many dealers and nobody has ever been able to explain how to resolve the problem other than by methodically swapping out parts - very expensively.

[rotaryx]

Try double clicking lock button on the remote, this disables interior sensing, (used when leaving a dog in the car),

this will usually stops the false alarms usually caused by changing temperatures inside the vehicle.

hope this helps, worked for me.

[Cadzow75]

Hey everyone, just new to the forums as i have a few problems with my picnic. I experienced this alarm problem on and off for quite a number of months, with the alarm randomly going off during the day and at night. Initially i got round this problem by using the key to lock the door on the drivers side, while opening the car using the fob. For a while this worked until i accidentally locked the car on the passenger door and the car went back to its usual ways. I decided the problem might have to do with the locks on the passenger and tailgate doors ceasing up, since they were never used. I sprayed these well with some wd40 lubricant and it seems to have worked with locking the drivers door and opening the car using the fob. Its worth a try, making sure all the locks are working and well lubricated - worked for me.

Good luck!

[Nicky Rhodes]

I've been told to maybe replace the siren Battery, as these tend to leak and corrode, causing false alarm when the alarm is set...

Will let you know how I get on =)