MY Truck had this alarm when I got it...

[ballsie]

Lets start by saying I know NOTHING about alarms... other than they always f*ck up on me.

Its the "Echo" by Omega. I have no idea if its a good alarm, not too worried about it. But I have a couple of questions:

Why do I have to press the "unlock" button 3 times before it unlocks the doors.
Same thing for when I arm it.. It will arm with the first click, but I have to press it atleast 2 more times to lock or unlock the doors.


Any ideas?

 

[bahollis]

Alarm quirks

My wife's factory alarm on her Grand Prix requires two pushes to unlock all the doors. First push only unlocks the driver. Second does the other three.

I am assuming that the problem you have is not a faulty unit, but the way it's programmed.

I agree with you that it kinda sucks to have to go through all that to operate it.

I'd try to locate a PDF manual online for your specific unit and see if it's re-programmable.

Try here
http://www.caralarm.com/manuals.asp

Later
BH

 

[ballsie]

Ya, I have followed the instructions in the manual, but had no luck. I was wondering if there were any alarm guys here that would know any little tricks with this thing. It actually locks/unlocks the doors all at the same time. My other car only activates the driver door on the first click as well.

 

[YukonJacks]

What year is your truck???

 

[ballsie]

2004