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Is it my Ignition or has the Clifford Alarm taken over?

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Old 09-02-08, 11:59 PM
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Is it my Ignition or has the Clifford Alarm taken over?

I recently got back from 3 weeks of working on the road. I left my car at home and it had a bad battery and when I get back to start working on it some weird things have happened.

So i bought a new battery and hooked it up. The Clifford alarm went crazy once i turned it on and once i turned it off i went to turn the car over and nothing came on. no lights on the dash, no headlights, no stereo....nothing. But the alarm works fine.

I did all the archived advise of checking the grounds, cleaned the connections to the battery and still no power whatsoever....

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Fusible links? Did you see any sparks when you changed out the battery?
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No sparks. I checked all the fuses and they are all good.
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it is possible that if the alarm is turned off the car wont work.

unlikely but possible.
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My old alarm had to be reset with the remote (hold button down for 5 sec) but I ended up pulling it out when I tracked down my occasional no start to the damn thing. Pulled it all out and starts every time now...
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I went through the user manual to disarm the alarm and it is still inactive. Called the local stereo installer and they are gonna take a look. Seems like it has over ridden the system preventing the ignition from getting power. Ill find out tomorrow what the deal is!
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is there an external relay thats part of the alarm you can jump?
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Originally Posted by Kentetsu
Fusible links? Did you see any sparks when you changed out the battery?
You win!

I check them but upon putting them back in they got fried. So a new link fixed it.

I would buy you a beer if i could
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