just wondering I've had my car for almost a year when I first bought it I locked and closed the doors the alarm was then activeded so I went to toca bell, and somebody was saying my alarm was going off, I went and turned it off. When I tried to do agian it didn't work.
So today i found out it was a bad fuse.

now my ? is how does the stock alarm system go off.

 

if you open a door / trunk / hood with it on.

 

why does mine not work like that? could the alarm not be working right

 

Sure the problem was the stock alarm???

The stock alarm, honks the horn and flashes the Hazard lights.

The only way for the stock alarm to trigger, is for the door to be unlock from the inside or opened without the key, or the trunk or hood to be opened.

As far as arming, you lock with the interior latch switch, hold the outside door handle up, and close the door. it will arm in less than a minute after that (if you want to use the search function found in the upper right hand corner, you'll be able to find outr more).

To disarm, you simply use the key in the drivers door (or either door on the 88 models).