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Vansolo

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Posted: December 09, 2007 at 8:36 PM / IP Logged

As the topic stated. I just install a new car battery into my wife's SUV and now the aftermarket alarm won't respond to our remotes. She is driving a Toy Highlander and the alarm install in the SUV is a Clifford Solaris with remote start. The car alarm won't sound (which is good), and I cannot even put it into valet mode. I also check the fuses to the alarm and everything is ok. Do I need to reprogram the remotes, which I don't think so?

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Posted: December 09, 2007 at 9:00 PM / IP Logged

Who put the battery in the vehicle? Ther is a chance that they did not reconnect the alarm constant wire.

Vansolo

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Posted: December 09, 2007 at 11:11 PM / IP Logged

I installed the battery myself today. What is the alarm constant wire? There are no other wires connected to the battery terminals except for the factory battery cable wires.

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Posted: December 09, 2007 at 11:51 PM / IP Logged

Most of the Clifford alarms say "go to the battery" for 12 volts......and most installers DO NOT.

So your alarm does "nothing" correct?

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Posted: December 10, 2007 at 3:26 AM / IP Logged

Check all 4 fuses and the ground, rewire if possible to battery Solaris ( I had 2 over the years) never went wrong.

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Posted: December 10, 2007 at 6:46 AM / IP Logged

When we sold the old Clifford/Avital line (prior to the DEI acquisition) occasionally we would have similar problems. For some reason the brain of the systems would lock up from the 'spikes' caused by reconnecting the battery. Simply disconnecting the battery, turning the ignition key to the run position leaving it on while reconnecting the battery solved our issue most of the time.

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Vansolo

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Posted: December 10, 2007 at 8:45 AM / IP Logged

Thanks for all your inputs guys. I'll do that when I get home from work this afternoon. One thing thou Twelvoltz, on doing what you meantion above. Wouldn't that might fried some of my electronic circuitries in my car if I do that?

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Posted: December 10, 2007 at 2:57 PM / IP Logged

What he suggested should not bother anything at all. But if you do not feel comfortable doing that, you could try just disconnecting the alarm brain for a couple minutes and then try hooking it back up. This should reset the alarm.

howie ll

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Posted: December 10, 2007 at 6:00 PM / IP Logged

I thought the old trick of disconnecting a Clifford for a few seconds to reboot it only applied to G1, 2 and 3 Cliffords. G4's had more compliance in the circuitry and you could go to a heavy perm in car and a local ground (I'm a bloody hypocrite, I've still gone to the battery with my current G4!!)

Vansolo

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Posted: December 10, 2007 at 10:38 PM / IP Logged

Well guys, I tried disconnecting the battery, turning the ignition key to the run position leaving it on while reconnecting the battery method. With that, it was still no result. I will try disconnecting the plug from the alarm brain and see if that will work next. It's not fun living here in the frozen north. So it will have to wait until the it is a little warmer outside.

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