01 Ranger Edge False Alarms
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Forum Name: Car Security and Convenience
Forum Discription: Car Alarms, Keyless Entries, Remote Starters, Immobilizer Bypasses, Sensors, Door Locks, Window Modules, Heated Mirrors, Heated Seats, etc.
URL: https://www.the12volt.com/installbay/forum_posts.asp?tid=85966
Printed Date: May 29, 2024 at 12:30 AM
Topic: 01 Ranger Edge False Alarms
Posted By: jaysinsr
Subject: 01 Ranger Edge False Alarms
Date Posted: November 21, 2006 at 8:30 AM
I've been reading some posts concerning the Fords. I thought I hooked up the wires correctly with the diodes. I checked it to make sure. Everything seemed to work flawlessly. But now I keep getting false alarms every few hours. I have the Hornet 564T and hooked it up to my 01 Ford Ranger. The two way pager tells me the doors are being opened. But every time I check, everything is secure. Any suggestions? Also, if I wanted to hook up my horn to go off with the alarm, what wire do I use from the alarm? Thank you all for the great info!
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Posted By: Big Dog
Date Posted: November 21, 2006 at 8:55 AM
Usually about thirty minutes after arming? Use the door triggers to drive a relay which will create a door trigger signal to the 564T.
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Posted By: jaysinsr
Date Posted: November 21, 2006 at 10:04 AM
No, it's very strange. Sometimes it's an hour, sometimes two, sometimes more. I thought maybe I had a bad switch in the door, but whenever I got out to check the truck after the alarm goes off, the dome light is off. If the door switch regestered open, I think the light would stay on for a few seconds. It's got me scratching my head... So for the horn to work with the alarm, I need to purchase a relay? There isn't a wire from the alarm itself I could use?
Posted By: KarTuneMan
Date Posted: November 21, 2006 at 2:44 PM
Where did you pick up your door trigger? Go to the under dash light. No diodes needed, and no more false alarms. If you are using the negative trigger....you need to diode isolate. -------------
Posted By: jaysinsr
Date Posted: November 21, 2006 at 4:03 PM
Right-on, so is the dash light also negative? I bought everything in a pack. It came with it. Or are you talking about the ones in the door? Those came with the truck. I connected at the GEM. Used two diodes, one for each door. I'll try the dash light, awesome idea, thanks!
Posted By: slicksam
Date Posted: November 21, 2006 at 8:04 PM
I have a ranger , been there for that problem. In each kick panel , get the door latch wire, hook them up together and wire up the relay to send a trigger to the alarm. On those truck , the truck goes on sleep mode after 30 min to 1 hour(everything goes to ground) do that and your problem is fixed ------------- Testing is the key
Posted By: qdaddy
Date Posted: November 21, 2006 at 10:04 PM
find the latch wires in their respective kick panels driver is yellow/black pass is gray/red must cut each wire and insert diode band facing the door and alarm wire same side as band can also do this at gem jus make sure u hook diode up in right direction band away from gem tap alarm on band side 
Posted By: jaysinsr
Date Posted: November 21, 2006 at 11:35 PM
Thank you all. I'll be doing this during the four day weekend. If I could just ask another quick question, would mounting the transciever in the piller give me better range? I currently have it in the dash, but was hoping to get a little better. Thank you all again!
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