ultra start 1270 2006 escape panic alarm

Sometimes the panic alarm goes off when I open the door after unlocking with the Ultra Start remote. It doesn't happen all the time and I haven't been able to figure out the circumstances that causes it. I can only shut it off by inserting the key in the ignition and turning it.

This is a 2006 Ford Escape with no alarm system and a Ultra Start 1270 remote starter.
Thanks in advance for any help.

It is not disarming your factory alarm. When you lock your doors via the door switch you arm the factory alarm, then you unlock it with your ultra start remote  and it triggers the horn.

I just tried locking with door switch then unlocking with remote and the panic didn't go off. It only happens occasionally and I've tried to make it happen this afternoon but it wont. The vehicle does not have factory alarm, just the panic alarm.

Thanks, That seems to be the problem. I didn't wait 2 minutes yesterday and tried it today and it went off.

I'm not real happy with this installation. They also didn't install the hood pin switch.
Do you think a different shop will even work on this or should I take it back to the same shop?

You can also grab the disarm wire in the drivers kick. If it was installed by a shop return the shop and have them hook up the disarm, as far as the pin switch many shops do not use them as they tend to corrode very fast in some areas and fail as a result.

They should be using the Arm and Disarm wires in the car instead of the lock and unlock wires. Then they will need to set the unit to double pulse unlock. I usually set it to a shorter unlock pulse as well so the doors unlock quicker. This is an easy car to work on. How they screwed this one up I don't know. Right now the factory alarm isn't arming unless you lock the car with the door open.

I am not a fan of hood pin switches either because of the same reason as the post above this. If you do have them put one in, get a mercury type switch that mounts to the underside of the hood. The 'plunger type' switches that often come with remote starters are crap. They rust out within a year or two if you are located in an area that snows.

Thanks for all the advice guys !
If there are any techs in central Indiana that frequent this forum and want to fix this, let me know. I really don't want to take it back to the same shop.

It was careless of the shop not to check to see if you have a factory alarm, but still, it's a small and easily corrected error.

But why not go back to where it was installed and have them fix it?

I don't know about the other guys here, but I try not to touch stuff that was installed by someone else.

Basically, if it's something small, I'll fix it for free if I'm in a good mood. If it's something big, I'll offer to pull everything out, charge you full price, and put a whole new system in.

My experience is that if I charge you $10, 20, 100 or whatever to repair it, now I own the whole thing, and every problem in the future will be considered my fault.........I think a lot of other shops you go to are going to feel the same way.

if it is an 06 it does have an alarm guaranteed even the lowest model has it. in the drivers kp there are WHITE/ violet(lock and arm) and blue/green (unlock/disarm) the disarm is a double pulse first pulse diarms second pulse unlocks so youll have to program for double pulse unlock and also hook up ur disarm wire to the blue green as well.

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Steve Sverdahl
Swerksound Auto Electric
Red Deer Alberta

Hood pins are very important not only for saftey but also security, and are reqired by law. if you dont insatll a pin and a mechanic is hurt you can be in big trouble . if u live in an area where corrosion is an issue paint it

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Steve Sverdahl
Swerksound Auto Electric
Red Deer Alberta

The way it pans out in the us, is as long as the discalmier sticker is visible than the hood pin is an option, yes it would still be an issue in a civil case (everything is). As far as security, this is a standard remote starting system, not an alarm. 

in the case of an injury to a mechanic due to not hqaving a hood pin the case would not only be civil but criminal. anyways thats how it goes in canada

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Steve Sverdahl
Swerksound Auto Electric
Red Deer Alberta

i said that theyre important for security in general i am aware that this is only an rs install. too many installers think that things like this are optional

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Steve Sverdahl
Swerksound Auto Electric
Red Deer Alberta