A problem solved
By koopharper
@koopharper (7477)
Canada
September 3, 2016 6:35pm CST
First problem of the month taken care of. Dealer was more helpful that I had expected.
Part way through the week, for no apparent reason the van horn started blaring and the lights started flashing in the driveway with no one near our family minivan.
Tried working all the locks manually to try and reset the system. A few minutes later it went off again. Tried everything we could think of and shortly after the "fix" it would go off again.
I yanked the horn module out of the fuse box in frustration. You think some idiot blowing their horn in a traffic jam is annoying. Try sticking your head under the hood when it's going off.
Temporarily we ended up pulling the battery cable to stop the problem. My wife dropped by the GM dealer to see if they had any ideas that wouldn't break the bank. They disabled the hood sensor and now the problem is gone. No charge just we have to put up with an electronic message on the dash saying the hood is ajar. I can live with that.
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7 responses
@peavey (16936)
• United States
9 Sep 16
@koopharper Oh, no... I'm sorry that didn't do it. I hope you figured it out. These things can be frustrating at times!
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@koopharper (7477)
• Canada
9 Sep 16
Turns out it isn't as solved as we thought. I may have figured it out but time will tell.
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@koopharper (7477)
• Canada
5 Sep 16
Well it worked for two days anyway. Tonight it went off again. Back to square one.
@koopharper (7477)
• Canada
5 Sep 16
@paigea We'll be pulling the wire off the battery until they can have another look at it and/or we have the cash to fix it right.
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@Bluedoll (16774)
• Canada
6 Sep 16
@koopharper So the guys at the dealership didn't solve it with the hood sensor I presume then? It would be so nice to disable just the alarm system and nothing more as a temp fix.
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@koopharper (7477)
• Canada
6 Sep 16
Unfortunately it turns out the problem isn't entirely solved. Fortunately there are no neighbours close enough to be bothered.
@koopharper (7477)
• Canada
6 Sep 16
@Bluedoll The bad news is you can't disable the anti-theft system. Otherwise that would definitely be my choice. It is very unlikely to get stolen.
@koopharper (7477)
• Canada
4 Sep 16
The potential cost had me very concerned. I was ready to take the battery wire off every time I parked it until we had the money.
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@koopharper (7477)
• Canada
18 Sep 16
Seems to have been the key fob from our old van. With that gone so is the problem. It was definitely a pain.
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@koopharper (7477)
• Canada
4 Sep 16
Fortunately it started going off early in the evening. Where we live any amount of noise is unusual. It was frustrating not being able to figure out how to just turn it off without disabling the vehicle.
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@CinnamonGrl (7083)
• Santa Fe, New Mexico
3 Sep 16
Oh man, that had to hurt the eardrums putting your head in there. OUCH
I'm glad the dealer was able to help you - that had to be so annoying!
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@koopharper (7477)
• Canada
3 Sep 16
It was a horrible nightmare. Looking on line to see if I could solve the problem on my own. The discussions online were a litany of frustration. The cost estimates of having it professionally repaired weren't encouraging either.
