Disable Saab Car Alarm?

[justin]

Hello,

My girlfriend has had about enough of her '92 Saab 900s (maybe 9000s?)
factory installed alarm. It automatically alarms when the doors lock and
likes to go off on the smallest of bumps and rattles. I poked around a
bit but couldn't find a way to disable it. Any help appreciated.

Thanks,
Justin

[Fred E. Davis]

If your alarm is similar to the one on my '93 9000, then it's very
easy to disable the motion detector while keeping the alarm enabled
for forced entry. When you exit the car and go to lock the door, turn
the key to the locked position and hold it in the locked position for
about three seconds. You should hear the alarm 'chirp' once to
indicate that the motion sensor has been temporarily disabled. The
motion sensor will be active again the next time you lock the car
*unless* you hold the key in the locked position as I described. It's
also possible to program the alarm to always leave the motion sensor
disabled, and the sensitivity of the motion sensor can be adjusted as
well.

[justin]

thanks for the tip but i don't see any obviously marked fuses. wouldn't
that be just a tad too easy for car thieves anyway?

justin

wat...@hk.super.net wrote:
>
> There should be a fuse marked something like "alarm system,
> telephone" or some such. Pull it.
>
> justin wrote:
> >
> > Hello,

> >
> > My girlfriend has had about enough of her '92 Saab 900s (maybe 9000s?)
> > factory installed alarm. It automatically alarms when the doors lock and
> > likes to go off on the smallest of bumps and rattles. I poked around a
> > bit but couldn't find a way to disable it. Any help appreciated.
> >

> > Thanks,
> > Justin

[wat...@hk.super.net]

[Fred E. Davis]

On Sun, 21 Feb 1999 16:18:03 -0800, justin
<big...@no.spam.hotmail.com> wrote:

>thanks for the tip but i don't see any obviously marked fuses. wouldn't
>that be just a tad too easy for car thieves anyway?
>
>justin

Only if they broke into the car first to get to the fuse panel in the
glove box...

If you do pull the fuse, you'll also disconnect other functions. In my
car, it also provides power for the radio, motorized antenna and SCC.
If your alarm is similar to mine, it's far easier to simply use the
lock switch to disconnect the motion sensor (see my previous post,
<36d28d53...@netnews.worldnet.att.net>)

[Seiden]

justin wrote in message <36D07577...@no.spam.hotmail.com>...

>Hello,
>
>My girlfriend has had about enough of her '92 Saab 900s (maybe 9000s?)
>factory installed alarm. It automatically alarms when the doors lock and
>likes to go off on the smallest of bumps and rattles. I poked around a
>bit but couldn't find a way to disable it. Any help appreciated.
>
>Thanks,
>Justin

Had a friend with the same problem -- Find the siren (under the hood) and
pull the wire off it -- That way, whether or not the alarm is freaking out,
you hear nothing.

Ron

[Fred E. Davis]

On Mon, 22 Feb 1999 03:09:55 GMT, "Seiden" <rse...@mail.ptd.net>
wrote:

Unless, of course, the ignition cutoff kill the engine...

[wat...@hk.super.net]

You're right. I had an 88 900s in the states (and was
working from memory) but my car here in Hong Kong now is a
RHD '95 900S 2.3 which is a different set-up entirely

[Jay]

I believe one just need to hold the key in the lock position for 3 seconds
to disarm the motion detector. I have a 91 9000 and that is what the
manual says. J
Fred E. Davis wrote in message <36d1ed6...@netnews.worldnet.att.net>...

[justin]

Well i lied a little bit -- turns out it's a '90 9000S. I tried the 3
second lock idea and didn't hear any chirp. I just tried calling a local
Saab dealership and they told me it's a difficult thing to do and that
the computer has to be reprogrammed. Guess I need to get a manual. I
like the pulling the wire to the horn idea but I took a look and think
it's way up in the drivers side front panel and seemingly inaccessible.

Thanks for the ideas,
Justin

[Fred E. Davis]

On Tue, 23 Feb 1999 09:03:43 -0500, "Jay" <mas...@netscape.net>
wrote:

>I believe one just need to hold the key in the lock position for 3 seconds
>to disarm the motion detector. I have a 91 9000 and that is what the
>manual says.

Are my posts disappearing into the ether? Sheesh, that's exactly what
I wrote two days ago in <36d28d53...@netnews.worldnet.att.net>.
Check it out...

[William T. Brown III]

It seems that the car user has a problem when his wife locks the doors
while driving (so far I can recall.) Here's my two cents: one, Saab
recommends NOT to drive with the doors locked; two, if it occurs ONLY
when the doors are locked... don't lock the doors. If I'm mistaken,
ignore me =]

Wills
'84 900T
'89 900T
'92 9000CD
'99 9-3

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[Gerald Chapman]

[wat...@hk.super.net]

My 94 900S locks the doors for me a few seconds after I
start to move forward. When I stop and turn off the key, the
doors unlock by themselves.