hi guys,
has any one of you 98-99 accord owners experienced your factory security system does not arm (only locks all doors but no sound off for confirmation when button pressed the 2nd time) and the alarm goes off by itself when all doors locked and nothing happened to the car?

i have done some research on NHTSA website for recalls or service bulletins and only got summarized pieces of information for 98-99 accords, and some odysseys, pilots, stated "FACTORY SECURITY SYSTEM DOESN'T ARM."

and later on i found 2 articles of Honda Export Service Bulletin (01-003, 99-023) .

• [01-003] says "if the alarm sounded for more than 30 seconds (up to 2 mins) then it is not caused by the remote transmitter case flexing. Check for other security system problems. Refer to page 22-206 of the 1998-2001 service manual".
  
• [99-023] says "if the security system sounds when the doors are locked and the vehicle has not been disturbed, the repair procedure in this service bulletin will not fix the vehicle"

i have checked with couple of dealers beforehand, they treated me like an idiot and wanted me to make an appointment to spend 1 hour labor on diagnostics, then they'll check if there's a recall or service bulletin regarding the problem, which sounds ridiculous. if the problem was already posted on service bulletin and government website, they could have just use couple of minutes to retrieve all the information of this problem from honda network, right?

so has anyone done such repair at a dealer? or does anyone have other pieces of information regarding this issue that could share with me?

thanks in advance!

 

nobody?

 

Nope, sorry. I have the opposite problem with mine. It audibly arms but you can't get the alarm to sound to save your life. The only way to get it to sound is to push the red panic button on the remote. I've armed it, then rocked the car, tried to open the doors, hit different parts of the car like the doors, hood, etc. I can't get it to go off or even give off a warning, you know, like when the lights flash a little. Frankly, its worthless. But 90% of alarms usefulness is simply a deterrant so I don't care too much. I'm sure that little blinking light will keep it safe.

 

if the system doesnt arm... then either the hood or trunk switch is stuck open.... whats setting off the alarm is switch closing (which arms the system) and reopening (which sets the alarm off)

 

The OEM alarm is not a vibration alarm. I rather like this, some @$$ up the street from me has an alarm that will go off if a gnat farts.



As for the issue in the original post, do you own a helm manual? The alarm brain for EX is located behind the glove box. In the LX or DX or SE it was a dealer installed OEM option after the fact item.

 

thanks the responds, fellas. i spotted a good deal for a helm manual on ebay and i'm trying to get it so i can get to see the detail of the system.
i'll try to keep you fellas posted if i figure something out. thanks again!

 

I'd bet it's an Audiovox alarm with the shock sensor zip tied to a loom of wire. I've seen an Impala that you could blow on hard and get the alarm to chirp, Audiovox of course.