i have a viper alarm system and the little red light on my dash will not stop blinking, even when the system is not armed. also, when i disarm the car it chirps four times.. when i first bought the car it chirped twice.. is there a way to fix both of those things?? i honestly dont know anything about alarm systems, so any explanations would be helpful. thanks

 

all i know is when my led flashes, it means that the alarm had gone off and to make it stop flashing, i have to start the car. when my led stays on solid, it means its in valet mode, i dont know if that applies to viper alarms

 

Sounds like a wiring problem. The blinking of the light means a sensor was tripped. Then the fact it chirps 4 times means a sensor was tripped. They both do this once the alarm was set off(your led should blink 4 times, pause, then repeat).

Now, sounds like you have a wiring issue. There is a wire from the alarm that is attached to the switched +12 wire running up to your ignition switch. It most likely is no longer attached or a fuse on the alarms side has blown. The reason I am specifing this wire is because if this wire(wire running into your alarm) were to get +12 volts, it would cause the alarm to reset and no longer blink the led or chirp 4 times. Have you ever worked with electronics before? Do you feel comfortable poking around under your dash? What model viper do you have?

 

i have some experience with electronics.. not a pro though. im not sure what model it is. i bought the car from a guy and im getting the cold shoulder from him. (there were problems with the car that he did not tell me) the remote has four buttons on it. unlock, lock, panic, and an aux button. dont know if that helps . if a fuse is blown, would it be located in or around the fuse box?

 

No, its most likely an inline fuse. I depends on the installer and how they installed it. You best bet would be to poke around under the dash and steering column and see if you can locate the alarm brain.