If you were an alarm brain, where would you be?

[MarkD]

Thanks George.. yeah I just have to find the damned brain and then I can commence to testing :) In an IDEAL world I could find the same or harness compatible Clifford used or new somewhere and replace the brain so I have fobs. Then I need to poke around and see if they've tied into the central locking system. None of my central locks work and I haven't noticed anything in the trunk as far as a central locking computer. I figure the guy tied the alarm into the door solenoids but I'll never know until I get a new brain or rewire everything....

Thanks

Look under the rear seats, it could be there.

[cramer]

my Clifford alarm brain is strapped to my steering column then there is this switch that when i flick it the light goes on but dosnt kill my car or anything its weird

You have a valet switch, not a kill switch :)

[dj2xrated]

my alarm brain barks like a dog......24/7 unless its eating. then it just growls at neighbors cats.

[george graves]

look behind the drivers side speaker....thats where my brain was.

Yea - it's a hard bugger to find. It's actually inside the speaker cavity down below.

Oh and BTW, cliffords use to have a lifetime warentee(spelling?) - I had an old broken one in a box and emailed them, they gave me an RA and I sent it in. Two weeks later I got another new POS Clifford. I SWEAR the thing unlocks it's self during the night. Can I get a big WTF?

[abepark]

look behind the drivers side speaker....thats where my brain was.

[adam12hicks]

Thanks George.. yeah I just have to find the damned brain and then I can commence to testing :) In an IDEAL world I could find the same or harness compatible Clifford used or new somewhere and replace the brain so I have fobs. Then I need to poke around and see if they've tied into the central locking system. None of my central locks work and I haven't noticed anything in the trunk as far as a central locking computer. I figure the guy tied the alarm into the door solenoids but I'll never know until I get a new brain or rewire everything....

Thanks

[george graves]

Here an idea for you. Every alarm I've seen has a "plug in harness" - unplug the harness from the alarm "brain", turn it over and see if it starts.

If everything works as normal, you could button it back up and call it a day. If not, at lease you car wouldn't be dead.

Also, a lot of times the "starter kill" is on it's own harness. usually 3 or 4 wires, generally much thicker then the others.

[adam12hicks]

Yeah yeah semantics... all I know is if the switch is on the thing just turns over but never fires. I wouldn't have expected it to do anything at all.

[StereoInstaller1]

Your car should not have "ignition kill", but "starter kill" instead.

[adam12hicks]

Ok cool thanks. I'm just scared as sh!t to touch any wires that might be running to the hidden ignition kill somewhere... I enjoy DRIVING the car :)

Thanks again I'll take it down and see what I can find. I wish they made those modules hot pink :)

[StereoInstaller1]

You should find that brain somewhere under the drivers' side of the dash. That is where 99.99% are installed.

[adam12hicks]

Thanks guys I'll check it out. I know it's not in the glove box as I installed a MarkD chip and there was nothing odd (except for the LAMP CORD that the dipshit before me used to wire the front speakers to his crappy Sony head unit. That's all been remedied proper!)

El Gringo I'll shoot you a PM.

[george graves]

Zip tied to the ABS computer below the instrument cluster. All the wires you need are within 2 feet.

[NC325iC]

could be in the trunk, i was gonna put mine there but got lazy and now it sits on top of the abs computer

[Old Boy Bergy]

I found the one in my car 3M taped to the ABS computer.