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

[StereoInstaller1]

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

[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.

[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]

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

[abepark]

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

[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?

[dj2xrated]

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

[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 :)

[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.