Bersh85
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His explanation doesn't make any sense to me. The only reason most alarms will make a second chirp is to notify you that a zone that's being monitored is still open.
When you get an active input chirp every time you arm an alarm, it usually means that the door trigger is connected to the vehicle's dome light, and there's a dome light delay feature. If you close your door, and it takes 30 seconds or so until your dome light shuts off, that's a delayed dome light. If the alarm is using the dome light wire for a door trigger, then it thinks the door is still open until the light goes out. If the door is opened before the dome light shuts off, the alarm won't detect it.
To confirm that this is what's happening, close your door, then wait until the dome light turns off before you arm the alarm. If you don't get an active zone chirp when you arm the alarm after the light goes off, then that will confirm that the dome light was causing the active zone. If you still get a chirp, then some other condition is causing the active zone; and it needs to be checked out, because a zone that remains active can't trigger the alarm.
It the delayed dome light is the cause, it's really not a problem. Most alarms will sense when the dome light shuts off and begin monitoring the zone at that point. If you arm the alarm, then wait until the dome light turns off, then open a door, the alarm should trigger. I would certainly test to make sure this is happening.
Most alarms allow the notification chirp to be turned off. If the delayed dome light is the reason for the chirp, then you may as well have the chirp turned off. If some other zone is staying open after arming, then it needs to be checked out.
698 days ago
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