Str8upChevy

I'm really glad to have found this post today. After taking my dash apart to install the whiteface gauge overlay, I re-installed everything, and when I plugged the alarm LED back in, the bulb never worked again. It's strange because since that happened, when I set the alarm, the lights flash, the doors lock, and the Viper alarm chirps,......but the horn doesn't honk anymore.

My first thought was that it was probably the bulb, but then I started thinking about the fact my horn wasn't honking after setting the alarm. I know you were haveing this same problem, and I wasn't sure if you ever fixed it, so I returned happily to find out it was in fact the bulb.

Thank goodness for this forum! And I'm glad you got your's fixed as well bud!

imported_2fast4u

yup , when i was waiting for engines class to start i was chillin in the tool room and was looking through the manual for my car and i went under the alarm section and one of them for troubleshooting said:

if lights don't flash, horn doesn't honk and alarm dosen't arm check the alarm led if it dosen't flash the led may be burnt or the led may not be recieving power from the bcm

from this statement i was almost positive that you had to have the led in order to make it work so i ordered it popped it in and it works perfectly



i love these elephants

Str8upChevy

I know and that's exactly how I felt when I found this post again and read that you had fixed the problem with the LED. And to think it's only $11.99 fix.

imported_2fast4u

well my was cheaper since i got it through work with a discount

Str8upChevy

Damn it.....:banghead: I sure wish I would have gone further back to read this post, instead of just reading the last one with the final results. I speacial ordered a new LED thinking I must have had the same problem. Well.............

It turns out my LED wasn't bad to start with. Before I opened the sealed package it came in, I decided to come back and read this whole thread from the beginning. Turns out if you don't have the LED plugged in when hooking the battery back up, it won't reprogram the factory alarm. (hence no blinking LED, no horn honking, no flashing lights) So after going out and unhooking my battery, the LED works just fine.

I just called the dealership to see if I could bring back the unopened package I just picked up, but obviously the "No return on Electrical parts" policy was enforced. I figured it would be, so now I have a new LED to add to the pile of other extra parts I don't need.

imported_2fast4u

damn man that sux, well at least you have another one in case something does happen or yours burns out, im still glad this helped u ....kinda

Str8upChevy

Oh, it absolutely helped me. I've mentioned many times before that when it comes to trouble shooting wiring problems, I'm only familiar with something I've done or read. I would have pulled my whole dash board apart if not for this thread.

It's a very good one that probably get used again if someone does a search on this kind of problem. And you're right about having a spare one.....who knows when I might need another one some day.

imported_2fast4u

true well cool then, this is prob one of the first post where i really got to help someone and talk back and forth one on one! cool