Parking lights wont turn off

[Eric94GT]

Sometimes when I arm or disarm my DEI Hornet, the lights will flash but they stay on and I cant get them to turn off. I have to keep hitting arm/disarm until they turn off. The brain will click as it turns them on/off and when they stay on, it still clicks but not as loud but the lights just stay on. I had to pull the fuse on it tonight because they wouldn't turn off. I'm gessing its a bad relay? Anybody have any ideas or know of a place I can take it to or send it to?

[rebby]

it could be a bad relay but it would be in the alarm brain itself.. where did you get the alarm???

[Eric94GT]

thats what i was thinking too. the alarm came with the car. i think its about as old as the car. i emailed dei to see if and how i can get it repaired. i don't really care for the expense of a new alarm right now.

[Eric94GT]

dei's cust service dept sux, they transfer you to a retail store (i.e. best buy)

[Eric94GT]

I just got an email from DEI saying that they cannot repair the control module and I would need to buy a new one. they also said they don't last that long.

so what did I get out of this email: if you own a dei alarm, the dei company doesn't even support it and you should expect for it to have relay problems within a few years.

even though I dont want to do this, I'll probably just disconnect the wire to my parking lights.

[MN Probe GT]

oh shit......and it works so well......:( I guess it will die soon.......

[Eric94GT]

mine was working good too before this happened. you have a higher end viper though?

[MN Probe GT]

yeah.....is that one better?

[rebby]

Originally posted by Eric94GT
I just got an email from DEI saying that they cannot repair the control module and I would need to buy a new one. they also said they don't last that long.

so what did I get out of this email: if you own a dei alarm, the dei company doesn't even support it and you should expect for it to have relay problems within a few years.

even though I dont want to do this, I'll probably just disconnect the wire to my parking lights. i would call them direct and tell them that as a result i will NEVER buy another one of their alarms and that i'm gonna tell all 4000+ people on probetalk to never buy one either.. you may get something out of them then... :) worth a try anyway, what have you got to lose???

[Eric94GT]

I dont know. I have a hornet, whatever that is. It works off the factory keyless entry, so you can use the lock/unlock buttons in the car to work it! :lol: They dont turn it off though if it is set off, so the inside buttons arent a very big deal. there is a proximity circuit on it, which doesnt work. whoever bought it probably paid a good amount for it for all that is does, but its making me mad. i pulled the fuse on it.

[domino]

I also own a DEI (viper) and I just swapped it in to replace my alpine alarm it I have had no problems and I even hooked most of it up myself!! (remote start, keyless, even have the option to control my horn and sunroof too)

[Eric94GT]

that was pretty sweet when you flashed the lights from the front of the store to the back of the parking lot. what is the range on it?

I ended up pulling the fuse on the parking light wire coming out of the alarm brain. I opened it up and the relay is very obvious. would this be a relay i could get at radio shack? would somebody have the skill to replace the relay for me without frying the stuff on the board? I tried putting a mod chip in my fiends's playstation and fried it!

[domino]

no problem:)