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Question I have a 99 cav. Z24 and i noticed about 3 months ago that the "theft" light on the gauge cluster is on the only problem that i had at that time is that my factory remote starter didn't seem to be working anymore... this is just after i replaced a bad alternator... then about a week ago the red led on the left side of the steering column was solid... this morning i went to go and start my car and it made a clicking noise when i turned the key... i was hoping you could give me some incite on my problem it would be greatly appreciated
Answer Should be no problem really.
It appears from your expaination, that the
car alarm is in service mode.
By the way, NOT factory. There was no such
thing as a factory remote starter for this vehicle.
Ok, try this.
Put the key in the ignition, and turn forward
all the way just before cranking. Then within
5 seconds, press and hold in the valet/overide
button, found under the dash area,
until the installed LED (the blinking light)
in your dash area goes off, and the siren chirps twice.
(Your valet switch might be the toggle (on/off) type.
in this case, key on, flip switch in oposite direction,
key off.)
This should reset the alarm.
Just Repeat these steps to place it
back to valet mode.
That should do it.
If you want to remove it at this point,
take it to your neighborhood installer
for this, or buy the wiring chart for
the vehicle, and reverse engineer it wire
by wire, until it's safely removed.
If it does not work out this way, you will have
to replace the system with one you know how
to operate and what to expect.
