I cut the fires for the siren, but I am desperate to disable the anti-theft as it keeps going off and preventing me from using the vehicle. Any ideas?

year, model?

 

We're not that good at guessing.

 

On the 95-99's it just causes the 4ways to blink slowly most of the time. I was always amazed that you could actually start the car and drive off after the alarm going off.

97 Legacy Outback Wagon

I've never had the alarm stop a car from starting that I know of.

 

Are you sure they are connected?

 

As in if you hit the reset bitton the car starts?

 

Perhaps someone here has had the same issue and will chime in.

The red light flashes to the left of the steering wheel, preventing the car from starting. very annoying. I have to disconnect and reconnect the battery like 30 times for it to finally turn off.

Do you know where the reset button is?

 

The little black button?

 

Either mounted by the hood release - or taped up under the dash in a mess of wires and hard to find.

I am unfamilair with it. What does it do?

It resets the alarm.

 

The on eby the hood release is easy to find - grab a light and look.

 

The one under the stering column can be a real PITA to find. It also is black and taped up and hidden in wires.

 

I'm sure there are pics somewhere here of the buttons. Depends how/where the alarm was installed apparently.

The alarm trips randomly, whenever it wants to.

 

You are saying I can find a black button under the hood and this will disable the alarm? Where is it?

re-read.

 

By the hood release by the door opening.

 

If it's not there it's taped up to wires under the sterring column and you really have to go on a search mission usually.

 

Either way grab a light, put your but on the ground or kneal(sm?) down and look.

Aright, but is there a way to actually remove it from the vehicle entirely?

I've heard that you can spend some quality time under the dash (after removing the panel under the steering column.

 

Supposedly you can take out the security box and match up the connectors and the world becomes a happy place. My guess would one extra connector left.

 

Never done it. But if you think about it I'd bet the wireing is the same whether the car has an alarm or not. Often it seems they were added by the dealer. For instance a lot of them don't have the little red blinking light on the dash.

 

Again perhaps someone else will chime in.