Alarm Issue After Driving

**Dwhite24** · 10-20-2021

I have had an issue with the alarm since I got my car last year. I've been putting up with it since I don't drive my Viper every day, but it got annoying this past weekend when I took it on a road trip. Whenever I'm done driving the car if I just lock and arm the alarm it will go off within a half hour. The only way I've found to stop it is if I pop the hood and close it back before arming the alarm. If I do that then it stays off. I have adjusted the bump stop by the pressure button a few times to see if maybe the hood wasn't making enough contact, but that doesn't seem to change anything. Anyone have other ideas? Thanks!

**JonB ~ PartsRack** · 10-20-2021

1996 GTS? Year / Model Matters

>Do the door-lock LEDs stay lit beyond 60 seconds after you set the alarm?

>Or do they stay lit all the time?

>When you dis-arm after an alarm event, how many times does the horn honk?

**Dwhite24** · 10-20-2021

Originally Posted by JonB ~ PartsRack

1996 GTS? Year / Model Matters

>Do the door-lock LEDs stay lit beyond 60 seconds after you set the alarm?

>Or do they stay lit all the time?

>When you dis-arm after an alarm event, how many times does the horn honk?

It's a 96 GTS. I'll have to check how long the door-lock LEDs stay on after setting the alarm (how long should if be?). I haven't had the alarm go off for a while since I found my hood pop work around, but I want to say the horn honks twice after stopping it. I should also mention that after opening/closing the hood and setting the alarm, the car will honk once then again maybe 10 seconds later and the light on the dash pulses red.

**JonB ~ PartsRack** · 10-20-2021

If the LEDs stay on beyond approx 60 seconds, they indicate that one of 4 circuits is OPEN:

Hood, Hatch, LH Door, RH Door.

If the alarm sounds anytime after arming, it sets a memory code for horn honks upon disarming.
2 honks is hood! But you know that. The cooling underhood makes it likely as well.

Reset and tighten that hood plunger higher.

**GTS Dean** · 10-20-2021

For the life of me, I cannot figure out how to adjust my hood switch any higher. Without breaking it, I've tried everything. It has always had about 1/2" gap to the hood subframe.