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Since the factory alarm is designed to help prevent theft, use the following information as you feel comfortable.
The earlier 9K factory alarm systems are flakey, best. After they age for a few years, they can be set off by ambient noise, temperature, phase of the moon (just kidding - barely). Anyway, one of its most annoying features can be the ignition lock out.
The lock out can be over come by locating the alarm module that is at the extreme right side of the dash underneath the glove box. (access is easy if the glove box is removed, but definitely doable from underneath the dash once the lower panel is removed.
The alarm box is either a black or yellow square that is about 4"x4"x1" thick and has a multi wire connector attached. The two largest gauge wires are color coded yellow and yellow with green. One goes to the ignition switch and the other to the solenoid terminal on the starter. You can cut the two wires and splice them together to bypass the no-start alarm function. However, a much more elegant solution is to open up the alarm box, find the associated rely (there are two, one for the ignition and the other for the siren). Once you have located the proper relay, you can solder a bridging trace on the circuit board between the high current contacts on the relay. This method saves the aesthetics of your wiring harness and is much easier to reverse if you chance your mind later and fault trace the problem.
The alarm is designed to shut off this circuit when the driver's door is unlocked with the key. It may be the lock switch or the alarm module that is the problem or one of the other several sensors on the car improperly registering a signal to the alarm.
Steve B
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