Question on Factory Alarm

[SubaruSVXCrazy]

Originally Posted by CorSVXette

What year is your car? if you have an earlier year your box is behind the glove box and a pain in the ass to get to. If you are lucky ( like me) you have it in the trunk area in a very accesible area, in a compartment near the rear speakers. There is a little white screw on the side of the box. There should be an arrow telling you which way to turn it. I am by far no expert on these cars so I can only give you what I know from my expierience. So take it for what it is worth. Good luck.

I got a 92 so, behind the glovebox it is. I'll check it on alldata.

[cozykat]

Originally Posted by SVX92-97

One small note, not sure if it is related. The dome light is not working, but the floor lights work when opening and closing door and go out correctly. About a month ago the dome light suddenly was out, so I thought it was a bulb, then a few days later, it was working, so I don't know if the door pin (is there one) or whatever controls the dome light when you open the door has a bad contact. Not sure, but I would like to solve this, seeing that both times its occurred now, were back to back nights one at 1:45AM and the other at 11:45PM I inspected the car door and handle and windows, and there is no evidence of foul play.

I use to have this dome light issue periodically. What I noticed was that the metal contacts on the bulb would get corroded or oxidized. (However 1 or 2 times the bulb was bad and would just burn out quickly..) So to help the bulb have better contact, I put that 99 cent bulb grease you can by from Autozone, etc and globbed it on the contacts of a new bulb. I haven't had the problem since.

[cozykat]

Originally Posted by MNYPNNY

Sorry I can't help with your issue, but I have another related issue.

The horn sound when activating and deactivating the alarm/lock with my keyfob is getting softer and softer. In fact, sometimes I have to watch the lights to make sure the setting changed. My horn volume is normal, the locks engage/disengage normally, the sound is just getting fainter. I would really like to know how to fix this.

I'm assuming it's a relay somewhere, but I don't know where to look. Help?

I'd assume a relay as well. I too have quiet arm/disarm beeps but my horns work fine. I need to get an electrical wiring diagram of our cars so I can start tracing things... why am i so lazy...