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Adding factory Anti-theft alarm?

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#1 ·
anyone add the factory alarm to a 4th Gen DC mini-van? aren't all 4th Gens Sentry Key to start with? shouldn't we be able to add the alarm fairly easily?

-Dan
 
#4 ·
Here in Europe serveral people has activated their vans alarm after visiting the dealer. They thougth their vans didn´t have factory alarm, and the dealer plugged a machine into the van and made it work.
I don´t know if all the vans have factory alarm and in some models it cames unnactived. I'm talking about "non premium" models. I don´t even know the procedure to activate it.
 
#5 ·
Apparently not all 4g vans had the factory alarm, nor the sentry key. Akids2003dgc ran into an issue where he got a "junkyard" alarm system, and the computer learned it (easy enough) but he did not have the proper sentry key. He wound up getting another computer from a van that didn't have the sentry key, removing the alarm, and hoping for the best. I can assume that if you purchase the alarm package from the dealer, that you will get everything you need to actually use the van after installing the alarm.

http://forum.chryslerminivan.net/showthread.php?t=13210
 
#6 · (Edited)
1st - what do you mean "factory" alarm:
> some vans had their BCM programmed (at/before assembly) to provide a very limited alarm operation - you can ask your nearest / favorite dealer if they can flash / activate your BCM or replace it with one that has these features..
> almost every 4th gen van (with exception of base models) has the sentry key system (which is an anti-theft system not an alarm)

> there's an addon "mopar" branded alarm module that is designed for the vans and manufactured by CodeAlarm (note: it is incompatible with remote start)
I recall there were 2 versions of it (with factory FOBs and addon FOBs) one is:
http://www.moparsupercenter.com/pdfs/82209708.pdf
 
#7 ·
I took my DGC to a local dealer and they activated the alarm. It took about 3-4 minutes after the 'computer' was attached to the van.

I had the little round light that appears when you first turn on the vehicle and was curious as to why the alarm would not work. Simple fix, though.
 
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