How to disable factory alarm
 

Hi guys,

I have this Cherokee year 2001 KJ 3.7 Limited and the alarm is going off, called NRMA and they disconnected the horn and took off. anyway, I have paid a mechanic from justanswer.com and he sent me the following info:

"Auto Mechanic
To disable the alarm you need to ground a wire that is running throughout the driver's door jam wire harness. It is a violet with a yellow tracer wire. It needs to be put to the ground.

On the driver's side in the foot well area just above the hood release mechanism, you should see the wire harness that is coming from the driver's door.

In that group of wires, locate the violet with a yellow tracer wire. Do not cut the wire. Instead, strip the violet/yellow plastic off to expose the bare wire.

Get a section of new, similar gauged wire (18 gauge works), and strip away the plastic on both ends to expose the wiring. Take one end of this new wire and wrap it around the exposed section of the violet/yellow wire.

Take the other end of the new wire and ground it to the body of the jeep. This will ground the system and should permanently disable the alarm system.

Here is a link that shows a diagram of what I have described:
http://www.allexperts.com/user…
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I Have looked for that ( violet with a yellow tracer wire) so many times and I just can't find it also the link he sent me does not work. every time I try to reconnect the horn the alarm goes off.
It started after my wife hit a tree with the front left side and that section on top of the wheels got disconnected from the car. I also had replaced the batteries for the key on the same day, do not know if that is related.

"I JUST WANT TO DISABLE THE FACTORY ALARM"

any help would be much appreciated.

Sorry for the long post!

Take it to an auto elec shop as it maybe a symptom of damaged wiring after your previously mentioned accident. You wouldn't want an undetected short circuit somewhere leading to a fire hazard.

Thank you, Classic Boy I will consider that, although the tree was pretty small and weak and it just ripped the left side Fender.