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Random car alarm going off?

Tiny
KINGJD123
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  • 2011 DODGE RAM
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The truck alarm randomly goes off I think the owner before me had the truck broken into because there are pry marks on the passenger door. Could that be the problem?
Friday, March 31st, 2023 AT 10:00 AM

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Tiny
KEN L
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Yes, so what happens is the door latch could have done bad which included the latch monitoring switch which if it is on the edge of tripping it can give a false positive at anytime. To confirm this problem lock the truck and allow it to sit for 2 hours, then without doing anything with the keys try pulling on the passenger door to see if the alarm goes off. I would continue the test with all of the doors. Let me know what happens.
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Friday, March 31st, 2023 AT 11:22 AM
Tiny
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Okay, I can confirm that the passenger door tripped, what are the steps now?
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Friday, March 31st, 2023 AT 2:40 PM
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Nice work, you must remove the door panel and replace the latch assembly. Here are the instructions for the job in the images below. Please let us know what happens.
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Sunday, April 2nd, 2023 AT 9:41 AM
Tiny
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Thanks, but the problem now is I tried to double check locked it again waiting 2 hours pulled all doors hard, nothing then alarm went off.
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Sunday, April 2nd, 2023 AT 12:33 PM
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KEN L
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Yep, the check doesn't work 100% of the time. So how long after you checked the doors did the alarm go off?
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Monday, April 3rd, 2023 AT 10:40 AM

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