Random car alarm going off?

2011 DODGE RAM
161,000 MILES
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KINGJD123
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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?
Mar 31, 2023 at 10:00 AM
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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.
Mar 31, 2023 at 11:22 AM
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KINGJD123
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Okay, i can confirm that the passenger door tripped, what are the steps now?
Mar 31, 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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Apr 2, 2023 at 9:41 AM
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KINGJD123
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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.
Apr 2, 2023 at 12:33 PM
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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?
Apr 3, 2023 at 10:40 AM
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