Q: 1998 Buick LeSabre sat for awhile and battery dead. AAA jump started and 9 hours later at 1 AM on a cold winters night the horn a

asked by on December 27, 2017

alarm and lights came on.Steady horn not intermittent beep of newer cars.Finally got it to stop by jamming the key deep into ignition.20 minutes later happened again & couldn't get it to stop.Called police & we unhooked the cable.AAA jumped again & drove to mechanic Ralph's in Vandalia. Replaced battery, still under warranty &ran tests but could find no drain Next AM battery was dead, alarm had gone off in the middle of the night. They thought it was security module & unhooked it.Suggested I take it to dealership so could possibly replace and program. Arbogast in Troy, OH didn't seem esp. interested.Were to look at it Monday.Heard nothing so called at noon Tuesday &was told that every time they started it, it fired up. Of course, module was still disconnected! Reconnected,drove home. 4AM Xmas did it again. I would leave disconnected but no horn,unsafe can deal w/no elec locks SOS AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION NOT MANUAL cant change in edit

My car has 99189 miles.
My car has a manual transmission.

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