Q: Alarm goes off for no good reason. I have gotten the error hood is ajar.

asked by on October 09, 2016

On my Lucerne I have been unable to put the alarm on at night because it will go off during the night. I want to jump out the hood switch but I do not know which 2 of the 3 wires do I jump?

My car has 60000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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