Q: alarm keeps coming on for no apparent reason

asked by on January 25, 2016

The truck is sitting in a garage where nothing can hit it, or loud noises are present. For some reason, the alarm goes on and I can't figure out what the problem is or what is causing it. Any insight would be great, Thanks.

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