Q: trying to jump dead batt. Panic lights and horn turn on and will not stop as soon as the fourth batt. terminal is connected. Driv

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trying to jump dead batt. Panic lights and horn turn on and will not stop as soon as the fourth batt. terminal is connected. Driving the car does not stop alarm. neither does the panic fob or waiting a full three minutes. The car does start but the the alarm is on if car is running or not The anti-theft code for the radio has been reset {hard to do with alarming blaring} but has no affect on panic horn

My car has 225000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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