I have a 1989 Honda Accord. The previous owner is totally unavailable to assist me. I remember him telling me about a quirk with the alarm system. Do this or do that before or after disconnecting battery, etc. because it is defective or something. I do not remember. I had never disconnected the battery until about 2 weeks ago. I had to park the car and disconnected the negative cable. Today, when reconnecting the cable, a small red light, very small, mounted left of the steering column blinks and there is a ping, ping noise. I see a toggle switch mounted below the fuse holder which is also left of the steering column. Under the hood I see nothing that would tell me there is an alarm system, except two wires, one red and one black, that are coming from under the dash and thru the firewall. But these wires are not connected to anything. One of them, the red I believe, has a green look to the end of it. A color similar to that green stuff that can build up around a battery terminal. I assume it is the copper wire being exposed for a long time. I have no knowledge of these wires even having anything to do with the alarm system. These wires have black taped around them so they have been installed. They are not near the battery. The instrument lights come on when you turn the key, but the car will not attempt to start. Outside I see the parking lights are blinking, not the lower ones under the bumpers, but the ones on each side slightly below the top of the fenders. The check engine light is on but goes off after a few seconds. I made sure the battery cable was tight. I have trouble believing that a battery that was pefectly good would not be able to turn the starter after sitting, disconnected for only two weeks. The radio sound is normal and I detect no symptom of a weak or dead battery accept the starter does not try to start the engine. I believe it is this alarm system that is preventing the car from starting. I did wonder what would happen if I touched the black and red wires to each other but I didn't. I forgot to mention, on the key ring is the alarm control. It has an "A" and a "B" button and nothing else. I pressed both buttons multiple times when pointing it at that blinking light and got no results. With previous owner of no help, I am concerned about the "instructions" on how to keep the defective alarm system from disabling the car, unless the battery is actually too weak to start it but still operates everything else. If the battery is the problem, the alarm sound (you can barely hear it unless you are in the car, it is not an external loud alarm type sound) would still be an issue as well as the blinking parking lights, etc. Any advice on this problem? thanks
The sticker on the window says Security One Linden NJ and the alarm thing on the key ring says Chapman vehicle security systems.
Google searches on these two companies have yielded addresses and phone numbers but no websites. If they can not help by phone or are not the right companies, it's a dead end.
