Weird behavior after alarm went off

[devis]

Hi all

Last week before going on a trip I left my J30T at the Oakland Airport parking lot. My friend went to pick it up. I had locked the car from the inside and gave him the extra key. For good measure i also left the only remote inside the car. So when my friend goes and opens the door with the key, the alarm goes off. After some futile attempts to get it to stop, the alarm stopped on its own, but the car would no longer start. He towed the car to his house. I asked him to disconnect the battery overnight, to see if that would get it started. It didn't...So after one week away, I went to pick up the car at his house. Checked al the fuses, all OK. Tried to start the car, no go, though dash lights would come on and power would flow through the circuitry. After some trials and failures, i figured out a way to start the car.

Disconnecting then reconnecting the battery produces a continuous clicking sound from underneath the steering wheel, somewhere near the cabin fuse box. When the sound is heard, I can start the car and drive normally. While driving, the sound isn't heard. Upon shutting the car off, the sound is not produced, and the car won't start unless I repeat the disconnection and reconnection of the battery.

Everything else in the car works as it did before...

I do want to take the car in for an inspection, but if this turns out to be a DIY project, i'd rather tackle it on myself.

Oh, I did read the various alarm related threads posted, but none has revealed a condition similar to mine.

I have also tried to find the alarm fuse and disconnect it, but i don't seem to be able to find it. Neither fuse box lists the fuse alarm in their diagrams.

Any ideas/help would be greatly appreciated.
Modified by devis at 1:22 PM 7/10/2007

[RZAA36]

Just a shot in the dark, on the J30 if the alarm goes off the remote will turn it off but you have to stick your key in the drivers door and turn it to cut the alarm also, maybe that might be a switch to get it to start???

good luck

[devis]

The remote thing didn't work... i even tried to reproduce the alarm but I am unable to... I locked the door with the remote leaving the window open, then i opened the door from the inside, alarm should have gone off, it didn't...

But I thought I fixed it last night...

Apparently there is a kill switch in the driver side footwell, about 7-8 inches above the fuse box. I pressed that, and car started just fine. I did several non driving tests as well as went out to run some errands with the car. It started up immediately.

This morning it didn't...

the engine cranked for a 10th of a second then the whole thing shut off. the entire electrical system of the car died. So I disconnected the battery and reconnected it again and i got the car to work again. I dont know...