Ive owned my 95 for almost a year now. And for the first time ever. My car alarm, which i did not even know existed went off. i don't know what even set it off. So my question is, what all is involved in the car alarm, what sets it off... etc.

It can be a number of things, but mainly movement of the vehicle such as bouncing, shoving, pulling, impacts, somebody driving by with a loud car or loud stereo with a lot of bass, somebody trying to open the door while the alarm is armed, stuff like that.
It varies with the model, and accessories that the alarm has, and the sensitivity settings as well. Sometimes, they just go off by themselves for no reason. hehe
If you REALLY want to know about the specifics of your alarm system, find the alarm module, and look up the brand, and model number on the net. You should be able to find all kinds of info. Unless of course, you have an alarm like mine, that blows monkey chunks, and seems to be some sort of generic piece of shit that doesn't work right.
Good luck. :57:

well if its a factor alarn its a crappy ass alarm(hence u didnt know u had it) and i have exp in breakin into cars(was 16 n dumb lol). sum alarms wont go off till a door, hood or trunk is opened. had 1 scare the shit out me 1 time lol. but where were u when it went off? and with u havin an older car it could of been a electrical issue. my friends 300zx alarm will go off out of no where. but to find the lil box thing for it should be under the steeerin wheel(well have ur head by pedels n look up

i had the same thing happen to me i had it go off and there wasnt a key chain thing to shut it off and i had no clue how to shut it off didnt even know i had one

I had just walked like 30 yards away when i hear a car alarm go off. i didn't think anything of it bc i didn't know i had an alarm. Some guy came up to me and was like do you have the white talon with the car alarm going off? Rly confused me. I just unlocked the passenger door and it shut it off

check all the wires for the alarm might have a faulty grond or sumthin.

Disconnect the siren. The alarm will keep it from starting, and you can still turn it back off, but it won't piss anyone off.

So ive asked around and found out its a factory alarm. Now my question is how the hell do i engage or not engage it. A few times when i turn the car off and walk away i see a green "security" light illuminated on the dash. I can't remember doing anything special to activate it though.

Took me a year to find out I had a remote start.

y lock ur doors with the key? or with the lock button in the car?

Lock buttom in car.

U got factory I got 1st hand experiance! Broken Glass (Somebody wanted my Ham Radio did'nt get it, though I almost got him under my front tires! :)
If it was only a bit brighter outside I'd had his bike ride'n a**!!!
Cops did'nt want him instead they wanted a bicyle rider who musta road on the wrong side of the street when I rode up to ask for em for help and did not stop write'n the ticket either!!!
The hatch not being fully closed.
If you don't lock ya ride right the system will get confused.
Door not being put back together right.
Low Bass??? Naaa I have had some monsters come by and nothing happened.
But do get ya'self a Lojack you won't be sorry. ;)

Ok the alarm works like this.

It is engaged when you lock the doors. disengages when you unlock the doors.

Sometimes it will not recognize that it was disengaged. (Falsely going off when you open the door after unlocking the door with the key)

Once engaged if any of the three doors open, the alarm sounds for three minutes.

To disengage, close door, put key in key hole and lock and unlock the door.

yea but his went off out of no where.

yeah so do all of them.

check the door jam button.

Punch it in the face.