Why does my 2005 Acura MDX alarm intermittently go off when car is locked?

Asked by GuruXXVFJ Oct 17, 2018 at 04:15 PM about the 2005 Acura MDX AWD with Touring Package

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

my car alarm randomly sounds when the car is locked

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With the alarm "armed" go around the vehicle and try to push/pull on the doors, hood and rear liftgate. Many times its just a faulty latch switch in the hood latch causing the alarm to go off randomly. If you push/pull on the hood and alarm goes off, you know what is wrong.

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