1996 ford tarus car alarm keeps going off

I had something similar and when all was said and done I found mice had crawled up into my air intake and were living in my dash chewing on my electrical wiring harness. I thought my car was posessed by ghosts or something.

It is under the neck which the end of the uppuer hose is attached to.

You either have a shorted clock spring contact under the steering wheel or the airbag is defective.

u might wanna pull a spark plug wire off and check if it has spark! the ignition module goes out regularly in those

Check the water pump.I have seen the impellers corode off.Also check for factory recalls on this vechicle.

you might have a deffective alarm module. easiest way is to remove the wires of the horn itself. you might also try using the key to lock the car not the keyless entry remote

this happened to me recently with my 96 grand cherokee. the battery got drained by the alarm going off randomly at night. i pulled the fuse for the horn so at least my neighbors would only be bothered by flashing lights. then i couldn't jump the car because the alarm was still going off. i hooked my car to jump it to another car, and then i had to deactivate the alarm first by putting my key in the driver side door and unlocking the car. then i left it hooked to another car and still getting power but didn't jump it for at least 5 minutes in case the computer needed to reset. then it jumped fine. from what i've read online, this is a common problem that can be avoided if you stop using the power locks and always manually lock and unlock the doors with your key. its a little annoying, but apparently the power locks are connected to the alarm issue. hope the same works for you.

check to see if there is power at the light green/red wire at the alt. If the is no power check the thirty amp fuse in the engine comp fuse box for the alt.

lol check your alternator. asap. thats what mine did when it satrted going bad. checking your levels it easy you just need a voltage meter if it's below 13 when your can is running your alternator is bad

your injectors could alsoe need a good cleaning. also i've noticed with the tarus up hill is a bit harder for some reason