# Alarm sounds when key is turned over

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/alarm-sounds-when-key-is-turned-over/60364>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** mazda3, winter, starters, ignition, mazda, alarm\
**Created:** [January 23, 2011, 3:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/alarm-sounds-when-key-is-turned-over/60364 "2011-01-23T15:48:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![christopher.norris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/47e85d/32.png) [@christopher.norris](https://community.cartalk.com/u/christopher.norris)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2011, 3:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/alarm-sounds-when-key-is-turned-over/60364/1 "2011-01-23T15:48:27Z")

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It’s quite cold today, -5f, and as I went to start the car this morning I ran into some issues. The car seemed to start no problem with the remote starter, however as I got into the car after letting it warm up for 5-10 minutes the steering wheel was locked and I had to turn the car off and restart it. This is usually not an issue, however when I turned the key the car made a short sad noise and the alarm began to sound. I had to lock and unlock it again via the remote starter to get the alarm to stop sounding. Now, whenever I try and start the car, the alarm sounds and the car won’t start. Help?