What is wrong with my x?

[ssunger]

last week i parked my x at garage and lock the door than came inside the house. few minutes later alram went on for no reason. alram went on all night that day and killed my battery. i tried everything to stop alram but it didnt worked. since the battery was five years old, i bought new one today and replaced it. i test drived for few minutes and came back home again and locked the car. The "Alram went on again!!!!!damn!!!! I am writing this post while listening to the alram now!! help!!!

[Jordo]

Well disconnect the battery untill you figure it out! Don't just let it keep going.

[ssunger]

i just disconnected now......oh man any clue?

[mrbmwx5]

Bad hood switch.Unplug it will taking care of that problem.

[Jordo]

Wow! The alarm will go off if you open the hood? Nice! So where is the sensor? What does it look like?

[romeokc10]

Do a search, there are some threads with pics to show you where it's located, passenger side near the hood hinge, just unplug it, common problem.

[ssunger]

wow so there was someone who had same problem. while i drive my car, the front monitor keep on saying doow open, is that a hood sensor problem??

[Jordo]

Did you unplug the hood sensor? Did it fix it?

[askhao]

Yes, it's the hood sensor that has gone bad. I'll try to find my thread.

[ssunger]

i unplugged the hood sensor. now its been 10min past without alarm. hope this fixes it. thank you for quick post guys! ill update in next hour!!