Car beeps even when the key is not in the ignition Options

[CelicaNate]

I just bought a 94 Celica GT. I love the car, but it beeps whenever you open the door, even if the key is not in the ignition. It is quite annoying for two reasons: (1) the beeping gets old and (2) I have to use the key to lock the door. On occasion (maybe once every 20 times) it won't beep when I open the door. I happily lock the car from the door switch before shutting it and hope that the problem is over... but it's not.

Any help in determining the cause of the problem would be greatly appreciated. And yes, I would still like it to beep when the keys are in the ignition. I already read the post about getting it to stop all together.

Nate

[barterj]

I had an '83 honda prelude that did that for a while, I found it was a small button getting stuck inside the ignition. I sprayed some wd-40 on the key and a very little bit in the ignition hole, and ran the key in and out a bunch of times, and it never did it again. Also, even if you have an on off switch on the alarm itself, turning that off won't enable to always look the door, the button in the ignition is what tell the doors to unlock so you can never look your keys in the car if it they are in the ignition