Installation Guide
P.33
12.
The car starts, the heater works but not the air conditioning system.
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Missing second accessory (common on some Fords)
13.
The CHECK ENGINE light comes on and the vehicle doesn't shift, it feels sluggish.
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Missing second ignition. (common on some GMs)
14.
On cold mornings the park lights come on, go out, and then flash 2 times slowly.
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Check for a weak car battery. (Try using the cold weather mode option)
15.
The car doesn't start and the park lights flash 4 times.
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Check brake circuit.
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Check for blown rear park light (feedback).
16.
The vehicle runs for 8 seconds then shuts down. I have 12 volts on starter wire the whole time but
no over crank.
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Did you make an auto tach adjustment? (New GM trucks, cars and minivans)
17.
The car runs for about 5 seconds, shuts down and restarts; it does this 3 times.
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Check voltage on tach wire.
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Try an alternate tach source.
18.
The car starts by remote but the range is poor.
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Are the car windows tinted?
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Does it have an aftermarket alarm?
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Is the antenna mounted below the
tint strip?
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Using the correct remote?
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Change remote battery.
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Heated front windshield? (Taurus, Crown
Victoria)
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Metal film in windshield?
(GM minivans)
19.
I get excellent range when the vehicle is not running but almost none when it is running.
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Check for loose spark plug boot or faulty ignition wires, cracked cap.
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Try disconnecting blower motor.
20.
After about a half hour almost no range at all until the vehicle is started with the key again.
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Does the vehicle have factory alarm/ keyless entry?
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You might have to switch to a 433MHZ module (some GM Trucks, Cavalier/Sunfire,
Breeze/Stratus/Cirrus).
21.
The radio stays on after the vehicle shuts down.
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Retained Accessory Power will keep power to radio for approx. 10 - 15 minutes or until it sees a
door open. (Fords, GM's R.A.P.)
22.
The headlights stay on after car shuts down by remote.
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Switch headlight switch from auto to normal. (Toyota)
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On some vehicles, opening a door will shut the head lights off. Pulse the drivers door pin with the
rearm wire.
23.
I get no 12V reading at all at the brake pedal, depressed or not.
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Some vehicles require ignition be on. (BMW)
24.
The park lights flash on their own.
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Check hood pin adjustment.
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Bad ground?
25.
I blow fuses every time I try the remote door locks and I have already installed a relay.
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Door locks are reverse polarity, and not positive trigger.
26.
I blow fuses every time I try the remote trunk release and I have already installed a relay.
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Trunk3 release is reverse polarity, and not positive trigger.
