remote car starter

[sk13322]

i have one on my 08 spyder and its worked great for a year but now i turn it on it goes though its set up than cranks twice shut off without stratering reset on its own and fires fine. I made my second appt. with the place that put it on cause the first time had a two hour late cause a guy called in. Has anyone had this happen? They guy at the car place said it sounds like the bypass and its not covered go figure its 40 bucks he said if its bad. I dont mind paying if it fixes it but the werid part is it seems to work fine than do this every other week???

[Mattman]

thats bullshit, if the bypass isn't working its because they fucked it up or it was defective out of box; a good shop would replace it IF either one of those is true. they wont take a lose on it anyway, and if they haven't even looked at it, it sounds like they're trying to screw you.

my remote start very rarely takes two cranks to start. i have m/t, not sure if it matters, but it usually only happens when its been sitting for days.

i thin executive has remote start on his, maybe he can give his input.

[sk13322]

yeah i got a new appt. wed and ill go from there i guess

[Ballfade]

executives remote start is pretty instant

[XyX]

Some wiring problem is what's happening. My car takes only 1 start, but if it sits for 3 or more days I end up starting with a key because the car sat for so long.

[El_Rey24]

ok i got a question about this as well, is it possible to get a remote starter w/o replacing the function on the stock key? cuz i dont feel like having a giant key chain on my car keys just for a starter. in other words can i use my stock key to remote start the car w/o going to the dealer?

[sk13322]

Originally Posted by XyX

Some wiring problem is what's happening. My car takes only 1 start, but if it sits for 3 or more days I end up starting with a key because the car sat for so long.

so if ur car sits for more than 3 days u cant start it with the remote??

[sk13322]

Originally Posted by El_Rey24

ok i got a question about this as well, is it possible to get a remote starter w/o replacing the function on the stock key? cuz i dont feel like having a giant key chain on my car keys just for a starter. in other words can i use my stock key to remote start the car w/o going to the dealer?

i would guess no but i could be wrong

[BrianJ]

Originally Posted by El_Rey24

ok i got a question about this as well, is it possible to get a remote starter w/o replacing the function on the stock key? cuz i dont feel like having a giant key chain on my car keys just for a starter. in other words can i use my stock key to remote start the car w/o going to the dealer?

Sure you can, but you'll have to be creative! If it were me...I would disable the trunk latch and use the trunk open button to then trigger the remote start...should work just fine...

[El_Rey24]

wow that does sound creative but also complicated

[BrianJ]

Not really, the key remote sends a signal to the car to trigger the trunk lock to open it. Instead of opening the trunk, you'll have that wire activate a relay.

Then you'll have to take your remote start remote apart and locate the switch you push to start the vehicle. It will have two contacts on it...when you push the switch these two contacts are what gets connected together. You'll hook these two contacts to the relay, and now when you push your trunk key it will activate your relay, which will in turn make the connection in your remote starter remote which will start the car...

Brian

[XyX]

Originally Posted by El_Rey24

ok i got a question about this as well, is it possible to get a remote starter w/o replacing the function on the stock key? cuz i dont feel like having a giant key chain on my car keys just for a starter. in other words can i use my stock key to remote start the car w/o going to the dealer?

Don't think so, remote needs to be programmed to the brain and your key is programmed to your car and not your "remote start" brain.

Originally Posted by sk13322

so if ur car sits for more than 3 days u cant start it with the remote??

Its personal preference, my car sits in the garage a lot so if its been a while I just rather start with a key to avoid remote starting and it taking more than 1 crank to do it.

[El_Rey24]

well idk where u live been a remote start comes in handy out here in ny when it gets cold

[sk13322]

i deff need one and i think someone on youtube did this.now mine starts runs for a few secs than shuts off and repeats this over and over.

YouTube - '06 Eclipse Remote Start with Factory Key

[El_Rey24]

o wow the video proves it u can def do it. Will a shop b willing to do this? Cuz im not sure if i can

[sk13322]

idk my dealer said they would do it but its over 300 bucks. I went to the shop today they guy sat in my car for 5 mins. and came back in a said he reprogramed it and it should be all set so i guess ill wait and see.

[Mattman]

damn, thats sweet, when the two way viper alarm for iphone gets a few more software updates ill do this. that way my oem key does everything i need it to do, fast, and my iphone will take over the pager side. then i only have to have the key and iphone, no big transponder thing in my pocket

[BrianJ]

Originally Posted by sk13322

idk my dealer said they would do it but its over 300 bucks. I went to the shop today they guy sat in my car for 5 mins. and came back in a said he reprogramed it and it should be all set so i guess ill wait and see.

I'm confused... Are you saying they reprogrammed your stock key to remote start your car like in the YouTube video???

[XyX]

Video says factory remote start not aftermarket

[BrianJ]

I thought maybe he was just talking about using the factory key, since that's all that's shown...

I wasn't aware that it was EVER an option from the factory...that's what I was looking for confirmation on...

[El_Rey24]

yea i was talking about using the factory key, cuz i didnt want to b walking around with all those xtra alarms or key chains on my key ring. So i was wondering if it was possible to do it with the factory key and obviously it is lol....n yea the dealership does offer it im not sure if they all do but mines did

[BrianJ]

^^^ Are you saying your dealership offers it as a factory option??? Or just that they do aftermarket remote starts like every stereo shop? Can you be more specific? Thanks!

Brian

[El_Rey24]

as a factory option, but as always the stealership always wants to charge an arm and a leg for it

[sk13322]

my dealer does offer it as a factory option well over 300 bucks they said. Mines acting up again so i got another appt. mon there gonna replace my bypass since they got an updated one for free since they been driving me crazy

[BrianJ]

^^^ That makes no sense to me...if it's a factory option why would it need a bypass???

[sk13322]

mines not a factory starter mines aftermarket and a shop did it not the dealer

[sk13322]

but when i was looking into it i called them and thats what they told me so i went with a aftermarket one

[JUZ10xD]

or maybe you just have to set the crank mode to ccrank a bit longer, if its tachless.

[sk13322]

idk not much bout it the guy said he set the tach thing for the remote cause it was off but its still doing it so there gna look at it monday and if im not happy my boss knows the owner and has ton of pole so ill go that route.

[sk13322]

they said today they cant get it to do the same problems im haiving and if they didnt fix it this time ill have to leave it over night and they redid all the settings the tach and a little bit crank time. They tryed blameing my cold air intake cause it changed idle lol. I had it on for a year and it worked great so, so much for that idea lol