remote start not working

TheExxonKid · Mar 20, 2007

I have a viper alarm with remote start on it, but only sometimes will it actually start. I hit the button, the lights flash, and it tries to start but its like it doesn't hold the ignition long enough. I can't tell if its my ignition or my alternator or something. I had the same thing trying to start in my old escort but thats cause I had to much pull on the battery/alternator from my stereo

MikeyMike · Mar 25, 2007

make sure all ur pins are down. meaning the sensors that tell your alarm everything is closed.. My hood pin fell off and my car would start and die right away, i finally realsed the pin was gone, so the autostart thought the hood was "open" which would kill the ignition.

profuse007 · Apr 6, 2007

best thing to do is to take it back to your installer.

most likely the crank time is not at correct setting.

you can do this yourself, pm me.

Totalimmortal · Apr 6, 2007

It's not the hardest thing out there to switch from tach sense to voltage sense.

I think the preset crank time is .4 seconds.

angelplus · Apr 7, 2007

Totalimmortal said:
It's not the hardest thing out there to switch from tach sense to voltage sense.

I think the preset crank time is .4 seconds.

Yeah Deffinently your Tach sensing. If its compustar, its going to take probably a good hour to do it lol, becuase I think you have to actually redue all the steps of setting everything up. Mine took 4 hours at my local shop since they have to reset everything up, becuase my starter would actually run too long.

TheExxonKid · Apr 14, 2007

will have to take it back to them and let em check it out. Unless someone can tell me how to do it.

angelplus · Apr 15, 2007

let them check it out, if not, pull the instruction booklet out and start reading.. but who does that? lol

TheExxonKid · Apr 15, 2007

that takes all the fun out of figuring out how to do it yourself.....that would be the same as taking it to the place that put it in.....having the manufacturer doing it for you and telling you.....