Recent content by JamesBondo

Honda quoted a friend of mine $900 for an OEM remote start installed. I knew it would cost more, but should it really be that high?

And this is making me wonder if I should go back and solder that trunk release wire. If I had to take it back to them, I don't want them to think I've screwed with their install and messed something up. All I did initially was inspect a few things, nothing truly invasive. Unfortunately, it...

Well, they got the problem corrected. The issue was that my factory alarm has a "factory disarm with unlock" wire and a "factory disarm without unlock" wire. They tapped into the "with unlock" wire because apparently it's much easier to access. The "without unlock" wire is inside the driver...

Solder them if you can. As cfox10 said, see if you keep a steady 12v on the acc wire. If you do, the head unit may be bad.

Update: The entire system just quit working. It no longer responds to any input on the remote. Thankfully the factory remote still works fine. In retrospect, I regret the decision to have this system installed. The shop has done well at trying to make things right, and I'm sure they'll be able...

Yeah, I had to have a transponder bypass because of the chip in the factory key. If there is some other kind of bypass that would fix my problem, I don't know what it is, and neither did they. It turned out that the new alarm system didn't help, and they put the old one back in. The installer...

Im at the shop now. They said the issue was the car's factory alarm, and that the aftermarket trunk release tells the factory alarm to disarm and unlock the doors. They said they would put a different system in for an extra $30, no labor charge, and that it should fix the problem. I said OK. If...

Perhaps. That doesn't necessarily mean it'll happen without significant difficulty, though. I suppose I should at least give them the chance to make it right. I've put everything back together and I'll take it up there and see what they say.

My gut feeling is it would take a lot of verbal back and forth and strong insistence. I decided to go exploring further anyways, and I managed to remove the trunk release output wire from the DEI harness, and then I plugged the main plug back into the brain. The trunk release button *still*...

I'm depressed. I went out to find the factory trunk release wire, which the12volt said was in the driver's kick panel. The installer apparently stripped the wire back, wrapped a wire around it, and taped it. No crimp, no solder. This is supposed to be a high current wire :| I disconnected the...

I just had an aftermarket keyless entry/remote start system installed. It seems to work OK, except that the trunk release on the aftermarket remote also unlocks all the doors. The door lock button will not lock them back unless I press the unlock button first. The trunk release on the factory...