Remote start randomly starting

[carchrism5 10+ year member]

ok while i was sleeping randomly my 881xp started my car at like 4am. then i was half awake at 6.30am and i heard the remote got off and the car started again. So what do u guys think? i'm gonna ask everyone at work, i think its a programming error

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[carchrism5 10+ year member]

nvm i figured it out, it was on the timer mode, meaning it will start every 3 hours. So i disabled it and i should be good to go

 

[fakename 10+ year member]

noob

 

[azbass 5,000+ posts]

you have a timer programed in to start the car at certin intervels?

 

[MadAudio 10+ year member]

lol i laughed when i read this cause i knew thats what was happeneing my compustar has the same thing

 

[Randy Savage 5,000+ posts]

you have a timer programed in to start the car at certin intervels?

You can set the 881 to do this if you'd like...

 

[noob with an RS 10+ year member]

im curious to know what would the timer mode even be useful for

 

[trevor87 5,000+ posts]

For those planned escapes from your "girlfriends" house lol

 

[kotec123 10+ year member]

if its really cold outside and u wanna keep ur car from freezing over....then u program it to defrost and heat it up a lil

 

[Randy Savage 5,000+ posts]

im curious to know what would the timer mode even be useful for

Cold environment?

 

[noob with an RS 10+ year member]

ohh i see.. yea, i just remembered that if anyone tried to jump in the car while it was running, the car would shut off as soon as they put it into gear without the key, right?

 

[Randy Savage 5,000+ posts]

ohh i see.. yea, i just remembered that if anyone tried to jump in the car while it was running, the car would shut off as soon as they put it into gear without the key, right?

As long as the installer hooked up the brakeswitch...they'll shut down when the break is pressed...