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Installation Guide P. 33
• Do you have the correct OEM disarm wire?
• Did you program the disarm wire?
11. The ABS and the CHECK ENGINE light come on in the dash.
• Are you missing a second ignition or accessory?
12. The car starts and runs but the heater blower motor does not work.
• Incorrect accessory wire.
• Does it have more than one accessory?
13. The car starts, the heater works but the air conditioning system does not.
• Missing second accessory (common on some Fords).
14. The CHECK ENGINE light comes on and the vehicle does not shift; it feels sluggish.
• Missing second ignition (common on some GMs).
15. On cold mornings the parking lights come on, go out, and then flash twice slowly.
• Check for a weak car battery (try using the cold weather mode option).
16. The car does not start and the parking lights flash 4 times.
• Check brake circuit.
• Check for blown rear parking light (feedback).
17. The vehicle runs for 8 seconds then shuts down. I have 12 volts on starter wire the
whole time but no over crank.
• Did you make an auto tach adjustment (new GM trucks, cars and mini vans)?
18. The car runs for about 5 seconds, shuts down and restarts; it does this 3 times.
• Check voltage on tach wire.
• Try an alternate tach source.
19. The car starts by remote but the range is poor.
• Is the car tinted?
• Does it have an aftermarket alarm?
• Is the antenna mounted below the tint strip?
• Using the correct remote?
• Change remote battery.
• Heated front windshield (Taurus, Crown Victoria)?
• Metal film in windshield (GM Mini vans)?
20. I get excellent range when the vehicle is not running but almost none when it is
running.
• Check for loose spark plug boot or faulty ignition wires, cracked cap.
• Try disconnecting blower motor.
21. The radio stays on after the vehicle shuts down.
• Retained Accessory Power will keep power to radio for approximately 10 - 15 minutes or
until it sees a door open (Fords, GM's R.A.P.).
22. The headlights stay on after the car shuts down by remote.
• Switch headlight switch from auto to normal (Toyotas).
• On some vehicles, opening a door will shut the headlights off. Pulse the driver’s door pin
with the rearm wire.
23. I get no 12v reading at all at the brake pedal, depressed or not.
• Some vehicles require the ignition be on (BMW).
24. The parking lights flash on their own.
• Check hood pin adjustment.
• Bad ground?