Remote Start.. - Page 2

kucaci · Jun 21, 2009, 09:38 PM

Good points~~~~

biggie5252 · Jun 22, 2009, 11:38 AM

The only legal issue I've ever heard of with remote starts is in some places it's illegal to leave a running car unattended.

dmoevo · Jun 22, 2009, 11:41 AM

ive got the new viper alarm 5701 with remote start and you have to do a sequence of events as told before in order for remote start to work.

DBallz · Jul 1, 2009, 01:16 PM

Ok I'nm going to jump on this one in NY it's not illiegal and I have actually never heard of it being illegal in any state. Now most shops will not install it on a manual car. Some shops can put in a nuetral position sensor on the shift linkage or the stick itself. Basically the position switch if it realizes it's in any gear other then neutral then the auto start sequence will not activate. In some cases it will just prime the injectors but it won't crank the starter and kill the ignition. If you don't have a position sensor and you have a strong e-brake the car will make an attempt to start but if there is too much resistance in the starting process the remote start will deactivate. It's all how you set it up

**sblvro** · Jul 1, 2009, 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by evokid511

i have a remote start on me evo aand i have to say i love it... if you look behind your clutch theres a button and when the clutch is pressed in the button is pushed so the car nos that someone is pushing it in and to allow the motor to start... but when u get a remote start they just unplug that sensor and bypass it so it always thinks its pressed, so no more pushing the clutch to start it... butttttt that also means you have to make sure you don leave your car in gear... it does have a safety feature though, the E-brae has to be up for it to work

That is not the best way to bypass the clutch. I installed my compustar and also used a relay switch to bypass the clutch when in remote start and if I am manually starting the car, it will not start unless I press the clutch=just like OEM

superman59us · Jul 22, 2009, 06:11 PM

Yeah i dont think its possible to start the car in gear.. only if u have the clutch pressed in. And if ur not in the car how the heck is your clutch going to be pressed in unless u have some device!

evo4g63awd · Jul 23, 2009, 09:55 AM

I havent really looked into it, but I dont think its the fact that remote starts on stick car's is illegal, as it is that many shops wont do them for a liability issue of the customer blaming them. Ive had a remote start on most my stick cars, not one issue....

....HOWEVER, on the other hand, my mother is not exactly the smartest when it comes to her remote start I had installed on her car. She has an 03 celica and used to park it far away from everyone at her work in the back parking lot. The first time this happened: She remote started her car in reverse, went to walk to her car and saw her car driving without someone in it, it drove across the lot, up and over 2 medians and finally landed on top of the new cherry tree the company had just planted. Thankfully she didnt do much damage to her car, and the thing that was hurting the most was the cherry tree. The second time: again at work, again in reverse, this time it landed on top of a snow bank and she had to have a couple guys at work lift her car off the pile so she could leave. After these 2 incidents management banned her from parking in the same parking lot and told her she had to park away from civilization, they laughed, but were very serious at the same time.