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On Wed, 1 Jan 2014 15:00:26 +0000 (UTC), DerbyDad03
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On Wed, 1 Jan 2014 00:05:41 +0000 (UTC), DerbyDad03
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Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On 12/31/2013 12:10 PM, wrote:
I also require a key operated lock on the
passenger side door.
Which is not an addable option on most cars that don't have one.
I guess it is not important to me. I don't know if any of my last three
cars had one. Rare that I'd lock the doors anyway, but my remote starter does.
Locked car doors make amateur thieves damage you car and do nothing to stop a pro.
I tried my passenger door lock with a key a few weeks ago. I can barely get
the key in, never mind turn it. Power remote locks and/or the driver's door
key hole is all I've ever needed. Of course, I should fix it just in case
both of the other 2 methods go bad at the same time.
BTW...No remote starter that I've ever had, and I've had a number of them,
locked the doors. What's the point of that?
I don't understand the logic either. I believe they all kill the
engine if the throttle or brake (or clutch) are touched.
We've had one. That was enough to cure me of that particular
laziness.
Call me lazy, but starting my vehicles from the warmth of my living room or
office when there's ice on the windshield sure is convenient. I'll blow
snow up and down my street for hours at a time, but I'd still rather go
from a warm house to a warm car without having to run out in the cold to
start it.
Oh, it was great, when it worked. When it didn't, she didn't get to
work. If it was cold, it would flood the car and keep trying its
stupid algorithm that got it there, until there was no battery left.
We'd have to babysit it anyway, so it wasn't worth the trouble.
After-market starters would also void the warrantee for starters and
such.
My remote starters have always been after-market. Different brands, but
they all worked the same way: three tries to start the car. After that,
they gave up. That's what the manual said it would do, and that's how it
worked the one time I "tested" that feature. I had a weak battery and the
car wouldn't start. The remote tried three times and then quit. Maybe yours
was defective.
The one time we had a problem with a remote starter was with my wife's car.
Her car often take 2 tries if it's really cold. Towards the end of last
winter, if the car stalled after the first start, the remote wouldn't turn
the heater blower, lights or radio off or try to restart it. From some
reason it assumed the car was running. After that happened a few times, I
called the shop where we bought it 3 to 4 years prior and they replaced the
module under the lifetime warranty. No problems since then. If the car
stalls, the remote starts it again about 5 seconds later. It never takes
more than 2 tries.