95 Lumina Bull Dog Remote Starter problem

That is weird; I've never heard it before.  Where'd you get tach?  I could imagine that if you used a fuel injector for tach, and then your remote starter was somehow throwing out a ground on its tach wire......the injector could stay open and dump out a lot of fuel, causing the engine to race.........but that's just my wild guess---like I say, I've never seen it before.

I'd go and re-test your tach wire, but do it right at the Bulldog brain inside the car.  Or maybe temporarily disconnect the tach wire, program the Bulldog unit to tachless operation, and see if it happens to work that way.

Here is a wiring diagram for the Lumina. Double check the connection with what is listed here:

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Notes:

I would avoid going tachless on my own car......but in this case, it's useful to know that you're not using tach----we can be pretty sure that you didn't mess up a fuel injector or something like that.

I wouldn't think that the remote starter is defective-----when it's installed properly, none of its connections could ever possibly control the speed of the engine.

Did you already test each and every wire for proper operation, and did you test directly at the Bulldog brain and/or relay pack?

csorb, I've installed a couple of Bulldog units in the past, and I'll agree that they look cheaply made, have lousy  range, and lack many important outputs.  But putting all that aside, I can't think of one single wire on a remote car starter that would ever affect the car's engine speed when properly installed.  I don't think a defective unit is very likely in this case.

Possibly, though, the starter motor keeps on cranking even after the engine is running----this makes a horrible sound, and someone unfamiliar with such things might mistake this for a high-revving engine.

fsun10, try something if you wouldn't mind.  Start your engine with the key, but continue to hold the key in the crank position for an extra second, and take note of the sound it makes-----this isn't terribly good for your car, though, so only hold the key there as long as necessary to hear the sound.

After you've done that.......is the sound the same as what you hear when you try to use the remote starter?