CS-2011RS IV - Remote Start Problem

ok in the remote start harness of the alarm, make sure you have hooked up BOTH battery1 and battery2 wires even if there is only one battery wire in the ignition harness...hook both battery wires into that wire.  ive seen people only hook up one and both must be hooked up for the alarm to send out 12v thru the starter wire. 

If the unit is not outputting a (+) 12 volt signal through the starter wire during remote start, then you have a defective unit. Aside from that make sure that your GROUND is secure & free from paint, oils & dirt. Having a bad ground DOES cause a NO START problem.

Here's another test for you to see if you have the rest of the wires in your installation correct. Splice in another wire onto the BROWN starter wire from the CS unit and jumper this wire to a 12 volt constant source for the same duration that the truck would normally take to start. Of course you want to do this after you press the remote start on the remote FOB and wait the 1.5 seconds after the fuel pump engages and then touch the wires together to manually engage the starter. If you have all the correct wires together, the truck will remain running. If you did not hook up all the right wires, then the truck will not stay running at all.

Thanks, I'll check both power wire again (they are both hooked up) to make sure they are show +12. I'll also try the starter trick.

One other piece of info:

The manual states that after the 3 confirmation beeps and the flash of the parking lights (both which do happen), the parking lights should then come on and stay lit...6 secs later the starter should come on. The parking lights do NOT come on again after the initial flash.

I'll let you know how the test you suggested come out.

Thanks again!

The starter wire was hooked in after the relay.

I don't know what fixed it, but last night I decided to just scrap the remote start portion of the alarm and just got with it like it was. I tied up all the wiring, stuffed it back into the dash and called it a night. This morning, low and behold I hit the remote start button on the remote to show the wife it wouldn't work and the dern thing started. It didn't stay running but about 5 seconds, so I think I need to re-learn the tach (what do you guys think?). I am guessing that I had a loose connection somewhere.

Thanks for all the help and suggestions. I really appreciate it!

-Girt

Re-learning the tach fixed the problem with the truck shutting off after about 5 secs.

Thanks again!

Yep, but the problem ended up being the brake wire which had pulled loose when I was putting everything back in the dash...I didn't realize it at the time. I figured it out when I stepped on the break and it didn't kill the engine as the manual said it would. Once it started, I had to re-teach the tach (that I had found in the beginning) to keep it running...works like a charm other than the brake problem..which I can fix.

Thanks for everything.