remote start, 2000 ram, viper 550 esp
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Forum Name: Car Security and Convenience
Forum Discription: Car Alarms, Keyless Entries, Remote Starters, Immobilizer Bypasses, Sensors, Door Locks, Window Modules, Heated Mirrors, Heated Seats, etc.
URL: https://www.the12volt.com/installbay/forum_posts.asp?tid=108733
Printed Date: May 28, 2024 at 2:16 PM
Topic: remote start, 2000 ram, viper 550 esp
Posted By: jmw505
Subject: remote start, 2000 ram, viper 550 esp
Date Posted: November 07, 2008 at 11:40 AM
ok i bought the dodge ram 2000 it have a remote start alarm combo in it but with out the remote so i bought one and programed following the instructions
the lock and alarm works with the remote that i have but it will not remote start
the system is the viper 550 esp i know it is a combo since it has the tach and brake shut down
and when i try to remote start nutting happens no parking lights no clicking of relays nuttin
any help would be great
Replies:
Posted By: ckeeler
Date Posted: November 07, 2008 at 12:42 PM
Is the toggle switch flipped the wrong direction? is the hood pin keeping it from starting?
Posted By: jmw505
Date Posted: November 07, 2008 at 1:21 PM
hood pin disconected and no toggle but is grounded
Posted By: ckeeler
Date Posted: November 07, 2008 at 2:18 PM
the 550esp is an older unit that uses actual relays, some installers run 10ga wire from under the hood right off the battery for power to the relay satelite. have you checked that out? there will be a fuse at the battery to protect this wire, if it was installed that way.
Posted By: jmw505
Date Posted: November 07, 2008 at 2:21 PM
but that wouldn't explain the parking lights that aren't working
but it really pack has power as well
Posted By: ckeeler
Date Posted: November 07, 2008 at 2:46 PM
have you looked at the neutral safety wire?
Posted By: jmw505
Date Posted: November 07, 2008 at 2:48 PM
it is grounded
Posted By: ckeeler
Date Posted: November 07, 2008 at 2:55 PM
did you install this?? it sounds like you did.
Posted By: jmw505
Date Posted: November 07, 2008 at 2:56 PM
no i didn't but i have spent alot of time try to figure out the problem
Posted By: ckeeler
Date Posted: November 07, 2008 at 3:00 PM
i wondered because you've covered the bases pretty well. do you know which wire off the unit is the wire that can be used to trigger the remote start from some other unit? if you find that and try to trigger it and it starts then your problem is not the remote start itself, but maybe the remote.....
Posted By: jmw505
Date Posted: November 07, 2008 at 3:05 PM
problem is it is a data cable 5 wires have to be triggered at diffrent times and i don't want to mess any thing up by doing it but after looking at the system i think the problem between the remote and and the out put to the relays
Posted By: ckeeler
Date Posted: November 07, 2008 at 3:10 PM
jmw505 wrote:
problem is it is a data cable 5 wires have to be triggered at diffrent times and i don't want to mess any thing up by doing it but after looking at the system i think the problem between the remote and and the out put to the relays
huh?......those arent data . those are just low voltage grounds that trigger the relays. im not talking about thoses anyway. im talking about the wire that activates the remote start with an external source, find that wire.
Posted By: jmw505
Date Posted: November 07, 2008 at 3:14 PM
i don't get what your talking about the remote start is activited by the remote
Posted By: ckeeler
Date Posted: November 07, 2008 at 3:31 PM
the 550esp can also be triggered by an external source like another keyless unit or anything that has a neg output. find that wire and ground it.
Posted By: jmw505
Date Posted: November 08, 2008 at 10:11 AM
sry i had to leave but found the wire and grounded it and nuttin it is a negitive input there is nuttin going on with it
Posted By: ckeeler
Date Posted: November 08, 2008 at 10:18 AM
ok, i had you find that wire and ground it because if you did and then the remote start started, that would mean there is nothing wrong with it, but probably the transmitter. but since it didnt start.......the problem is the remote start.
Posted By: jmw505
Date Posted: November 08, 2008 at 11:38 AM
yea thats what i am thinking i am ordering a new one monday
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