Help with Codealarm RS - 2004 Saturn Vue

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Topic: Help with Codealarm RS - 2004 Saturn Vue

Posted By: cfabe2
Subject: Help with Codealarm RS - 2004 Saturn Vue
Date Posted: January 22, 2005 at 4:58 PM

I've got a codealarm CA425 brain installed with the 535 remote start package. Having a problem that I just can't figure out, it's driving me nuts!

The car will remote start fine one time. No SES or Security lights, I've done a resistor bypass to the VATS and have the keysense wire hooked up. After running for 1-2 minutes, it will shut off on it's own. After that, when I try to start it it just flashes the parking lights 3 times. And also when the alarm is armed the LED flashes 3 times instead of 1 like normal after this first start. If I pull power to the brain to reset it, it goes back to normal and will let me start it once agian. If I turn off the remote start with the brake pedal or remote before it turns off on it's own, I can restart it agian, one time.

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Posted By: cfabe2
Date Posted: January 22, 2005 at 5:01 PM

I should add that I'm using tachless mode, I don't see how that could be a problem, but who knows?

Posted By: cfabe2
Date Posted: January 22, 2005 at 5:47 PM

More testing reveals:

If I do this with the alarm armed, when the car shuts off it the alarm goes off. Then when I unlock/disarm it, it honks/flashes 4 times and the LED flashes 4 times. Agian it won't start remotely any more until I reset the brain.

Posted By: cfabe2
Date Posted: January 23, 2005 at 5:35 PM

Anyone?

Posted By: johnnydi77
Date Posted: January 23, 2005 at 6:02 PM

Try hooking up a tach sense. Depending on whats under the hood, the tach may be easy to get to or may be a pain in the ass. Sounds like the starter is going into tach lockout. Also the vehicle is equipped with passlock 2 not vats. Be more specific on what you used and have done and I may be able to help you.

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John J. DiStefano Jr.

Posted By: cfabe2
Date Posted: January 24, 2005 at 7:55 AM

I will look into hooking up the tach wire tonight, I haven't looked to see if it's a pain or not, but I think it will require me running a wire through the firewall as the ECM is mounted to the engine. But if that's what it takes, that's fine. It seems wierd that it would run for that long and then decide to shut it off, but who knows. When it starts the parking lights do come on to indicate the vehicle is running.

Also, I meant to say passlock, to bypass it I measured and wired in the proper resistor between the 2 appropriate wires in the passlock wiring. I then also hooked up the (ground while RS on) wire to the keysense wire at the ignition switch, to prevent the "Service Vehicle" light from coming on.

Posted By: cfabe2
Date Posted: January 24, 2005 at 8:08 PM

Well I hooked up the tach wire, it learned the tach signal fine, but it's still doing exactly the same thing. Anyone else have any ideas? This 3 flashes is some sort of an error code, just need to find out what it means. I guess I'll try calling code alarm tomorrow if i can get a few minutes free at work.