Engine will not turn off

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Topic: Engine will not turn off

Posted By: jassink
Subject: Engine will not turn off
Date Posted: February 07, 2005 at 3:50 PM

1997 Chrysler Town & Country 3.3l V6

CrimeStopper Cool Start RS900VII

I installed a Crimestopper CoolStart RS900 VII, about a month ago, and until today have not had any problems with it. Today, my wife put the van in idle down mode and got out. When she got back into the van she put the key back in and left. The next stop she went to turn off the van and it would not turn off. She tried,the brake pedal, using the remote start button with the key removed and still nothing, I tried as well, I even opened the hood with the van running and no key in the ignition and nothing. I ended up disconectiong the main wiring harness from the remote start unit and was finally able to get it to turn off.

Any ideas or help would be greatly appreciated, I am kind of apprehensive about reconnecting everything until I can figure out what went wrong.

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Posted By: Velocity Motors
Date Posted: February 07, 2005 at 3:56 PM

We had this problem with AutoStart unit in a 1998 Dodge Caravan and the van still ran after we disconnected the unit ! The only thing that would shut it down was to remove the battery post off the battery terminal. It ended up being a software problem on the Autostart unit, but we ended up replacing the unit with a Compustar and haven't heard back from him since & this was about 4 months ago.

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Jeff
Velocity Custom Home Theater
Mobile Audio/Video Specialist
Morden, Manitoba CANADA

Posted By: Uniqueauto
Date Posted: February 07, 2005 at 8:35 PM

Even when you disconnected to unit the van kept running? Where was it getting power from? >>Interesting<<

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Installer/Owner

Double check twice Install once!
Wires are my Best Friends

Posted By: thepencil
Date Posted: February 07, 2005 at 10:00 PM

I would replace the unit all together. The defect is in the unit. Put a new one in and save the stress and the guess work. I had 3 Autostart paging unit with the similar problem. Sometimes you are bound to have one of those manufacture unit slip by a worker when they fall asleep on the assembly line.

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Posted By: Fosgate3
Date Posted: February 07, 2005 at 10:20 PM

pray

Posted By: oonikfraleyoo
Date Posted: February 07, 2005 at 11:48 PM

yes, the lord will turn off your van.

Posted By: oonikfraleyoo
Date Posted: February 07, 2005 at 11:50 PM

I dont even have remote start. Just faith.