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Posted: December 23, 2008 at 8:49 PM / IP Logged  
What's a good tach source? I have everything installed, using a PLJX. I set it for passlock 2 and programmed it but the remote start is still not working right. It tries to start but immediately dies. I've tried the white wire on the coil, the BROWN / white crankshaft positioning wire (from a suggestion on another topic in our site), and a non-common color fuel injector wire (grey seemed to be a common color so I used a black wire on one of the injectors). I "taught" it the tach too but it does not want to remote start.
i think a wire's loose somewhere...
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The problem is probably not tach, though white or PURPLE / white at the ignition module should work as a source.
The jumper on the PLJX needs to be set for Passlock I, which your Grand Am is equipped with.
Also the violet/white bulb test output wire from the PLJX needs to be connected to the car if you haven't done so yet.
Edit: I just looked back at earlier posts and noticed the reference to Passlock I having a visible resistor in the key.
This is incorrect - Passkey I/II(aka VATS) has keys with the visible resistor. Passlock I, like Passlock II, uses plain metal keys.
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I'll try it again as PL1. Initially I was doing this but did not have any success. An aquaintance at a local stereo shop who does alarms all the time told me that the car is PL2. I also found another spot online noting the differences in the keys with the keys for PL2 not having any chips in them, as is the case with this car key. I'll re-do it tomorrow for PL1 and try it again. I will also check that PURPLE / white at the ignition mod. There's a harness plugging into a "cover" that goes over the coils and connects to the spark plugs. The cover has both the white and PURPLE / white wires in it. I'll try to post my results tomorrow. Thanks for the correction about the PL  :)

Oh--is there a need to connect the "keysense" wire on the PLJX (green, I think)? The installer I mentioned, who told me it was a PL2, also told me that the wire did not need to be connected.

i think a wire's loose somewhere...
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Confusion about Passlock I is fairly common, and understandably so since it was only on 5 GM cars, ever('95-99 Cavalier and Sunfire, '96-'98 Grand Am, Achieva, and Skylark).
I don't think keysense would be a problem. Couldn't hurt though if you're wiring near the harness anyway.
You've got the correct harness there for the ignition module; I've used either color for tach on the 2.4 and Ecotec engines and it's worked well.
Stupid question, but you are doing the programming procedure for the PLJX? It's not self-learning like the 555L.
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I'm doing the programming procedure as in I'm holding down the program button till the light flashes and then releasing it.

I tried a 555L on the car and did not have any success at all. I thought the module may have been bad so I got the PLJX.

i think a wire's loose somewhere...
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Hmm...that sounds like the PLJX is learning the R-code properly. And you said the car would do a valet take-over properly?
I'd recheck the wiring between the Ungo and the PLJX - if it's getting good ignition and constant, maybe try jumping the brown GWR input to ground?
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