2000 Grand Am, Remote Start

One last question before I try your most recent setup.  If I hook my relay up like this it will be thrown for the entire time that my car is on.  Is it safe to keep a relay thrown for that long.  If I should use diodes what amperage rating would this wire carry.

Thanks,

A relay can be activated for as long as there is a signal going to the trigger. There is no set time that a relay can be on. If you use a diode, use a 4001N 1 amp diode .

Jeff, your method would work, but maybe not reliably.  For one, his bypass module will be at work every time the car is started, even with the key---if the bypass module should fail, the car will NEVER start.  Additionally, most bypass modules learn the car's R-code by starting the car with the key---this would no longer be possible.

Justin, you'll need the wire that comes from your remote starter, and attaches to the pink wire in the car.  Cut in half, and insert a diode (6 amps or greater) inline.  This will allow current to go from the remote starter and out to the car, but NOT from the car back into the remote starter.

Perform the same relay setup Jeff describes, but hook terminal 85 to the remote starter's main ignition output, BEHIND the diode.