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Jimbob 
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Posted: July 02, 2003 at 8:16 AM / IP Logged  

I installed a remote starter in my wifes Grandmas 99 Cavalier about a year and a half ago.  She just called my wife and told her she wanted me to pull it out because her mechanic said that the remote starter is killing the alternator.  I dont know any details about her conversation with the mechanic or why she even brought her car in, but I thought I would check here to see if anyone knows if this could be true that the RS is killing the alternator. 

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rudbwoy69camaro 
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Yeah right killing the alternator, that mechanic needs to check and see if he's got screws loose.   I know my 700IQ kills the battery when I just let the car sit and don't drive it for weeks.   Alternator-NO.
mr12volt 
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%$@#$#% That is what the mechanics always say.  If there is a problem it will be blamed on the alarm.  The Remote start kills the alternator just as much as a radar detector slows down a car.  Doesnt Happen.
Jimbob 
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Posted: July 02, 2003 at 8:34 PM / IP Logged  

That is exactly what I thought, I mean the remote starter just does the same thing as the key does. 

But for posterity's sake, I have to ask if the RS could cause damage to the alternator if the RS was installed wrong, for example If an ignition wire was missed?  I know I  grabbed 2 Ignition wires and an accessory wire, which is all I can see is needed. 

I actually think that this is just a case of the mechanic thinking he knows all and just slipped a line in that those RS things are bad for your alternator and then my wifes grandma believed him and likely will be too stubborn to believe me when I tell her the mechanic was full of it.

Thanks guys.  

ezridr 
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@%$#$#$** mechanics is right, ESPECIALLY the ones at dealerships, they are too busy scratching their @sses, and being f-ing LAZY, if they actually took the time to investigate the problem THOROUGHLY rather than blame the problem on any aftermarket car audio/alarm product they could make more $$ because 90% of the time if they remove the product the vehicle STILL has problems, DR. I believe this is another case of LAZINESS/I don't want to mess with that car--ITIS
My mechanic told me, "I couldn't fix your brakes, so I made your horn louder"
ezridr 
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OH yeah one other thing, IF that component were going do damage the alternator it would have done it a lot sooner than a year and a half, tell your wife's grandma to find a mechanic with some freaking brainsRS killing Alternator? -- posted image.
My mechanic told me, "I couldn't fix your brakes, so I made your horn louder"

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