compustar 1wam a issues, '01 Ford Escape

Well I've had this alarm installed in my '01 Ford Escape for over a year now without hassles. And last night, got in the car to go out, unarmed it everything worked....get home and it wouldn't arm or lock the doors with the remote...I've gone over everything with a DMM pokin all the wires, everything is getting power...except nothing. I tried to reprogram the remotes but a few seconds after i hit the lock button to program it, my lights flash twice, and I'm not sure what that means. Any help :( thanks!

I would take it back to were it was installed as compustar units carry a lifetime warranty. Also note that most shops including myself will void the warranty if the customer tampers with the install.

xtremej wrote: I would take it back to were it was installed as compustar units carry a lifetime warranty. Also note that most shops including myself will void the warranty if the customer tampers with the install.

i installed it myself while i was at school at installer institute last year. i'm still baffled by it. i hear the relay clicking now when i go into program the remote. i do the on to acc 5 times and the lights flash once...i hit lock and noth ing happens. then a few seconds later the lights flash twice. weird.

Sounds like a antenna problem. Make sure its plugged in all the way. Thats the only thing I have seen similar to the problem your having.

xtremej wrote: Sounds like a antenna problem. Make sure its plugged in all the way. Thats the only thing I have seen similar to the problem your having.

yeah i called compustar and they suggested the antenna also, i removed it and checked it over but it looks fine. A friend has the same alarm not installed so i'm going to borrow his unit to swap out parts to narrow it down some more. thanks for the help

Try swaping the antenna cable out, had a bad one 20 mintues ago. It would work then move the cable a little bit then nothing. swapped cable out and cha ching it worked every time.

Well i borrowed his antenna/antenna cable/brain tonight... switched out the antenna/cable...nothing switched out the brain and used my original antenna/cable...bingo looks like my brain was shot. everythings workin a-ok now. Looks like I have to call compustar in the morning :( thanks again.