2004 grand am gt alarm headlight problem
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Topic: 2004 grand am gt alarm headlight problem
Posted By: hotcarmaster12
Subject: 2004 grand am gt alarm headlight problem
Date Posted: September 02, 2010 at 5:34 PM
Hi all, I've searched everywhere and called every car security place and can't figure this out. I had an viper 5901 installed awhile back in my car and it worked great, when I would remote start at night my parking lights would come onand then when I unlocked the car the headlights would flash 3 times, well recently the alarm had to be reinstalled and now when I remote start my car my headlights stay on and I park on a busy street so it blinds people because I have bright lights, I called the installer and they said they have no clue how to get it back to the way it was before. :( any suggestions?? Or places to take it too? Thanks in advance and sorry if this was posted before, I'm on my phone and can't search.
Again my car is a 2004 Pontiac Grand AM GT
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Posted By: hotcarmaster12
Date Posted: September 02, 2010 at 11:12 PM
No body can help me?
Posted By: i am an idiot
Date Posted: September 03, 2010 at 1:24 AM
I am not at all familiar with your alarm/remote start unit. But it seems to me that they connected your Ground out While Running wire to the headlight relay instead of the parking light relay.
Posted By: hotcarmaster12
Date Posted: September 03, 2010 at 8:57 AM
i am an idiot wrote:
I am not at all familiar with your alarm/remote start unit. But it seems to me that they connected your Ground out While Running wire to the headlight relay instead of the parking light relay.
So how do I get my headlights to stay off when I remote start? And flash when I unlock?
Posted By: i am an idiot
Date Posted: September 03, 2010 at 9:39 PM
Connect the Light flash output wire to the headlights. Connect the Ground While Running (GWR) wire to a relay that powers your parking lights.
Posted By: hotcarmaster12
Date Posted: September 03, 2010 at 11:44 PM
So the headlights will flash even if it's not dark? And I will have my installer do this thanks!
Posted By: i am an idiot
Date Posted: September 04, 2010 at 6:39 AM
When you say it was reinstalled, was it reinstalled into the same exact vehicle in which it was previously installed?
Posted By: hotcarmaster12
Date Posted: September 04, 2010 at 9:17 AM
Yes, the brain on the viper had went out and they gave me a whole new system
Posted By: hotcarmaster12
Date Posted: September 04, 2010 at 10:45 AM
So parking lights will flash when I just unlock and lock it, but when it's remote started the headlights will flash?
Posted By: i am an idiot
Date Posted: September 04, 2010 at 1:16 PM
Tell your installer that you want the headlights connected to the light flash circuit. Tell him that you want the GWR wire to activate the parking lights.
Posted By: hotcarmaster12
Date Posted: September 04, 2010 at 1:54 PM
Thank you!
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