intellistart iv woes
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Forum Name: Car Security and Convenience
Forum Discription: Car Alarms, Keyless Entries, Remote Starters, Immobilizer Bypasses, Sensors, Door Locks, Window Modules, Heated Mirrors, Heated Seats, etc.
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Topic: intellistart iv woes
Posted By: showngo2000
Subject: intellistart iv woes
Date Posted: December 15, 2007 at 11:31 PM
After recently installing an Intellistart IV Avantguard IV combo, I'm having some issues. When I go to activate the manual start enable function, the lights flash once. The relay to bypass the clutch will come on and then about 3 seconds later, it will disengage. So I pull it up with Cliffnet and the starter icon is fine. I mess with some of the timers, etc. in the starter function and then the starter grays out and I can't do anything with it. After powering up and unplugging the brain and the Intellistart, the icon will finally come back up. This did work correctly for a few months, but now something is screwy. The alarm is on a 99 Ford Contour SVT 5 speed. The PATS is bypassed and working. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
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Posted By: howie ll
Date Posted: December 16, 2007 at 4:13 AM
Last thing of all MANUALLY programme the tach. Do NOT use the Wiz it will screw up all your readings. Also make sure the parking brake standoff (blue / YELLOW) if I remember is going to ground and your brake light switch is working correctly.
Posted By: showngo2000
Date Posted: December 16, 2007 at 2:08 PM
Manually programmed the tach. Now, the remote start enable feature does nothing...no lights, no relays, nothing. So I turn the car off and press button 4 on the master remote. Nothing. Usually if I don't set up the remote start enable for manual transmission, the lights will flash when I hit button 4 on the master remote. It acts as if the intellistart isn't communicating. Any suggestions?
Posted By: howie ll
Date Posted: December 16, 2007 at 3:29 PM
2 things, check all three (2x30, 1x5 amp fuses) with a DMM between connection (large) to unit and ground, make sure your data leads are in place. This car as a Ford Mondeo gives no problems.
Posted By: showngo2000
Date Posted: December 18, 2007 at 9:05 PM
After much investigating on both the Intellistart and the AG4 brain and finding nothing, I decided to take things apart...really apart. Upon opening up the Intellistart IV, I found one of the copper tracings on the board that appeared to be broken. The tracing is showing the copper, while the rest of the board is just the green material that is covering the copper. If I use a jumper to connect the tracing, the car starts fine. Nothing smells burned or looks charred. The place that is exposed, appears to be where one of the relays are attached. What would cause this? All voltage measured is fine, 12.5 volts. Is the starter circuit spiking too much? Or maybe a simple case of natural causes. These were"new" old parts that were sitting on the shelf for quite some time. Thanks for the help. https://www.flickr.com/photos/17852129@N08/2121212305/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/17852129@N08/2121211693/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/17852129@N08/2121988058/
Posted By: showngo2000
Date Posted: December 19, 2007 at 5:35 PM
I soldered this back together, and now the alarm sees the Intellistart. It's doing the same it was doing before it stopped working.... in Manual Transmission mode it will engage the clutch bypass relay then 3 seconds later disengage it. in Automatic Transmission mode the car will start and die in about 3 seconds Maybe a PATS issue? I'm lost....
Posted By: showngo2000
Date Posted: December 23, 2007 at 4:02 PM
So I'm thinking the remote start on the AG4 brain is fried. I have another that I'm going to swap it with. Should there be any diodes on the starter circuits? Any other circuits that will need diodes?
Posted By: howie ll
Date Posted: December 23, 2007 at 5:15 PM
Use the in and out parts on the Wiz. Is your parking brake connected and does it go to ground when you put the brake on. Is it showing any anomolies such as footbrake depressed, hood opened?
Posted By: showngo2000
Date Posted: December 23, 2007 at 5:23 PM
Yes, brake is connected, going to ground when the brake is on. All shows normal on the Wiz.. It really makes me wonder b/c sometime the ignition on the car won't even turn on. If I unplug/replug in the AG4 brain, all is fine again. But until I unplug/replug in the brain, nothing happens.
Posted By: howie ll
Date Posted: December 23, 2007 at 7:12 PM
I think you've blown the eprom! N.B. No diodes required for I/Start.
Posted By: showngo2000
Date Posted: December 23, 2007 at 9:40 PM
What is the eprom? And how would it have blown? Do you think it was of my doing or just a coincidence? I charged the battery with a battery charger, would that have done it?
Posted By: showngo2000
Date Posted: December 23, 2007 at 9:44 PM
howie ll wrote:
I think you've blown the eprom! N.B. No diodes required for I/Start.
excuse my ignorance, but what does N.B. mean?
Posted By: howie ll
Date Posted: December 24, 2007 at 5:06 AM
Eprom is a chip that holds your memory functions, considering the previous owner of Clifford was the inventor, it's not likely to be one you can buy at your local Radio Shack. NB Simply means Nota Bene or shorthand version of note well! Never mind I don't understand P.I.T.A. Unlikely to have damaged it with a battery change or charge unless you put the terminals round the wrong way.
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