98 accord, remote start, tranny light
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Printed Date: May 15, 2024 at 4:25 PM
Topic: 98 accord, remote start, tranny light
Posted By: mthake
Subject: 98 accord, remote start, tranny light
Date Posted: January 02, 2008 at 2:49 PM
A buddy of mine had a remote start installed on his girlfriends honda accord. a couple miles after they picked it up, the transmission light came on. The installers stated that he had never seen or heard of this type of problem. They then took the accord to a repair shop, which disconnected the remote start and the tranny light went off. Any ideas what could be making this happen? Sorry I do not have the specifics on the remote, but it is also security with door locks.
thanks
Replies:
Posted By: Velocity Motors
Date Posted: January 02, 2008 at 5:22 PM
Make sure that the installer hooked up the 2nd ACC wire and also make sure that the proper wires were connected to the vehicle.
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Jeff
Velocity Custom Home Theater
Mobile Audio/Video Specialist
Morden, Manitoba CANADA
Posted By: mhayden
Date Posted: January 02, 2008 at 7:00 PM
mthake wrote:
A buddy of mine had a remote start installed on his girlfriends honda accord. a couple miles after they picked it up, the transmission light came on. The installers stated that he had never seen or heard of this type of problem. They then took the accord to a repair shop, which disconnected the remote start and the tranny light went off. Any ideas what could be making this happen? Sorry I do not have the specifics on the remote, but it is also security with door locks.
thanks
The remote start is a Pursuit Model PRO-9556 3 channel remote. The Accord has factory alarm & door locks.
Posted By: KarTuneMan
Date Posted: January 02, 2008 at 9:54 PM
Velocity Motors wrote:
Make sure that the installer hooked up the 2nd ACC wire and also make sure that the proper wires were connected to the vehicle.
I see the 2nd acc. being an issue for the ABS light, but tranny too? Thats a new one for me! -------------
Posted By: tedmond
Date Posted: January 03, 2008 at 12:44 PM
acc will only bring up the abs light. neer heard of tranny. maybe the ignition will bring up tranny issues.
Posted By: usabuilt
Date Posted: January 03, 2008 at 3:26 PM
Don't these cars have an issue with starter kill needing to be hooked up at the fuse box rather than the wire comming from the key?
Never had a problem, but I have heard something about it causing a light to some on.
Posted By: KPierson
Date Posted: January 03, 2008 at 3:47 PM
It sounds like your friend should take it back to the installer. If they can't fix it he should get his money back and go somewhere that can perform the installation correctly.
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Kevin Pierson
Posted By: tedmond
Date Posted: January 03, 2008 at 3:54 PM
that was placing the starter kill before fusebox, not from fusebox to car. - if i remember because i did one rcently =)
Posted By: usabuilt
Date Posted: January 03, 2008 at 3:58 PM
thanks Tedmond, Audiovox says (Starter 1 BLACK/ WHITE (+) AT HEATER AC FAN MOTOR ) but like I said I never ran into a problem.
Posted By: tedmond
Date Posted: January 03, 2008 at 10:58 PM
no problemo. well mthake tell your buddy to take it and get the install fixed or removed free of charge. then do what Kpearson mentioned, bring it to another place to get it done if they cant do it.
Posted By: mhayden
Date Posted: January 04, 2008 at 7:01 AM
Actually I am taking it back there today. When i talked to the installer on the phone, he had never heard of this before, and has installed several hundred of these. So i thought i'd see if i could get some answers here for him. After reading some other threads on here about gm trucks having tranny problems, it kinda scares me. I was considering trying to install it myself, but i'm sure glad i didn't now. Thanks for all the help. I'll print this out and take it to him today.
Posted By: KPierson
Date Posted: January 04, 2008 at 8:45 AM
Installing several hundred remote starts won't help a 'vehicle specific' issue.
Install problems on GM vehicles shouldn't concern you about issues on a Honda - every manufacturer is different and some have certain issues while others don't. I only mentioned it because typically on a new installation the best bet is to get the installer involved and let him figure it out. If you start messing with it yourself, or even give him the impression that you have been messing with it, they may hassle you about voiding the installation warranty and stuff like that. Good luck! ------------- Kevin Pierson
Posted By: mhayden
Date Posted: January 04, 2008 at 7:19 PM
I didn't mess with it. I wasn't about to after seeing the possibilities of problems. I just printed out a few of these dicsussions and took them to him. He did get it figured out today and i think it had something to do with something being put in before the fuse box instead of after. (or vice versa). I don't know if one of these threads helped him, or if he figured it out on his own. Either way it's fixed. Thanks again for all the help. mhayden
Posted By: tedmond
Date Posted: January 04, 2008 at 10:18 PM
well good to know the installer actually got it fixed.
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