carvox cx2300a not starting
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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.
URL: https://www.the12volt.com/installbay/forum_posts.asp?tid=101059
Printed Date: August 27, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Topic: carvox cx2300a not starting
Posted By: offroadzj
Subject: carvox cx2300a not starting
Date Posted: January 11, 2008 at 5:23 PM
I just finished putting a carvox cx2300a alarm/remote starter into a 2007 F150. Locks, horn, etc all work, and everything is working fine except the remote start. If i press the sequence, the lights flash once and the horn honks, but thats it. The ignition wires do not show any voltage. I have tested the brake and hood pins and all are connected correctly and showing the proper voltage... but it just wont start. Tach is hooked up, but I have not found anywhere in the manual where to program the tach rate. I did a quick search and found a similar issue, but there was no solution. Does someone have something for me? I am so close to having it done.... it just doesnt want to start. I also tested the 4 pin harness going between the brain of the alarm and the remote start module. The wires are actually labeled (+) and (-) and then the other two are laveled with dots and dashes. The (-) wire is not showing continuity to ground and the (+) wire only shows 3.34 volts.
Oh yea... the only other issue, and if there is no solution i'll just change to negative door trigger.... i used the dome supervision wire to the positive door trigger wire (the neg. trigger wires are a pain to get to). and if I arm it, when the dome light turns off it triggers the alarm. The alarm should only be triggered when it sees 12v, not loses it... but it sets it off anyway. Like I said, this is not a big deal b/c I can just do the extra bit and tag neg. trigger... but this was just so much easier.. lol
Thanks
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Kenny
Owner / Technician
KKD Garage LLC
Albany, NY 12205
Replies:
Posted By: offroadzj
Date Posted: January 11, 2008 at 5:49 PM
i didnt notice til just now but another thing that I dont like, and maybe its just the way it is, but whenever i start it with the key, the lights blink for about a minute or until i press unlock...even if it was already disarmed.
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Kenny
Owner / Technician
KKD Garage LLC
Albany, NY 12205
Posted By: jtevis
Date Posted: January 17, 2008 at 9:13 AM
I just had the same remote start installed in my 2003 Infiniti G35 coupe. The park lights flash, but then nothing. No fan, dash lights or anything. Did you find a solution to the F-150??
Posted By: lochlin
Date Posted: January 17, 2008 at 7:56 PM
Did you buy these off of ebay?Did you go through the options and make sure it's not in manual start?
Posted By: ak47mp3
Date Posted: January 18, 2008 at 12:39 PM
How did you hook up the Neutral Safety wire? Did you just connect it to the ground? I connected it to the parking brake switch, and the remote start is working with no problem.
Posted By: offroadzj
Date Posted: January 18, 2008 at 2:19 PM
at first i grounded it, but then moved it to the parking brake switch. Either way, the parking brake switch is simply a ground anyways, so that shouldnt matter. I called the guy that she purchased it from (on ebay) and he refused a refund, but said that he would replace the brain. I am not exactly comfortable with teh systme at the moment, so we'll see what happens. Personally I would rather just put in a compustart, but its not my money.
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Kenny
Owner / Technician
KKD Garage LLC
Albany, NY 12205
Posted By: ak47mp3
Date Posted: January 18, 2008 at 2:50 PM
The main control unit detect the ground from the parking brake everytime when you shut off the engine and arm your car. If you do not set your parking brake before you arm your car, the remote control will not show the "P" icon and it will "beep" three times to remind you and the remote start will not work. Since you already connect it to the parking brake, you can try to do this: 1. Set the parking brake 2. Unplug the power to the main control unit and then plug it back, it will reset the main control unit. 3. Start the engine with the key, close the door, release the parking brake 4. step on the brake, set the parking brake, shut the engine off and take out the key 5. close the door and arm your car. If the "P" icon is shown on your remote, try remote start your car. If the "P" icon does not shown, make sure you connect the N Safety wire to the correct wire on the parking brake switch, it ground only if the parking brake is set.
Posted By: offroadzj
Date Posted: January 18, 2008 at 2:57 PM
even though it is set for automatic, will he still have to go through this sequence everytime he wants to start the car? This also means that I am giong to have to tag the negative door trigger instead of the (+) dome supervision wire for my door trigger.
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Kenny
Owner / Technician
KKD Garage LLC
Albany, NY 12205
Posted By: offroadzj
Date Posted: January 18, 2008 at 3:00 PM
also, what would be causing the parking lights to flash constantly for a solid minute everytime i turn the ignition on... even if the alarm is disarmed???
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Kenny
Owner / Technician
KKD Garage LLC
Albany, NY 12205
Posted By: jtevis
Date Posted: February 04, 2008 at 10:21 PM
Did you ever find the problem with the system, I have a similiar problem in another post. My problem is only with the remote start, I have no response after the car recieves the signal, except three beeps on the remote, then nothing.
Posted By: offroadzj
Date Posted: February 05, 2008 at 10:12 AM
we had already sent out the brain to get replaced because it didnt seem right... I am heading back to try the new brain today and I'll work the sequence and see what happens. If it still doesnt work, then we're gonna go with a good ole' compustar instead.
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Kenny
Owner / Technician
KKD Garage LLC
Albany, NY 12205
Posted By: offroadzj
Date Posted: February 05, 2008 at 11:49 PM
gave it another go today, and this time I couldnt even get the remotes to program.. lol. They sent the new brain with 2 new, unprogrammed remotes, and as soon as I put it in, it set off the alarm. So I manually disarmed it (turn ign on, press valet button 5 times). It would disarm, but as soon as I turn the key off then back on to program the remotes, the alarm would start going off again. it would not remain disarmed. No matter what I did, it would not stay disarmed. Even when I unplugged the 4 pin harness between the the brain and remote start relay pack, it would still trigger the alarm when I turned the key on... which made no sense to me since it had no way of knowing the ignition was turned on. So we gave up, she is going to try to get her money back and we are just going to put in a reliable compustar.
Good luck to anyone who ever gets one... hopefully you will have more luck than I did.
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Kenny
Owner / Technician
KKD Garage LLC
Albany, NY 12205
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