Astrostart Remote Starter Won’t Start, 2000 Eclipse
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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=107262
Printed Date: May 13, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Topic: Astrostart Remote Starter Won’t Start, 2000 Eclipse
Posted By: semilla
Subject: Astrostart Remote Starter Won’t Start, 2000 Eclipse
Date Posted: September 06, 2008 at 4:51 PM
I have a 2000 Eclipse with a AstroStart remote starter. When my wife bought the car from the owner, everything worked fine. Just recently the remote starter doesn't work anymore. I looked up the manual and read through it and I got fail code 5. I found the hood pin and replaced it with a new one cause the old one was damaged and I'm still getting the same code. I located the brain and the model was 2006A. Thank you in advance for anyone who helps.
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Posted By: KarTuneMan
Date Posted: September 06, 2008 at 10:43 PM
The 2006 used a magnetic style hood pin switch (lame) I'm bettin you replaced it with a standard grounding hood pin, right? Get yourself a 10 thousand ohm resistor and tag on to the hood trigger wire, and take it to ground near the new pin switch. This should fix your problem. -------------
Posted By: semilla
Date Posted: September 06, 2008 at 11:00 PM
Yes, I replaced it with a standard grounding hood pin. When you say "tag" does that mean to add another wire with the resistor and ground it. Just want to make sure so I can try it tomorrow.
Posted By: KarTuneMan
Date Posted: September 07, 2008 at 11:36 AM
Yes, tap into it with another wire....sorry.
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Posted By: semilla
Date Posted: September 07, 2008 at 10:02 PM
Thanks KarTuneMan for the help, everything woks great now. At first it wasn't working cause when i went to radioshack for the resistor, they gave me the wrong one and I had to go back to get the correct one. Once I got the right one it still didn't work, until I decided to change the ground to a different location and now everything works. Thanks again
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