viper 5002 on civic weirding out

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Topic: viper 5002 on civic weirding out

Posted By: danlins
Subject: viper 5002 on civic weirding out
Date Posted: January 18, 2011 at 9:21 PM

-Viper 5002, no remote start, standard install on 2001 Civic over a year ago. No changes in electrical system since install.

Last week I noticed the chirps on remote stopped. Trying to reset the remote to chirp a response by itself to locks/unlocks fails to work.

Now I notice the LED inside the car is on steady with the ignition on, goes off in engine run mode, and goes back on steady when armed. It used to do a steady blink. The horn no longer chirps on arm/disarm either.

Any suggestions on correcting this? It is really not a huge problem, just an annoyance not to hear that confirming chirp anymore.

Thanks for any ideas you might have...

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Dan L

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Posted By: howie ll
Date Posted: January 19, 2011 at 6:53 AM

Refer to your owner's manual, I think you're in valet mode.

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Posted By: gabedemelo
Date Posted: January 19, 2011 at 11:33 AM

turn key to ignition hold valet switch till led turns off, turn key off,... should be out of valet mode

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GreenGables

Posted By: danlins
Date Posted: January 19, 2011 at 4:57 PM

Howie II got it right... valet mode. I failed to read all the fine print in the manual. Quick fix. Thanks,

Dan

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Dan L

Posted By: t&t tech
Date Posted: January 20, 2011 at 5:03 PM

You wouldn't believe the amount of comebacks i get each week for this same issue, and people are in amazement when i show them what to do and then they complain they drove from halfway across the country to get it done, and i'm like well it's in the manual and then they get quiet and they leave in peace.

Posted By: danlins
Date Posted: January 20, 2011 at 10:14 PM

Yeah, and I felt especially dumb when I found it in the manual AFTER reading through it. I did my own install a year ago, and it has been trouble free. I must have inadvertently put it in valet mode. OOPS...

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Dan L