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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=127314
Printed Date: May 14, 2024 at 9:21 PM


Topic: command start 290i

Posted By: urbanblacksmith
Subject: command start 290i
Date Posted: May 12, 2011 at 11:31 PM

 I searched all the forums I could find and did not see an open topic on this subject. I just bought a 99 Town & Country and the vehicle has one of these Command Start 290I???  in it. I do not have a remote and none came with the vehicle. The previous owner did not have a remote that he could find either.

I went to the vehicle a few days after I bought it and the starter motor would not run by key. I may have accidently activated the ignition lock-out function on this or the Chrysler, OEM ignition kill function. I finally found the Command Sart module under the dash and am not sure if it was connected by the plug-in. I plugged it in anyway.

I tested the starter motor by jumper and it would turn with the key off but not turn with the key on. tomorrow, I will test the neutral lock-out switch to make sure that is not the cause. I am not sure if the factory system is preventing ignition or it is the Command Start or a switch
somewhere. All other functions of the vehicle work so it is not a fusible link or bad solenoid/starter (since I can jump the starter with the key off but not with the key on).

I would like to buy at least one remote for this 290I if anyone knows where they can be had. Could you, would any of you send me a manual for the 290I? I certainly will appreciate it. I think this unit has an ignition lock-out feature. I do not know if there is a manual switch to take the unit off-line. and by the way, since I am a newbie, I could not access the downloads page. also, does anyone know an experienced tech near SFBay area who can figure this out?

Thanks for any help you can give.

Rob mailto:UrbanBlacksmith@sbcglobal.net



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Rob R



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Posted By: urbanblacksmith
Date Posted: May 13, 2011 at 8:57 PM

Ok, apparently the connector coming loose could have been the cause of not starting. The control module had not been secured to anything. I found the command module under some dash panels. After disconnecting battery and adequately re-routing some wires, the van started correctly. Now I would like to find a remote for this unit. does anyone have one spare or orphan?

If I don't find one I may just replace the whole unit with an North American manufactured one that will do what I want it to do. Buy American products made in the US! One of the reasons we are in such financial trouble is that manufacturing (a wealth-producing industry like car manufacturing) has been farmed out to save labor pennies.

Anyone have an orphaned remote for this 290I Command Start? 



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Rob R


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