compustar starter 05 wrx

I actually am having two issues with this vehicle and need some help.

1) I am not using any bypass as the vehicle has only keyless entry from subaru, no factory alarm. I have the RED / white door trigger wire on the brain connected to the yellow door trigger wire on the car and when you try to lock/unlock the car with the compustar remote, the doors do not actually lock and unlock. If this is related to not using a bypass, I do have an ADS-AL-CA. The only problem is I cannot locate the IMMOBILIZER Data 1 and Data 2 wires on the vehicle. I called idatalink and the said to not even use the bypass then, just use the brain.

2) When you pull the e-brake, take key out of ignition and get out car stays running as it should until lock is pushed which shuts it down. Then, when you go to remote start it, the lights on the dash light up but nothing happens. The lights then go out and come back on like its attempting to start again. This vehicle is a manual transmission and the parking brake output is connected. So its like the car needs to be tricked into thinking it has the clutch pushed in maybe?

Forgot to mention that No I did not cut the looped wire in the brain of the unit.

Bypass has nothing to do with the factory alarm, but more to do with the transponder rf chip in the key, which 2005 is the first year for the impreza. So you do need a key bypass. Do everything you did when you first tried it. But roll down the windows and leave they key in the ignition. If it starts that's your problem. It needs a bypass

It is possible you may need a bypass. My 04 STI did not, but 05 is when they started. As for the locks, what wires did you connect to in the car?

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Kenny
Owner / Technician
KKD Garage LLC
Albany, NY 12205

You need to bypass the clutch as well.

First try what Metz mentioned. If that doesn't work, do what he suggested, but this time step on the clutch. If iit starts you have a clutch problem.



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Ted
2nd Year Tier 1 Medical School
Still installing as a hobby...pays for groceries
Compustar Expert

Yeah there no chip in the key. Compustar tech support told me for the remote start to work, it needed to see door trigger so I have the RED / white door trigger wire on the brain connected to the yellow door trigger wire of the vehicle at the subaru keyless module. Im sure this why the lock and unlock functions dont work correct?

If you go to idatalink and put in 05 wrx impreza (not sti) and look up type 4, on the right side it says data 1 and data 2, keysense etc. I cannot find the wires on the vehicle that are supposed to be data 1 and data 2.

Wow... long day I guess, I didn't even think of that one... lol. The clutch is very easy to bypass on these. Test the 2 pin plug at the clutch for which wire is constant ground vs. ground when the clutch is in. Then connect the (-)200ma 2nd start output from the brain to the wire that shows ground when the clutch is in. Viola, clutch is bypassed.

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Kenny
Owner / Technician
KKD Garage LLC
Albany, NY 12205

It says keysense, data 1 and data 2 are in the IMM ECU harness under steering column, I looked in all of the harnesses there, and do not see any wire the color of the data 1 but I do see the same colors as data 2 and keysense. So not sure what to use. I told idatalink that and they said not to even use it, just hook straight up to the car.

Do you have the steering column completely taken off? Right around the ignition cylinder should be a plastic ring with a connector coming off it (ring is *usually* black). Those will have your wires.

Have you tried starting it with the key in the cylinder? Also, what exactly is is doing when you try to start it? If it's not even cranking then you probably have a different problem.

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Kenny
Owner / Technician
KKD Garage LLC
Albany, NY 12205

And the door input has nothing to do with the door locks. The door input is just what tells the compustar unit when the door is opened.

Your lock/unlock wires are:
Power Lock      RED / white      -      integrated module, gray plug
Notes: The integrated module is to the left of the steering column.
Power Unlock      yellow/red      -      integrated module, gray plug

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Kenny
Owner / Technician
KKD Garage LLC
Albany, NY 12205

You just said no immobilizer so you do not need the I datalink module. Just connect the compustar wires to the vehicle.

If you can set reservation mode you have hooked up brake, tach, ebrake, and door triggers correctly.
If you cannot start the vehicle you have a clutch problem as the immobilizer is ruled out. Btw only the sti came with immobilizers, and most of the times older us vehicles don't have immobilizers. It's more of a Canadian thing lol

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Ted
2nd Year Tier 1 Medical School
Still installing as a hobby...pays for groceries
Compustar Expert

Ok so what do I connect to the power lock and unlock wires on the car? Do I need a relay or anything?

Im going to guess and say I connect the (-)250ma power lock and (-)250ma over unlock wires on the brain to the power lock and power unlock on the vehicle via a relay for each correct?

No relay required. The locks are run off a factory relay so they only require a low amperage signal to activate. SO just connect the lock/unlock wires from the brain directly to the lock/unlock wires in the car.

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Kenny
Owner / Technician
KKD Garage LLC
Albany, NY 12205

Right on guys, I got in the car and tried remote starting with clutch in, started right up. So ran the (-)250ma wire of the 2nd starter output off the brain to the clutch wire to bypass and voila!

Ran the (-)250ma lock and unlock wires right to the lock and unlock wires of the vehicle, perfect!

Glad you got it figured out.

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Kenny
Owner / Technician
KKD Garage LLC
Albany, NY 12205