2004 Civic Remote Start
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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.
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Printed Date: May 23, 2024 at 8:03 AM
Topic: 2004 Civic Remote Start
Posted By: jazzy95tsi
Subject: 2004 Civic Remote Start
Date Posted: December 11, 2004 at 2:40 PM
Hey guys i am installing a Code Alarm CA-535425PK in a 2004 Civic LX. Any pointers or suggestions before I begin. Thanks in advance Jeff ------------- Jeff 8D
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Posted By: jazzy95tsi
Date Posted: December 11, 2004 at 3:03 PM
Hey Guys I need any diagrams and color codes/locations for for a 2004 civic. I am installing a Code CA-535425. keyless/remote start with defrost and a trunk solenoid . Thanks in advance  ------------- Jeff 
Posted By: Velocity Motors
Date Posted: December 11, 2004 at 3:22 PM
Super easy installation. The immobilizer system is the only thing that you have to worry about. Get the PKH3 for this vehicle for Immobilizer bypass and if it's a standard, then the clutch wire is the light blue on the clutch are ( next to the BLACK wire ) and the emergency brake wire can be accessed at the Immobilizer plug as well so no need to run a wire to the e-brake switch itself.
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Jeff
Velocity Custom Home Theater
Mobile Audio/Video Specialist
Morden, Manitoba CANADA
Posted By: hagmanti
Date Posted: December 11, 2004 at 11:15 PM
In the first page of your installation is a web site that will supply wire locations and colors. Use it.
Also try bulldog and designtech. 7thgencivic has stuff specifically related to that model, for instance location of neutral safety switch (which I've posted elsewhere on the board recently.
Defrost might be yellow/black on a 14 pin green connector behind the defrost switch-- check this first! My source is quite suspect. Let me know what you find.
I would strongly recommend that, instead of a generic solenoid, you use an accord trunk opener-- see this post. 4 guys in our shop own various civics. We destroyed 4 trunk releases (2 dei, 2 code-alarm) before we discovered this. (not entirely sure that trick still works in a 2004, but I'd guess it does-- as on that board...)
PKH3 or 555I work well for immobilizer bypass.
Make sure to hook up doorpin, or you won't be able to program that brain.
Solder all connections. Go slow, take your time, DMM every wire before connecting something to it. Don't expect to use this car for a week if this is your first install.
Ask questions! I install that brand for a living, and I own the same generation civic.
Don't use the hood pin that comes w/ it (or only use it temporarily) buy a decent pin switch such as one of these. The ones that come w/ it rust out at the drop of a hat.
Make sure that the brain you get says REV:02 or higher on the unit itself (by serial number). If not, take it back and get one that does. (Trust me on this-- shock sensors were shaky, the earlier revisions used a 3-wire starter kill, tended to go bad for no reason, all sorts of yucky stuff).
Me
Posted By: hagmanti
Date Posted: December 11, 2004 at 11:19 PM
Oh yeah-- remember that you don't really have any sort of warranty if you do it yourself. Code will help you do the install, but you're on your own if you burn out the ECM.
It may seem crazy to spend almost as much (or more) to have it installed as it cost for the unit itself, but remember that the vast majority of what makes a good alarm system is how well it's put in your car...
Me
Posted By: profuse007
Date Posted: December 12, 2004 at 1:59 AM
hey jeff, whats the E-brake wire color for this civic?
Velocity Motors wrote:
Super easy installation. The immobilizer system is the only thing that you have to worry about. Get the PKH3 for this vehicle for Immobilizer bypass and if it's a standard, then the clutch wire is the light blue on the clutch are ( next to the BLACK wire ) and the emergency brake wire can be accessed at the Immobilizer plug as well so no need to run a wire to the e-brake switch itself.
------------- Houston,TX
"The two most common elements in the universe are H+ and stupidity" (Ellison).
Posted By: hagmanti
Date Posted: December 12, 2004 at 9:55 AM
My guess-- GREEN/ ORANGE / 1 sil dot, in a "harness running above diag. Plug under dash". Frankly, I don't know what a "diag. Plug" is-- I'm copying verbatim from my source.
Me
Posted By: Velocity Motors
Date Posted: December 12, 2004 at 10:28 AM
It's the GREEN/ ORANGE wire ( POS #4 ) this is (-) when ebrake is up.
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Jeff
Velocity Custom Home Theater
Mobile Audio/Video Specialist
Morden, Manitoba CANADA
Posted By: jazzy95tsi
Date Posted: December 12, 2004 at 10:49 AM
I read the the warranty is good for the time that I own this vehicle and system? If this is wrong than I may return it and buy a valet. ------------- Jeff
Posted By: profuse007
Date Posted: December 12, 2004 at 11:58 AM
thanks jeff
Velocity Motors wrote:
It's the GREEN/ ORANGE wire ( POS #4 ) this is (-) when ebrake is up.
------------- Houston,TX
"The two most common elements in the universe are H+ and stupidity" (Ellison).
Posted By: Velocity Motors
Date Posted: December 12, 2004 at 12:27 PM
No problemo
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Jeff
Velocity Custom Home Theater
Mobile Audio/Video Specialist
Morden, Manitoba CANADA
Posted By: jazzy95tsi
Date Posted: December 12, 2004 at 12:35 PM
I am a ASE and VW Master Certified Technician so I think I can take it in a saturday, no? How many relays will I need to hook up the 425 brain for defrost, door locks and trunk? ------------- Jeff
Posted By: Velocity Motors
Date Posted: December 12, 2004 at 1:11 PM
The installation took me about 1.5 - 2 hours and this was on a manual version but no trunk releasor rear defrost. No need for relays on the door locks as most remote starter systems give you a (-) output and the Honda uses the (-) as well. The defrost you will need a relay for and the trunk release solenoid you will also need a relay for.
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Jeff
Velocity Custom Home Theater
Mobile Audio/Video Specialist
Morden, Manitoba CANADA
Posted By: jazzy95tsi
Date Posted: December 12, 2004 at 5:20 PM
Has anyone tried the accord trunk release install on a 2004? I dont think the '04 is much different than the '03 and that kit is alot better looking than the code one I got ------------- Jeff
Posted By: hagmanti
Date Posted: December 12, 2004 at 8:22 PM
Try asking that question (or better yet, searching) over on 7thgencivic-- your audience will be a lot more tailored to the question...
Me
Posted By: jazzy95tsi
Date Posted: December 13, 2004 at 6:32 PM
Do I need to use diodes on the door triggers? ------------- Jeff
Posted By: jazzy95tsi
Date Posted: December 14, 2004 at 10:00 PM
I see no factory alarm disarm wire on any list including that from velocity, so I am to assume that this civic has no factory alarm? Any Ideas? ------------- Jeff
Posted By: Velocity Motors
Date Posted: December 14, 2004 at 10:45 PM
Reach up high in the driver's dash and pull down the GREEN plug off a wire loom. If you see it attached to a silver box, then you have OEM security. If it's not attached to anything, then you don't have OEM alarm.
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Jeff
Velocity Custom Home Theater
Mobile Audio/Video Specialist
Morden, Manitoba CANADA
Posted By: jazzy95tsi
Date Posted: December 18, 2004 at 1:09 PM
I am installing this and cannot find the dirvers door unlock wire in the car. All of the info I have is wrong, Anyone done this before? ------------- Jeff
Posted By: jazzy95tsi
Date Posted: December 19, 2004 at 7:07 PM
I got everything in but the parking lights flash 3 times when I try to RS. Does anyone know what this means? Please Help  ------------- Jeff
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