I installed my old Variant remote start in my Durango last weekend. It has been in a Isuzu rodeo working great. The Durango starts but then the remote box clicks and the Durango dies. Any clues? I looked at the 1998 Durango alarm chart and I think I have hooked everything up correct, but I will double check this weekend. I can't remember if I have the Dark blue and the Black orange hooked up to the Ignition output or just one of them. Can I tie these together b/c there is only one output. The 2nd ignition output is a neg for Chevys. Thanks for any input!
| 1998 Dodge Dakota Security Information |
| Constant 12V+ | Pink/Black or Red | Ignition Switch Harness |
| Starter | Blue / YELLOW | Ignition Switch Harness |
| Ignition | Dark Blue | Ignition Switch Harness |
| Ignition 2 | BLACK/ Orange | Ignition Switch Harness (Heat/AC) |
| Accessory | BLACK/ Orange | Ignition Switch Harness |
| Tach | BLACK/ Gray | Or Gray/Black At Coil Passenger's Side of Engine |
| Neutral Safety Wire | BROWN / White | PCM Passenger's Rear of Engine next to Strut |
| Brake Switch | WHITE/ Tan | Brake Switch |
| Trunk Pin | n/a | |
| Parking Lights | BLACK / YELLOW (+) | Behind Fuse Panel 74 Pin Connector below Fuse Panel |
| Head Lamp | Light Green (+) | Steering Column |
| Factory Disarm | BLACK/ Orange (-) | 16 Pin Connector behind Fuse Panel |
| Door Trigger | Yellow (-) | Head Light Switch or Courtesy Light |
| Door Lock | ORANGE / White | Changes to GREEN/ Black 16 Pin Connector behind DR. |
| Door Unlock | Light Green | Dash next to Fuse Panel Reverse Polarity |
| Horn Wire | BLACK/ Red (-) | Fuse Panel |
| Windows Up | LF=Light Blue, RF=BROWN / White |
| Windows Down | LF=White, RF=Purple White |
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Kyle
Make sure your tach wire is correct and also make sure your unit learned the tach correctly or is programmed correctly.
You will need the blue ignition wire for the unit to run and the BLACK/ orange for the heater to work. You shouldn't need extra relays as the remote start should have enough outputs.
Maybe thats it, I never had the tach cable connected before on the Rodeo, it didn't need it. I had cut it shorter, can I extend it without a problem?
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Kyle
yes you can extend it and no dont connect the 2 circuits together , this is never a good idea. there is a reason they are seperate. better to be safe than sorry. if you want the accessories hooked up use a relay off the neg output.
The tach wire was the problem. It starts great now! But now I have a new problem. I didn't realize it had an alarm, when I lock the doors and try to start it with the remote start the horn starts blaring. Of course if I don't lock my doors it starts the vehicle just fine. I need to lock my doors
Any ideas? I lost my instructions for the variant alarm so I don't know what is triggering it.
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Kyle
there is a green /orange wire in the plug left of the brake tap this to the factory alarm disarm signal out of the brain or you can permanetly defeat by grounding it.