Printer Friendly Forum Posts - 2001 Honda Civic LX Remote Start

Easy car. A few other tricks:

--You can get tach inside. Look at the fusebox; there are several plugs above the fuses. You will quickly notice that one of the plugs happens to have an orange wire in it.......... in that harness with the orange wire, the BLUE wire is tach.

NOTE: If you don't have the security code for the radio, don't undo that plug; even though there is not much slack; make the connection with the plug in place.

--Parking lights. You can get the parking lights as blue, negative trigger. It's in the same harness with the ignition wiring-----but take note----there are four other blue wires in yellow tape; these are the airbag wires----test all the blue wires that are NOT in the yellow tape to find parking lights.

You can also get negative parking lights at the factory alarm plug; it's tied up under the dash with green electrical tape.

--Brake is simplest just to get right at the brake pedal.

--Locks are easy to find in a plug attached to a metal bracket, where the wires are coming in from the driver's door.

--The WHITE/ red accessory wire is not needed for remote start; it just triggers the radio and other non-essential items. I prefer that my radio remain off during remote start, but that is up to you.

--Whatever bypass module you use for the transponder key, there are two tricks:

1. You must use a zip tie or tape to shorten the ring that goes around the key cylinder; it must fit closely or it won't work.

2. The "H" letter on the valet key must be centered in the proper spot on the bypass module or it won't work. You may have to cut open some of the plastic on the bypass module and leave part of the key's head sticking out.