remote start not starting on first crank
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Topic: remote start not starting on first crank
Posted By: sparkysemail
Subject: remote start not starting on first crank
Date Posted: November 18, 2005 at 12:07 AM
I know this is going to sound weird but i had a problem before where i went to remote start the car and it cranked but didn't start. the sequence shut down and goes for a second attempt. during the second attempt it starts. i was using a dei alarm with a code alarm transponder bypass box. i realized that the code alarm was a piece so i ditched it and hooked up a dei transponder bypass. Everything has been fine since then (5 months ago) until i went to start my car in 34 degree weather and it did it again. Same thing---won't start during first crank but starts fine on second crank. Once the car warmed up the remote start worked fine every time. My question is....Is this problem being caused buy the transponder not getting signal or by the secod starter wire. What exactly happens if the second starter wire is not hooked up? Will it still crank in cold? Thanks, Marc
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Posted By: redpeppers
Date Posted: November 18, 2005 at 12:30 AM
first...what is the year make and model? has this ever happen with the key? and is the tach wire hooked up? if the system is using a voltage sense then this could be ur problem......
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Posted By: Evolution-UK
Date Posted: November 18, 2005 at 1:48 AM
i had this with a car recently. The only cause that i could find was that the tach was set too low. To cure it i set the rpm when the car had just started and the choke was on. It was sitting at about 1300rpm at this point. Now when its cold it always starts first time.
Posted By: sparkysemail
Date Posted: November 19, 2005 at 12:23 PM
The make of the car is a 2005 nissan Sentra SE-R. This never happens with the key. just remote start. The car is using the tach wire as a tach wire. As for the rpm being set to low this might be the case becasue i did set the rpms when they car was idleng at about 500. But my question is if i do that (set it at about 1300 when it turns on) will the car shut off when it eventually goes down to 500 thinking there is a problem? Thanks Again, Marc
Posted By: boomer_106
Date Posted: November 19, 2005 at 12:42 PM
The same thing happens to me especially when it gets cold. I do have the tach hooked up. It's a 92 S-10 4.3L automatic. Since it starts fine the second try I never worried too much about it. On very rare occasions it's failed to re crank and I have to hit the button again.
Posted By: chris354
Date Posted: November 21, 2005 at 11:47 PM
Sounds like the 2 starter wire is not hooked up. Nissan uses a second starter wire that helps the car start when its colder.
Posted By: kgerry
Date Posted: November 22, 2005 at 9:35 AM
hook up the second starter circuit as mentioned... if it already is, or this doesnt correct the problem you may want to increase the crank time slightly....
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