2001 s10 remote start

im am putting a remote start in my 2001 S10 and everything is hooked up the alarm for the Python 990 works fine but when i remote start it from the key pay the car will get power to everything it just will not crank or turn over, i tested the starter wire with a meter and it reads when started with a key but not with the remote start button. Does anyone know what could be wrong?

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Steve Gardner
S&I Manager
Circuit City

No i double checked the purple and green and they are correct just now power to the starter wire when activated on the keypad

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Steve Gardner
S&I Manager
Circuit City

did you install a bypass??? like 555L or similar???

I installed the 555LW yes still when i activate the remote start from the keypad the car has all of the power on liek it is running like it would be on the ON position with the key, just no crank or turn of it?

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Steve Gardner
S&I Manager
Circuit City

so basically what you are saying is that there is no OUTPUT on the purple starter wire when remote started, although there is 12v on the wire during crank with the key, correct? Try using a test light and pulsing the purple wire in the ribbon harness. this will activate the +12v output from the purple wire. make sure BOTH red wires and the RED / WHITE wire are connected and the fuses are good as well

Alright thanks i will give that a try to see what happens.

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Steve Gardner
S&I Manager
Circuit City

What should the purple wire meter when tested? 12v?

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Steve Gardner
S&I Manager
Circuit City

when you pulse the small purple wire in the ribbon harness to ground, the heavy guage purple starter wire will read +12v

thanks i believe that could be the problem i know i have the blue status output hooked up but i dont think that i have the purple (-)200mA starter output connected, so when connecting that wire where do i connect it to?

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Steve Gardner
S&I Manager
Circuit City

if you're talking about the purple -200mA SECOND starter output in a 4pin harness that plugs into the satelitte relay pack, then no. that wire is used to trigger a relay for a second starter wire usually found in toyotas and nissans. it shouldnt be needed in your application. i mean to check the purple wire in the ribbon harness that goes from the brain to the relay pack. its 5 wires that are like stuck together.just pull them apart and pulse the purple wire to ground with a test light. pulsing that wire to ground triggers the relay that gives output on the starter wire.

Ok So that should make the car start then?

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Steve Gardner
S&I Manager
Circuit City

if you pulse that wire and there is output on the purple starter wire, it just basically mean that the relay pack works and its not defective. the problem lies either in programming or wiring. did you maybe try and program a feature or something? maybe you accidently programed it to a delayed start or something.

hey dre, i think gmoney is confused. to make it simple, follow. Okay as dre mentioned before there is a 5 wire ribbon (means they are stuck together) going to the satellite relay pack (square like that has your starter outputs and acc/ign) so the PURPLE wire on the Ribbon cable, Splice it open a little, connect a wire from that wire, and touch the wire u connected and TOUCH do not pernamantly ground; TOUCH/TAP it to ground. See if the relay clicks and test your start wire, see if 12volts is shown. by taking a volt meter, grounding the (-) and the postive to the START wire from relay. If the relay clicks, it should show 12 - 14.4 Volts. it it doesnt u may have a dead relay pack, Which is really rare with DEI products. If you touch the PURPLE cable to ground and the relay clicks, but during remote start it doesnt work, most likely that wire is not sending a ground from the main unit, so what u should do is use the SECOND Start wire from the main unit and just replace it with that Purple wire on the ribbon.  

Thanks for all the help its much appreciated now that in minnesota we are getting 8 inches of snow tonight i endeded up useing the accesory output wire because like you all said there was no output coming from the main unit on the purple wire. Thanks alot!

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Matt Rivera

so the car is started using the acc wire? Or did u program the optional acc to star?

the output from the ACC wire on remote start ribbon is connected to the starter trigger because there was no output from the main unit on the purple wire so i had to use another trigger wire just to get ground output

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Matt Rivera

okay understood. Just wnated to clear things up for those reading. if u got ur car to start with a constant 12 from acc, u must be the man lol

never mind i figured out that thats not a good way to go so what i did was relay the second starter on the relay pack to my cars starter wire on the Ignition harness, with the output from the acc it just keeps your stater turning over and over after it is started. Just for note.

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Steve Gardner
S&I Manager
Circuit City

yea thats what i was trying to say, i fu can get a car to start and run with a constant 12 from your acc wire to your START wire, you must be the man... good thing u found out it was grinding badly and fixed it.

it wasnt really grinding at all but a another installer at my Circuit told me that could happen. The Brain on the 990 was bad so i just swaped it out and all is well.

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Matt Rivera

so all is good now?

Yeah all is good it ended up to be just a defective brain modual

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Matt Rivera