I was thumbing through the ESM today looking for something and ran across something interesting. It appears that pin #44 (Green/Orange wire) of the ECU on a M/T max shows 0 volts when the car is in neutral and +12 volts when the transmission is in any other position. The ignition switch must be on for this circuit to function.

I'm wondering if you can use pin #44 to work with the DEI remote start unit as the "gear sense" wire. I haven't tested the ECM or wire voltage yet, but wanted to see if anyone has installed their own remote start in a 2002 M/T.

 

Yes this works..

I met a guy on this board that has a compustar setup on his 2k3..

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make sure the car is not in gear when you go to start it up.. there was a huge article in mobile entertainment and one in autosound about negligence of installers to inform people of these things and their cars would shoot forward upon startup.. no good.

 

Did that to my mazda twice because i disable the reservation mode... and left the alarm in auto..

I remote started, and it hit the wall...and the 2nd time, it nailed a pontiac grandam ..

NOT GOOD..

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