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Old Dec 6, 2005 | 02:49 PM
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Remote starter help

Hey guys when I bought my car it came with a remote starter allready installed by the previous owner I assume. Anyway I cant seem to get the POS to work. I have all the paperwork with on how to program it which I can but the problem that I am having is that after I program it it works fine for no longer than a hour and then nothing . I am not sure if this is the right name of the remote starter but on the transmitter it has "AST" with 4 buttons on it. It looks like a tiny flip phone to me. I am thinking that the transmitter is bad but not for sure.

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Old Dec 6, 2005 | 05:05 PM
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there should be a valet switch under the dash, maybe on the kick panel. if there is check to see if its set to the off position. basically its a switch to shut off the remote starter, ie when a mechanic is under the hood he doesnt become ground beef.
Old Dec 6, 2005 | 05:47 PM
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Will do. Do all remote starters have a valet switch?
Old Dec 6, 2005 | 06:16 PM
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well the good ones. some really ****tyones like from vip suck and may not have one. heck they barely or rarely work. it would be nice if you knew the brand.
Old Dec 7, 2005 | 03:59 AM
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I look at all my paperwork again and see if their is a brand name somewhere
Old Dec 8, 2005 | 01:22 AM
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if its working when you reprogram it, and then stops working after an hour or so, then its not your valet switch...probably a brain that went bad...possibly check to make sure your ground is still secure, but thats about all that it could be. i woudl put money on a brain...it keeps dumping the programming, and without the programming the R/S is just outputting all the defults, so its not working for ya.
Old Dec 8, 2005 | 03:52 AM
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If my brain is bad I woulld be better off buying a new R/S right
Old Dec 8, 2005 | 04:51 AM
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it all depends on whats wrong and what brand it is
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