I just had mine installed short of 2 months and already I had to replace the battery in the remote. Anyone find that their remote's battery life short as well?

AnGe

 

That is the normal life of the battery in mine. I think that even though LCD draws very little current it still takes more power than a normal remote. It is also sending a signal back and forth to the brain every few seconds. Normal alarm remotes do not.

 

how much did u get the 791xv for?

 

Yeah the battery doesnt last too long in these remotes. I asked my installer about it and he said its normal.


-Steve

 

where did you/installer mount your LED?

 

Ange, my remote battery died prety quickly as well ... you had yours installed before me and I had to replace my battery before you ... hmm

I installed the LED right below the cigarette lighter

 

Mine is mounted to the left of the steering wheel next to the dimmer switch. You can see it on the botton left in this picture:





-Steve

 

my led is on the a-pillar.

 

Yeah, I have had my 791 for a month now and just replaced the battery last night...

 

Originally the LED was installed next to the shifter but since I have dashkit, I had to relocate mine. Now the LED is on the fusebox cover under the steering wheel.

Looks like the issues related to remote starter affect more people that I realized. I wish I was made aware of this potential problem before I got the remote start.

Warm car in cold winter vs. prolonging starter life

-AnGe

 

AnGe, what starter problems are there? Mine cranks once and it's good to go. As for the remote, I still have a full battery indicator *knocks on wood* and I had it installed on the 4th.

 

My starter died a week after I had the alarm installed

 

Ossamah- Check below link:
http://forums.maxima.org/showthread....05#post2508805

Andy- Replaced starter... car still having problems. First time the car won't be with me on Thanksgiving.. to be continued on Friday

 

The starter was replaced and it's still not starting. I think you need to get something else checked out. Unfortunately I don't know what. Once we put the new starter in my car it started up perfectly

 

after i installed my remote start in january, i had to replace my starter but it's been fine ever since and has never ground on starting. I am assuming you have the antigrind feature on and the crank time to the barest minimum needed to start it (~.4s)