Car Alarms: my car wont start at all - toyota mr2., toyota mr2, dash area


Question
FROM THE RED LIGHT THAT IS THE ALARM LIGHT.... CAN YOU THINK OF ANYTHING ELSE THAT WILL GET MY CAR MOVING TONIGHT, SO I DIONT HAVE TO ABANDON IT?
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-----Question-----
Hi, can YOU PLEASE GIVE ME ANY IDEAS HOW TO START MY CAR. IT WAS WORKING FINE, UNTIL THIS MORNING WHEN I DROVE IT 5 MILES AND PARKED IT UP. I CAME TO START THE CAR ABOUT 10 MINS LATER AND IT JUST WOULD NOT HAVE IT. THE REMOTE CENTRAL LOCKING WONT WORK, AND THE CAR IS IMMOBILIZED. it WILL NOW NOT UN-IMMOBILIZE. CAN YOU HELP?
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The aftermarket alarm seems to be doing it's job.
At least we know it's installed correctly
which is actually a good thing here.

Ok, try this.
Put the key in the ignition, and turn forward
all the way just before cranking. Then within
5 seconds, locate, press and hold in the
valet/overide button, found under the
dash area, (push button, spring loaded)
until the installed LED (the blinking light)
in your dash area goes on solid,
and the siren chirps once.

(Your valet switch might be the toggle
(on/off) type. in this case, key on,
flip switch in opposite direction,
then turn the key off.)

This should reset the alarm, and reset
the grounded relay on the starter wire,
allowing you to start the engine.

At this point, the only thing working would
be the keyless entry from the alarm,
if it came equipped that way.

Just Repeat these steps to place it
back to usable armed mode.
You may get 2 chirps, confirming it,
and the lights may flash twice as well.

That should do it.
If you want to remove it at this point,
take it to your neighborhood installer
for this, or buy the wiring chart
(Go to: www.vehiclewires.com)
for the vehicle, and reverse engineer it wire
by wire, until safely removed.

If it does not work out this way,
you will have to replace the system
with one you know how to operate
and what to expect. Don't want to
get stuck in another bad situation.

Let me know what happens.

Robert Martin/CEO-ALARMTEK
www.CARALARMINSTALLER.com

Answer
The only other thing I can offer then is to
have you go in and remove the starter
kill mechanism alltogether.

Locate the starter wire in the igintion column,
(only one that shows 12 volts ONLY
when cranking), then you need to
cut out the relay inline, and re attatch the
starter wire.

That will get you going tonight.
Sorry, but without an overide switch, the
next logical way is to disable the device
completely.

Let me know how it goes.

ALARMTEK
ALARMTEK.net