Common Remote Start Problems and Fixes

How to fix common problems with remote start systems on your vehicle. Including the most common problems across all brands and how to fix them.

[KurtofTrades]

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[SetAside]

Thought I'd be slick and use the remote start so I could read the multimeter hooked up to the battery with the hood popped! Glad this short video popped up first. Thank you very much. Video liked.

[jacobg.witmer]

My family has a 2012 Ford Escape with an aftermarket remote start but with a different problem. In our case the taillights and license plate lights won’t work if you start it with the ignition key, but do work only when you remote start the vehicle.
The remote start system is made by Viper.

[rickluchtenburg]

Is there a work around to bypass the check engine light so the remote will always work.

[gweneverebutler]

Very informative video! Thank you for sharing this information.

[Macman]

Wow! Didn't know about doors not being fully closed. Hopefully it's not the sensors as it sounds expensive to fix. Thanks.

[abbeyp]

Thx! I have a pro start recently took my car in to have spark plugs changed its worked for years and now all of a sudden it does not start and the shop won't help me, kind of pissed

[mikeike]

Hi. My Viper system starts the car but no longer unlocks the doors. You have any idea what the problem is? Thanks.

[joleneguerrero]

If my key fobs battery is dying will that make my key sound low and not remote start? Its like its trying

[joekaufman]

2001 Honda Pilot engine starts and stop by itself no key in ignition, the next day my garage was full of fumes, help

[KirkwoodDonavin]

Does the anti-theft system interfere with remote start? Mine starts the engine but then shortly shuts off and displays the anti-theft dash symbol.

[briananthony]

Hey dude this van is brand new ok 2 years old 22k worked like 2 times

[agathamarciniak]

The engine light is not on stiil can't start with remote do I need a new battery for the remote

[SteveVanSwearingen]

I installed the H011SAJ401 Subaru remote starter into a 2010 Outback. Everything works except the car will not start. goes into and out of service mode, beeps horn etc. Battery is at 12.6V. IF Subaru dealer service tech did not pair the starter brain box to the the vehicle security brain box, will the remote start not engage the starter motor?

[phenamenol]

Checked all of the above… still won’t work … well it works but this latest prestige alarm remote start only runs for 15 seconds …. Plus it’s not a genuine remote start as when you start it unlock the door turn the key to ignition and press the brake to put the car into drive the car shuts off every time …so you have to manually start the car again … security measure bullshit … because you own the car and have the key in your hand

[Vibe]

My heat won’t start until I’m physically in the vehicle & put my foot on the brake.

[Chele_doodles]

Mine will only start if I'm inside the car.

[keithcrane]

One thing they should warn you about before deciding to get a remote starter is that it does not work well from behind the car. I have to be within 30 feet of the back of my car where it is in a detached garage, and then walk back inside the house to wait for the heater to warm the car up. I wanted this thing so I could start it from inside the house, but instead I have to go clear outside and walk up to the garage,
then walk back to the house to wait. (Out in a parking lot, I can start it from 100 feet if I am the front of the car). It seems hardly worth the $350 I paid for it if I have to go outside a ways to use it to start my car at home.

[cadencefoss]

I have a nustart and all key buttons function properly but when I try to start it, it turns on the screen in my car, makes a noise but doesn’t actually start the car, can anyone help?

[MrFukuijr]

What if the tire low air sensor is on?