Remote Car Starters

[lil'tangerine]

Last Christmas I got a remote starter for my car. It worked fine, until now for the past month it only works once in a while. Sometimes not even until I walk right up to my car and put it in front of the windshield. I've taken it back to the place it was installed at twice and it works fine when they try it out. Anyone know anything about these things, cuz it's pissin me off now! I've tried changing the battery in the remote part even...

 

[danielson]

put the remote to touching your head and try it

seriously it increases the range no idea why...

 

[Buddy_Christ]

put the remote to touching your head and try it

seriously it increases the range no idea why...

i thought it was aim the remote into one ear and turn the other side of your head towards the car.

 

[EnderJE]

put the remote to touching your head and try it

seriously it increases the range no idea why...

Just take a picture when you are doing this...and post up!

 

[UA_Iron]

remote battery?

first things first.

duh, I just read your post completely...haha

 

[lil'tangerine]

I have tried aiming the remote through my chin, so that it uses my head as an antenna, but this doesn't work either! I'm gonna have to take it there again tomorrow and have them do some kinda test on it or something, but as soon as I let them try it, it will work!

 

[Buddy_Christ]

has the reciever for the infrared signal become blocked or dirty? or does it not use one of those?

i've never used remote starters. i've contemplated it, but it's just not worth the money and really won't save me much hassle. if it has snowed or i have to scrape my windows, then the car can warm up while i do that. i don't let my car warm up for an extended period of time though. if i'm clearing off a lot of snow, the car may run for 5 minutes or so.

if it's really cold out(below 40 degrees) and the engine hasn't been started in the last hour, i'll give it 2 minutes. if it's warmer than 40 degrees, the car gets a minute - minute and a half. there's no point in giving the car an extended warm up. all you're doing is burning gas and the ar is warming up slower than it would if you were driving. if you start up a car and let it run until it's fully warmed up, you're looking at 10-15 minutes (depending on how cold it is and the size of your cooling system). if you let it run for 2 minutes then get in and drive, the car will be fully warmed up in about 5-8 minutes.

i've seen differences of 2-3mpg between driving off after about 2 minutes and giving the car an extended warm up. with gas prices the way they are, i'd rather be using that gas to move the car, not let it sit.

people that get in their car, start it, and are moving in 10 seconds deserve to have their engines sieze up on them. to your engine, that's like anal sex with no lube.