remote start not working

[gibbspackfan]

My remote start in my '95 Aurora was working fine but now the security light stays on constantly and the remote start doesn't work. The lights on the car flash like normal but it won't start after pressing the remote. Any help is appreciated.

[KTJNMD]

Sounds like a problem with the VATS system.

[RobertHammen]

Hey Gibbspackfan (you from Gibbsville? I'm originally from Random Lake :-), the Auroras didn't come with a Remote Start system from the factory. Might be something as simple as a loose wire, or, as KTNMD said, a hosed anti-theft system. Might want to have whomever installed the remote start look at it (or find out the vendor/model number and then find out who installs it locally)...

--Robert

[gibbspackfan]

Thanks Robert. Yes I am from Gibbsville. Good to hear from a local yocal.

[dmorlow]

Did you install the remote start? How long did it work before it stopped? I had mine installed. But before I had mine installed, I did a lot of research and was thinking of doing it myself and then just came up with the conclusion to let someone else do it so they were responsible if anything went wrong. But I do know that you have to put in a resistor inline with the wire that goes to the ignition that matches the resistance of the resistor in the key. If you don't do that, then it will trip the security because it looks like (to the car) that someone is hotwiring the car. And I was told if that happened, that you had to take it to the dealer to get it reset. But also I thought that the car wouldn't run either, so if yours still runs, then it might not be that. I was told that the fuel pump would stop working and you would destroy it if you tried to drive the car with the security light on.

[ponchonutty]

OK. This is my area of expertise. What is going on is the car is going into fail-safe mode. It thinks something is wrong AND that no one is trying to hotwire so it let's you start it. The most common problem is either the resistance value used for the remote starter isn't close enough and the alarm is finally saying no. Or, the VATS system itself is going bad (usually at the lock cyl.). My guess would be to say the first. See, for some reason if the installer can't be dead on matching the resistance value, the car will work for quite some time then eventually stop. This is normally the case when say your key is 1,500ohm but the installer could only get 1,499ohms. It should be close enough but isn't. Now, if they got 1,501ohms, it never fails to work for some reason.

So, my recomensation is to reread your ignition key and also the resistor used for the remote start and adjust it as needed.