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Old Nov 29, 2011 | 06:46 PM
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Compustar auto start problem

Well I will start here to see if anyone has heard or seen this before. My truck came with a compustar 3000 in it but no remotes. SO I bought a new remote and antenae. The alarm part works fine but when you use the auto start feature. It starts for 3-5 seconds and shuts off. It does it 3 times and then is supose to blink the lights where the problem is. The problem I have is NO lights blink at all.
 
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Old Nov 29, 2011 | 07:01 PM
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The LCD remote should display an error code when this happens
 
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Old Nov 29, 2011 | 07:05 PM
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The truck cycles, then starts, runs for 3 seconds, then shuts down? Correct?
 
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Old Nov 29, 2011 | 07:11 PM
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The LCD remote should display an error code when this happens
Nothing is displayed...

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The truck cycles, then starts, runs for 3 seconds, then shuts down? Correct?
correct and it does it 3 times. then no flashes to like tell you if the hood switch is open, ect...
 
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Old Nov 29, 2011 | 07:21 PM
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Do the parking lights flash once when you command the start?
Do the lights stay on for the few seconds while running?
 
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Old Nov 29, 2011 | 07:24 PM
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Do the parking lights flash once when you command the start?
Do the lights stay on for the few seconds while running?
None at all
 
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Old Nov 29, 2011 | 07:26 PM
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Just guessing, go to their web site and look at the manual for your specific model. Might be a run time program issue, it has all the requirements met to start...so I would look at that. Hard telling how long the unit has been installed and where the settings are at. Puzzles me a programmable run time of 5 seconds would be available. I have the Astro-Start so I know you can fudge settings with a remote in your pocket....

Go do some reading....
 
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Old Nov 29, 2011 | 07:29 PM
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And another wild shot in the dark.....it may not be getting a signal the truck is running so it cycles 3 times then gives up.
 
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Old Nov 29, 2011 | 07:30 PM
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John I have looked at there site including owner and installation manuals but there is nothing about run time. The only thing I found is it says you can change between 10-25 minutes for a diesel and they dont explain how to do it. Just says see the installer.dealer...
 
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Old Nov 29, 2011 | 07:33 PM
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And another wild shot in the dark.....it may not be getting a signal the truck is running so it cycles 3 times then gives up.
That is what I was thinking since the lights don't flash but I don't know where to begin looking for that....Just was trying to see if anyone else has heard of this....
 
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Originally Posted by mndiesel
None at all
Looks like your parking light output wire is not even hooked up to the truck then or maybe it is fused. I would get under the dash and take a look around. Do you have the model number?
 
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Like Ed mentioned...model number would help after looking at the site.
 
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Old Nov 29, 2011 | 07:38 PM
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Looks like your parking light output wire is not even hooked up to the truck then or maybe it is fused. I would get under the dash and take a look around. Do you have the model number?
it is a compustar 3000. I will take a look tomorrow.......
 
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The remote-start run time
can be programmed for 15, 25, 45 or 3 minutes
 
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Old Nov 29, 2011 | 07:44 PM
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The remote-start run time
can be programmed for 15, 25, 45 or 3 minutes
I don't think that is the issue because if it times out on run time it wouldn't try to restart.
 
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