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Remote starter not working

When I press the start button for remote starter, the head lights flash but truck will not turn over. I also noticed a blue light under rear view mirror that was not there before. Please help

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Factory remote start (i presume you read the oper, guide?)
or after market
or you added it later.

the system is complex. for safety.. and laws, here its illegal to abandon any car running, or keys in ign.
due to these facts , complex.

so why not read the FSM on all this complexity and tests.
and scan it, what if the factory remote start produced and error
and its was stored in memory. scan it. first.

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Oct 09, 2008

SOURCE: Truck won't start, new battery, lights keep flashing

Sometimes the new battery is not 100% charged. Put it on a charger or jump start the car, the alternator should then charge up the battery.

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Nov 16, 2008

SOURCE: changed battery real cranky no start

check the fuses and circuit breakers near battery i'll bet one of them popped.

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Feb 27, 2009

SOURCE: no dome light on tacoma

The dome light gets 12 volt battery power at all times. The door switch, when the door is opened, allows the current to flow to ground, and completes the circuit. The door switch allows the ground to be made. Measure for 12 volts at the wiring connector, and measure for direct short at the ground wire, with the door open. The Ground wire is white with a black tracer.

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Aug 26, 2009

SOURCE: 2000 Toyota Rav4, just purchased. Has a two button

My ex girlfriend had a factory installed honda remote strt on her vehicle. It was activated by hitting the lock button two times in succession. Some vehicles use a combination of the lock-unlock buttons. try using some combinations on the remote, many "oem" remote starts are installed by aftermarket installers so who knows what they did as a start function, it could also have been changed by the previous owner.

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jul 23, 2011

SOURCE: Toyota Avalon Rear View Mirror

Hi-,
I had the same problem - the inside rear view mirror fell off during a hot summer day. I bought the mirror glue (adhesive) and wondered how to I separate the metal button from the mirror. Enventally, I tried the following and successully separated the metal button from the mirror: There is a little squre slot on the plastic sheath of the metal button. Please find a small flat-ned screw driver whose tip can fit into the sqare hole. put the screw driver into the hole and put it all the way inside down - which will open a little bended metal piece that stops the buttom; at the mean time, slide the metal button towards outside. As the bended metal piece opened uder the pressure of the screw driver, the metal button is freely moveable and can be slide out.
I did this successfully for my Toyota Avalon 1998 car.

Hope it helps.
Wei

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