# Remote Starter Trouble **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [December 20, 2008, 8:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/remote-starter-trouble/60082 "2008-12-20T20:06:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BillysRevenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@BillysRevenge](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BillysRevenge)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 8:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/remote-starter-trouble/60082/1 "2008-12-20T20:06:32Z")
I’ve got a factory installed Remote Starter for my '07 Saturn Ion. I’ve got two remotes for it. One works fine, the other will light up but won’t start the car. Any ideas? PICS: ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v398/Thorguitarist/starter_front.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v398/Thorguitarist/starter_front.jpg) ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v398/Thorguitarist/starter_back.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v398/Thorguitarist/starter_back.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Beck](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/beck/32/28683_2.png) [@Beck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Beck)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 8:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/remote-starter-trouble/60082/2 "2008-12-20T20:08:35Z")
If this is supposed to be funny/a joke, I don’t get it. ---
**Author:** ![BillysRevenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@BillysRevenge](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BillysRevenge)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 8:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/remote-starter-trouble/60082/3 "2008-12-20T20:13:36Z")
it’s a question, hence the appropriate punctuation. ---
**Author:** ![Penfold](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/penfold/32/5007_2.png) [@Penfold](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Penfold)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 9:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/remote-starter-trouble/60082/4 "2008-12-20T21:05:43Z")
I think he is just as confused as I am as how we are suppose to diagnose a problem with pictures of the fob? -If it is an 07, isn’t it still under factory warranty? Take it to the dealer. ---
**Author:** ![BillysRevenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@BillysRevenge](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BillysRevenge)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 9:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/remote-starter-trouble/60082/5 "2008-12-20T21:07:55Z")
yeah…it’s still under warranty…I just wanted to avoid driving to OP… ---
**Author:** ![skylinez07](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/skylinez07/32/4993_2.png) [@skylinez07](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/skylinez07)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 9:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/remote-starter-trouble/60082/6 "2008-12-20T21:43:29Z")
Same way with mine One works with start up and the other Just puts the lights on. I would believe that it’s not programed right as i had to fix it my self. And that was my Problem but yea deff. take it to the place of install. ---
**Author:** ![BillysRevenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@BillysRevenge](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BillysRevenge)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 9:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/remote-starter-trouble/60082/7 "2008-12-20T21:59:00Z")
well the broken one doesn’t do anything to the car. the remote itself lights up. I took it apart but it didn’t look like anything i could fix. ---
**Author:** ![nitroinsane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d26b3c/32.png) [@nitroinsane](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/nitroinsane)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2008, 12:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/remote-starter-trouble/60082/8 "2008-12-21T00:27:21Z")
Call custom corner in hamburg make an appointment to get it fix you can go to Saturn of clarence ---
**Author:** ![BillysRevenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@BillysRevenge](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BillysRevenge)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2008, 6:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/remote-starter-trouble/60082/9 "2008-12-21T06:26:45Z")
Saturn in Orchard Park is where I got the car…it was installed on my request prior to the lease at a place down the street…Not sure who it was. I guess I’ll take it to the dealer. Thanks guys ---
**Author:** ![scsilver2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@scsilver2](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/scsilver2)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2008, 6:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/remote-starter-trouble/60082/10 "2008-12-21T06:38:15Z")
First of all, thats not something the dealer actually installed themselves. Your best bet is to find out who installed that thing and discuss it with them. General rule of thumb: Dealers and Remote Starters are like oil and water To answer your question, there is nothing wrong with the starter, you can narrow it down to the remote that doesn’t function because the one that works starts the car fine according to your post ---
**Author:** ![nitroinsane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d26b3c/32.png) [@nitroinsane](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/nitroinsane)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2008, 6:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/remote-starter-trouble/60082/11 "2008-12-21T06:42:59Z")
Actually that exact alarm installed by saturn custom corners is owned by west herr. they have a installer from there who travels dealership to dealership. My mom had the same starter in her vue. It failed ---
**Author:** ![BillysRevenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@BillysRevenge](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BillysRevenge)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2008, 6:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/remote-starter-trouble/60082/12 "2008-12-21T06:45:40Z")
> [@scsilver2](#): > > First of all, thats not something the dealer actually installed themselves. Your best bet is to find out who installed that thing and discuss it with them. > > General rule of thumb: Dealers and Remote Starters are like oil and water > > To answer your question, there is nothing wrong with the starter, you can narrow it down to the remote that doesn’t function because the one that works starts the car fine according to your post Yep sorry for the mix-up It is the remote not the actual starter. As I posted previously it wasn’t installed by West-Herr. And as nitro stated it was probably done by custom corners, I’ll take it to West Herr and see what they say. ---
**Author:** ![Freek](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/freek/32/7357_2.png) [@Freek](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Freek)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2008, 6:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/remote-starter-trouble/60082/13 "2008-12-21T06:52:50Z")
it seems like it lost programing. it’s usually a 5 minute fix with modern starts. If you’ve got some common sense you can call the place or you can look up the program menu online to do it yourself ---
**Author:** ![BillysRevenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@BillysRevenge](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BillysRevenge)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2008, 7:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/remote-starter-trouble/60082/14 "2008-12-21T07:00:50Z")
is that usually switches and stuff though? Looking at the “motherbaord” inside the remote there didn’t look like anything that could be programmed very easily. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2008, 7:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/remote-starter-trouble/60082/15 "2008-12-21T07:16:10Z")
> [@BillysRevenge](#): > > is that usually switches and stuff though? Looking at the “motherbaord” inside the remote there didn’t look like anything that could be programmed very easily. More than likely it involves using the programmed remote, or some combination of toggling the ignition, or hitting a button on the remote start brain (buried under the dash somewhere) to program the remote that lost it’s programming. Stick your head down by the pedals and look up with a flashlight. Chances are you can see the brain, and maybe get a make/model. It will be the part that looks out of place, maybe zip-tied into place, with wires that aren’t all neatly bundled in groups or with wire loom. If you find a wire that leads to a quick tap, that’s a dead giveaway. Once you have that look it up online and I’m sure you can find the instruction manual. The dealer didn’t give you any paperwork for it when you got it? ---
**Author:** ![tpgsr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tpgsr/32/7374_2.png) [@tpgsr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tpgsr)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2008, 7:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/remote-starter-trouble/60082/16 "2008-12-21T07:25:40Z")
I know that you love OT, but this is a general Automotive thread. MOVED