Alarm & starter cutoff function...

[jmv]

Hey guys, just wondering....

I only got 1 key fab with my car when i bought it. I'm planning on getting another one eventually, but i was just curious...

If you unlock the doors, and then don't do anything for a bit, you have to hit unlock again before the ignition will work. Since i only have one key fab currently, if this one breaks, runs out of battery, shorts out in water, or whatever... am i SOL, or is the some button or trick or something to let you start it without the key fab?? I know in my dads explorer, if this is the case, you turn the ignition while pressing a button under the dash. Anything like this with the MSP??

Thanks a bunch.

 

[evilmonkeyMSP]

if you unlock the car w/ your key on the drivers side it unarms the alarm. same for the reverse

 

[jmv]

So with the alarm de-activated, does the starter cutoff not work??

 

[evilmonkeyMSP]

Im not even sure we have a starter kill...our key ha no chip in it or anything...all you can do is try & let us know if it works...

 

[livelyjay]

The alarm does cut off power to the starter if it goes off. You can test it out yourself. Set your alarm, open the trunk - alarm goes off. Hit the unlock button - alarm stops. Try to start your car - nothing happens. You have to arm the alarm then disarm the alarm for it to start again.

I haven't tried using the key. If the alarm goes off, you could probably unlock, lock, then unlock again with the key and get it to disarm appropriately.

 

[eheff128]

alarm & start up

I'm not good at figuring out where to post and just asked a similar question somewhere else, but do you know whether there's a start up issue with the alarm even if the alarm doesn't go off first?