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Goof of the Month: Remote Non-starter
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Botched remote starter install causes thousands in damage.
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this is why I would never get any remote starter that isn't vehicle specific with nice plug ins. Hacking into a vehicles wiring harness is a dice roll I'm not willing to make.
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^ I've seen some messes. Car alarms too
If it's not OEM, I'd pass
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Quote from: Sir Osis of Liver on February 07, 2019, 02:08:20 pm
^ I've seen some messes. Car alarms too
If it's not OEM, I'd pass
I remember what some buddies in high school did to their cars when installing car stereos and "high tech", $29.99 security "systems" from London Drugs.
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February 14, 2019, 04:23:15 pm »
we only do the Mopar one, or the Mass electronics one (which just "adds" it to the computer system). I hate messing with electronics.
also... what is with the douche in the comments on the article?
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This happend to a friend of mine last year when he had a trailer hitch installed. They somehow nicked the wiring harness and then tried to repair it but ended up frying the ECM. He had to sue them for around $14k worth of damages. He won but it took him months of frustration. Dumb part is that I recommended he go to the place that does all of our trailer repairs for work but they quoted him ~$50 more so he said they were too expensive.
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