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Posted by Krz88lx (Member # 4261) on :
 
i have a 97 gt vert. auto. this is the problem, sometimes at idle or whenever it feels like tweaking it will drop the batt. needle all the way down and will start acting like it wants to die out and the abs light and check engine light start flickering but do not stay on so i cant hook up a scanner cause the lights dont stay on. it also does it on the freeway or whenever i turn on any hvac controls it has a brand new alt, and batt. i believe this started happening after i got a remote start system installed. any advice on what to do will be appreciated.

the car only does it once in a great while. but is very annoying in traffic.
 

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Posted by S2 STALLION (Member # 995) on :
 
Bad ground would be the first thing i would check.
 

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Posted by Krz88lx (Member # 4261) on :
 
my question is what ground, pcm, abs module ground. wouldnt it do it all the time if it was a bad ground?
 

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Posted by 92stangLX (Member # 3252) on :
 
Who installed the remote starting system? If it was a shop you may want to take it back to them and describe the problem you are having.

If you installed it then I would check all the wiring and make sure there are no shorts or opens in the system (look for stripped insulation or bad/loose connections).
 

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Posted by 94 droptop (Member # 5072) on :
 
does it do it all the time or only when u start it with the key or when u starte it with the remont

check to see if when u remonte start it if it happenes i worked at a stero shop i installed them all the time and most of the time what will happen is the alarm wont send 12v to the right ing wires
 

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Posted by Krz88lx (Member # 4261) on :
 
[QUOTE]Originally posted by 94 droptop:
does it do it all the time or only when u start it with the key or when u starte it with the remont

check to see if when u remonte start it if it happenes i worked at a stero shop i installed them all the time and most of the time what will happen is the alarm wont send 12v to the right ing wires [/QUOT it has a safety feature what it does is if you go in and try to shift the vehicle into gear while applying the brakes it will die. thats what it does when it tweaks. i got it installed at best buy. this is really affecting my smog cause it tweaks on the rollers and the smog machine aborts the test. i really dont know what to do anymore.
 

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Posted by 92stangLX (Member # 3252) on :
 

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Originally posted by Krz88lx:
[QUOTE]Originally posted by 94 droptop:
does it do it all the time or only when u start it with the key or when u starte it with the remont

check to see if when u remonte start it if it happenes i worked at a stero shop i installed them all the time and most of the time what will happen is the alarm wont send 12v to the right ing wires [/QUOT it has a safety feature what it does is if you go in and try to shift the vehicle into gear while applying the brakes it will die. thats what it does when it tweaks. i got it installed at best buy. this is really affecting my smog cause it tweaks on the rollers and the smog machine aborts the test. i really dont know what to do anymore.

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