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NOTICE to Installers of Remote Vehicle Starters
We DO NOT recommend installing ANY remote starter in the following vehicles: Audi 1998+, BMW 1998+,
Jaguar 1998+, Land Rover 1998+, Mercedes 1998+, Range Rover 1998+, Volvo 1999+
As with any aftermarket installation, please research and learn as much as you can about the vehicle before you start the install.
All General Motors (GM) vehicles built prior to 1995 with automatic transmissions and all Dodge Dakota trucks with automatic transmissions
built prior to 1996 have a MECHANICAL type of NEUTRAL SAFETY SWITCH. All vehicles built after 1996 use an electrical type of neutral safety
switch.
Ap12 volts to the starter wire on any vehicle vehicle using a mechanical neutral safety switch will engage the vehicle’s starter, regardless of the shifter’s position.
When the shifter is in Park or Neutral, the vehicle will just start up normally. If the vehicle is accidentally left in gear and power is applied to the start wire, such as by a
remote starter,
the vehicle will lurch forward or back as it attempts to start.
To test if your GM or Dodge vehicle is using a mechanical neutral safety switch system, you will only be able to remove the key from the ignition switch when
the shifter is in the Park or Neutral position.
To prevent this problem from occurring when installing a DesignTech International remote starter on a GM vehicle or Dodge Dakota built prior to 1996:
1. You must leave the Enable Feature (option #7 in the factory setting). This is a safety feature that requires the user to turn the control switch OFF and then ON again each
time they exit the vehicle in order for the unit to be operational. This feature will ensure that the user of the vehicle with the remote starter installed has made a conscious
decision to allow the remote starter to start the vehicle the next time the transmitter button is depressed.
2. You must use the relay drawing below to create a circuit that will prevent the remote starter on these GM and Dodge vehicles from starting the vehicle unless the key is
completely removed from the ignition switch.
As with any aftermarket installation, please research and learn as much as you can about the vehicle before you start the install. Instructions, technical tips and detailed wiring
information is available on
www.designtech-intl.com
. Please refer to the information on the web site before starting ANY install or call Directed Electronics Technical
Support at (800) 876-0800.
Connect to Purple Wire (hood pin
switch) of the Remote Starter
(Purple Wire must also connect to
hood pin switch)
87
86
Connect to
constant
(+) 12 volts
85
30
Connect to the
Ignition Key Sense
Wire from Vehicle's
Ignition Harness
87a
To (-) Vehicle's Ground
