WilliamG

So I just got my 5901 installed today, and I love it. But there's some weirdness I just can't figure out! This is in a 2008 Subaru Impreza STI.

Everything works fine except the remote start, which ALMOST works. I find that it starts the car with no issue when the car is in neutral. However, it's using it to remove the key from the ignition and leave the car running which is causing a bit of grief.

Here's what I mean:

I come to a stop at my parking space, put the car in neutral (handbrake up of course!). I hit the remote start button on the remote. I then remove the key, open the door, get out, close the door. All doors are closed at this point with the engine running. Then, if I turn off the engine with the remote (BEFORE locking the doors,) and THEN lock the doors, the car beeps an extra time and my remote tells me a door is still open. This happens every single time. However, if I lock the doors BEFORE turning the engine off with the remote, I don't get the beep, but the doors try to lock themselves again after the engine turns off. That seems really weird to me. I keep thinking the doors are unlocking themselves, but I checked and it's the locks trying to re-engage after they were already locked.

Anyone have any idea what's going on here?

Thanks for any help you can offer!

jaggerwild

Hey William,
I get what your saying but not sure why you have an issue? In other words why would you use the pit stop feature to get out of the car only to shut it down after words?
The remote start will auto lock the doors after shutting down(timing out), only fix I can see is take it back to the place that did the work tell them your problem, and let them have the car for a few days. This makes fixing it easier on them, so they can take there time with it.
The remote start will never leave the auto in an "door unlocked mode" unless you do so with the buttons. Even if the doors are unlocked while running by remote, the car can not be taken(but I understand you want the doors locked) to keep personal items safe. The starter will auto shut down when it times out(most default around ten minutes) some longer.
So, if your using the remote in pit stop mode (you stop by the store) you exit the car, hit door lock (my interpretation) this all works fine? But, if you then shut the car off by remote, and hit door lock after wards you get a door open false report back by remote. Again the remote start will auto lock the doors after shut down, even if they are locked to begin with.

WilliamG

Thanks for the reply. I've now set up the turbo timer functionality, so I enable that in the car, pull the key (engine still runs), get out, lock doors, and after 1 minute the car turns off, but it still attempts to lock the doors for the second time. Trying to figure out if that's normal or not.... It doesn't attempt to lock the doors if I leave them unlocked when I enable the turbo timer (i.e. if I pull the key out and just wait for 1 minute). Why does it try to lock the doors again after I lock them, but not if I don't lock them?!

jaggerwild

That maybe an option that can be changed in the options menu, there is a link to the owners manual in my signature for you if you'd like one online.

WilliamG

I'm not seeing anything, but thanks for the link...

jaggerwild

http://www.directed.com/Support/Prod...es/Owners.aspx

Just click on 5901 english

WilliamG

LOL.... No I mean I didn't say anything in the manual. :)

lcurle

umm......do you have a key in the ignition? you should. That way when you get to your destination you turn the car off with the key from the ignition, not the remote start.

WilliamG

I don't follow you. I'm using the turbo timer function, and I get out, lock the doors, and then when the car shuts off - it tries to re-lock the doors again. Trying to find out if that's normal, that's all. :)

lcurle

ohh yes that is becuase YOU locked the doors then the remote start thinks it HAS to lock the doors. Thats all.

WilliamG

I don't really follow your logic. Why does the remote think it has to do that after I did it already?!

lcurle

If the alarm is programmed to lock your doors after 5 minutes, then it will regardless of if you have locked them already

WilliamG

Ok, then why doesn't the alarm lock the car if I DON'T lock it myself. If I use the turbo timer function, it doesn't lock the car after the car shuts off. If I use the turbo timer AND lock the car while the car is running, the car tries to lock itself again when the engine shuts off.

So again, I still don't follow your logic.

Thanks for the replies, though. :)

lcurle

Im not sure then, is it really a huge problem that the car locks itself twice?

WilliamG

I just wanted to eliminate unnecessary wear and tear on my locks, and I also wanted to know if it's normal. Nobody seems to know... :(

lcurle

I have seen alot of DEI remote start and alarms do this, something in the factory integration, I figured it was standard from DEI.

WilliamG

Fair enough. Thanks again for the constant replies. I'll let it be. :)

jaggerwild

IF you want , you could try turning off the auto lock feature(in the options menu) as this seems to be the source of the problem. Then see if it continues to happen.
But as Lee said it could be a conflict with the factory locks that is causing the issue to begin with.

WilliamG

I don't have the manual for the 5901 anymore. Apparently the installer is supposed to keep it, so he did...

jaggerwild

Installer keeps the install manual, not the owners manual.

http://www.directed.com/Support/ProductGuides/Owners.aspx