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3rd Gen Remote Start Using OEM Remote

Discussion in '3rd Gen. Tacomas (2016-2023)' started by nickj718, Dec 7, 2016.

  1. Dec 29, 2016 at 3:33 PM
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    Jim=2015 TRD PRO

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    Mine is doing the same
     
  2. Dec 29, 2016 at 3:37 PM
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    Yes- I'm confident in my connections. I just went and reseated all the connectors. Still doing it.
     
  3. Dec 29, 2016 at 3:38 PM
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  4. Dec 29, 2016 at 3:45 PM
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    I did not, I tend to not follow directions(well I'd need to read em first to follow them)
    Happy it worked out, I knew my work was good, and figured it needed to be "initialized" cycling ignition did the trick
     
  5. Dec 29, 2016 at 3:48 PM
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    I guess I better pain attention to this too when I do mine lol
     
  6. Dec 29, 2016 at 3:58 PM
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    In hindsight, I should have left auto light feature out, all it does is draws unwanted attention imo. I might go back and pull the wires like I did on wives Lexus
     
  7. Dec 29, 2016 at 4:01 PM
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    What happens if you don't connect the Auto Light wire's, even if you have the Auto Light feature. Will it cause it not to work.
    Thanks
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  8. Dec 29, 2016 at 4:06 PM
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    I'm with you, I don't want the lights to come on when it's running. Parking lights are fine, but I don't want headlights so do I not connect those wires?
     
  9. Dec 29, 2016 at 4:12 PM
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    I wired up the auto lights and my headlights don't come on. DRL and parking lights come on. I don't have a problem with that but can understand it may not be what everyone wants.
     
  10. Dec 29, 2016 at 4:12 PM
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    My guess if you don't connect those 2 wires, it'll simply won't cycle light on, it shouldn't affect the operation of remote start itself
     
  11. Dec 29, 2016 at 4:12 PM
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    Then I bet the headlight switch has to be set to auto.
     
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  12. Dec 29, 2016 at 4:19 PM
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    I'm positive about the colors. Red to green to orange. I can unplug, plug back in and the thing will not go to solid red. I can manually start, shut off and retry and the same problem.
    No reply from Voodoo?
     
  13. Dec 29, 2016 at 4:20 PM
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    Even tried the soft reset.
     
  14. Dec 29, 2016 at 4:25 PM
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    This sucks. I've disconnected the unit for the moment. Don't know what else to do...
     
  15. Dec 29, 2016 at 4:25 PM
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    If I'm remembering correctly, the DBALL2 interrupts the auto light wire when running on remote start. That suggests the function is to prevent the headlights from coming on but I've not tested to verify.
     
  16. Dec 29, 2016 at 4:53 PM
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    I took mine out. Got very frustrated now my damn headlights won't come on. Shit I should of paid someone to do this shit
     
  17. Dec 29, 2016 at 4:56 PM
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    Did you try a reset and reprogram?
     
  18. Dec 29, 2016 at 4:58 PM
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    Auto head lights don't need tinge hooked up. However if you don't hook them up make sure your turn the switch to off. The auto feature pulses the headlights to tell them to turn off when the truck is shut down.
     
  19. Dec 29, 2016 at 5:00 PM
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    Cool, thanks for the clarification.
     
  20. Dec 29, 2016 at 5:00 PM
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    This can happen for two reasons

    blue plug was installed before the red or at the same time clearing the unit or damaging it

    Wires are hooked up wrong or not a good connection
     
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