2000 3.0L alarm or immobilizer? (remote start insall question)
 

Looking to possibly get a remote start for a 2000 accord 2dr 3.0L (LX i think)

Does this car have any kind of factory alarm or immobilzer that would interfere with a remote start installation? The car doesn't currently have keyless entry

RE: 2000 3.0L alarm or immobilizer? (remote start insall question)
 

On mine, there was a part that had to be bought from Honda .... supposedly. I wouldn't be surprised if that was just the shops excuse for not finishing the job ...... I think the -special part- was a relay.

Anyway, the part needed was to bypass the immobilizer for the auto-start function. Prior to the fix, the auto-start would work only with the key in and on.

RE: 2000 3.0L alarm or immobilizer? (remote start insall question)
 

Yes, there is an immobilizer in the key cylinder and a chip in the key itself.

RE: 2000 3.0L alarm or immobilizer? (remote start insall question)
 

So it needs one of those things where they put a spare key into a box under tha dash with a coil of wire wrapped around it? or does it bypass the immobilizer entierly? does that make the immobilizer totaly non-functional anymore?

RE: 2000 3.0L alarm or immobilizer? (remote start insall question)
 

Are you doing this yourself or having a shop do it?

RE: 2000 3.0L alarm or immobilizer? (remote start insall question)
 

haven't decided yet, but i'm not going to do it if it's one of those jerry-rigged kind of things.

RE: 2000 3.0L alarm or immobilizer? (remote start insall question)
 

It shouldn't be, it's most likely a box you can place in between the ignition wires beneath the dash. I installed my alarm and it wasn't so bad. What brand and model are you looking at?

RE: 2000 3.0L alarm or immobilizer? (remote start insall question)
 

Haven't decided on brand/model yet. just investigating the feasability.

I knowsomebody whohad problems with integration with afactory alarm ina car.

is the bypass module a Honda part, or made byremote start manufacturers?

RE: 2000 3.0L alarm or immobilizer? (remote start insall question)
 

It's not Honda I know that... I'm just trying to think... because I didn't have to bypass my immobilizer to install my alarm, but obviously I never use the car without the key.

RE: 2000 3.0L alarm or immobilizer? (remote start insall question)
 

Looks like i answered my own question. Bulldog says this car needs the "791 Universal Bypass Module" http://www.bulldogsecurity.com/MTweb...ts.asp?id=1007


Please Note: If your vehicle has a Transponder anti-theft system, you will also need an additional key to put inside the 791 bypass

a spare key put inside a box under the dash definitely fits my idea of jerry-rigged. I think i'll pass on the remote start.

RE: 2000 3.0L alarm or immobilizer? (remote start insall question)
 

I didn't have a spare key hidden under the dash. Finch, this is for the starter, not the alarm so a standard alarm wouldn't need the immobilizer bypass.

To the OP: When you press the brake, the auto-starter and everything that is by-passed for it is released. If the key is in and on, the car will stay on. If the key is not in position, the car shuts off and the immobilizer is re-engaged.

RE: 2000 3.0L alarm or immobilizer? (remote start insall question)
 

Did you install the starter or did you have it done? are you sure there isn't a spare key hidden inside a plastic box under the dash? (if you had somebody else install it)

what make/model of starter do you have?

RE: 2000 3.0L alarm or immobilizer? (remote start insall question)
 

Had .... the Accord is dead ..... well, it probably has a new tranny by now, but it's not mine. I had a shop install it and I know there isn't a key in there because I never gave them a key to put in there and there wasn't some ridiculous charge for it on the install. I believe that it was an AutoMate, but I'm not sure.

Auto-starters and alarms tie into too many systems and have too much risk of causing problems for me to install it myself. Even if I can do work myself, there are certain things that I'm looking for someone else to be liable for. The alarm/auto-starter is one of those items. I got a lifetime warranty on the unit and installation.