Re: Vehicle turns on by itself

From: Ted Wiegandt (twiegandt@gmail.com)
Date: Wed Jan 07 2009 - 22:38:12 EST


Nope, no remote start. Everything is stock on it.

Ted

On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 8:53 PM, Barry Oliver <barrysuperhawk@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Ted Wiegandt wrote:
>>
>> This is on my wife's 97 Grand Cherokee but I hope someone may have
>> some insight since there seems to be a lot of overlap here.
>>
>> When the battery voltage gets low, the vehicle turns on by itself.
>> The lights come on, the HVAC, the center console, everything is just
>> like the key was in and it was turned on. I can put the key in and
>> try to start it, but there isn't enough juice, when I remove the key
>> everything will stay on. This is a wonderful feature that completely
>> drains your already low battery. Once the battery gets a good charge
>> everything is fine. It has done this twice in the last year. Any
>> thoughts?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Ted
>>
>>
>
>
> I don't have an answer for you [I'm sure Bernd will be along shortly with
> the solution] but I think that sounds really cool. Is there any possibility
> you have a malfunctioning remote start unit? A buddy of mine just
> installed remote starts on both his and his wife's car, but he never told
> her. Chirstmas Day, he hid something and talked his wife into going to the
> store for him to get more. He hit the remote start as she was walking to
> the car and scared the crap out of her. I guess she forgave him, though.
>
>



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