compustar woes

[hampstor]

Well my alarm just went off for no reason... looking at the remote it shows that what looks like a 'pin' going up and down on the drivers side windows. Now the alarm will not arm (shows that thing going up and down) and when i shut it off to set the starter, the car just simply turns off..

This happened before when I first got it and the brain was replaced. This also happened to my friend's compustar... had the thing replaced 3 times!! This happened last time when it got cold and was snowing... (first snowfall in october).

does anyone know what is causing it to do this and what can I do (short of replacing it with a diff starter/alarm) to prevent this from happening again?

[Ichigo]

Yeah.. I just had that happen to me today.. When I got back from home my alarm was doing a nice slow steady beep beep thingy.. But does it by any chance look like a lock that's going up and down in the driver window.. I can't find that in my manual..

[That.Guy.S30]

i believe it could be your door pins or your brain could be wet. both happened in my jeep. it should arm back up in an hour or so

[Ichigo]

yup something like that.. I contacted compustar.. They said it is the hoodpin icon.

[Autodream]

that mean your hood pin is too low or broken.

[quiksilver]

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thats what happened to me.

[Ichigo]

for mine.. I didn't need to adjust anything.. i just pressed unlock.. and lock.. And no problems.. Maybe computer was screwed or something.. meh.. At least mines fine now..

[bighead411]

i was thinking to get computstar before. but once my installer said they a not as reliable as the viper........now i start to believe what he talk about..........good luck for the ppl. b'coz this is the first time i hear about this problem.......usually, is battery drain problem.......

[That.Guy.S30]

not reliable as a viper.. maybe, but i prerfer this unit over the viper 2 way paging system. it all depends who is installing it.