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Decent design for the money, but no customer support. This is a universal kit and the website has some information, but customer support took over 2 months to get back to me that I would need to buy an additional module for my type vehicle to run the kit successfully. By the time they got back to me, I had already bought another remote start. Also, the hood pin is plastic and broke off in 20 degree temperatures, disabling the remote start, and no replacement available on company website!!!

Beware when you buy Bulldog prodcuts. The first remote starter we bought was bad out of the box. Customer support at bulldog is non exsistent. Also the company who makes the T harness has went out of business, and no longer can you find most models.

Amazon.com's customer support was fantastic. They replaced the bad remote instantly and the process was pain less. The lady who helped me was great.

This is the best remote starter. I have used many and none have the range and are as easy to use. I installed it myself and it was fairly simple. It took about two hours to get it all working. (including door and trunk locks and alarm)
I have had another one of these for about 3 years with no problems. The two way remote is nice when you can't see the car, it tells you when it is started. It also tells the temperature in the car. This is a nice feature if you travel with a pet and leave the car to shop or eat. It also has alarm feature that not only sounds alarm if the car is broken in to but it also alerts the remote control.

Installation wasn't too bad; I used the optional 'T harness' to make the connections to the ignition switch. However, I have the same problem now that another user here reported: Every once in awhile the remote goes "out of range" (the antenna icon disappears) when I try to start the car. I could be standing right next to the car and it doesn't matter -- it thinks that it is out of range. I have to try several more times to try to get it to start. I have no confidence that this thing is going to work now if I'm not standing right next to the car to see if it really started. So, not much use as a remote starter. I'm calling Bulldog tomorrow; if they can't get this working right or send me a working replacement it is going to be ripped out of the car and sent back for a refund.

I bought this item for my 2004 Jeep and was worried because I have very little electrical experience and it seemed like a monster job. Since my car was a newer one, it need part 791, a Universal Bypass Module which I also purchased.
Upon opening the boxes I saw a DVD instructional video, instruction and use manuals; and bundles and bundles of different colored wires; which terrified me enough to leave the whole thing alone for about a month before I got the courage to mess with it.
So yesterday, I sat down with the DVD, wire diagram for my car from their website, manuals and a piece of paper. I labeled all of the ports on the module, and all the wire harnesses; not that bad. I watched the video and wrote down step by step wire by wire what to connect to what.
I went out, on a very cold day, I got started about 4:30 and by 6:00 I was more than half-way done with only 1 call to the excellent tech support who knew exactly what I wanted to know. The next day, I went out, and spent another 1.5 hours and with one minor glitch and one more call to tech support everything was done. System works great! I tested it a few times and it worked great.
Don't let it scare you, it is easier than it looks, be patient and follow the instructions. The warranty and tech support are excellent.