Ok, so recently I bought a Viper 5701 alarm, keyless, remote start combo unit. Got it for a good deal, or so I thought. I have always liked DEI made stuff, viper python, clifford, etc. I've installed older stuff by them and it was always top quality.
Now I get this system installed and go to program the advanced features with the valet button and remote as the manual says. Doesn't work. Manual also says these units can be locked so that a DEI programming tool called bitwriter is needed to program them. Great, so I borrow a bitwriter from someone. Won't program it.
I search google for hours, no solution. I call DEI tech support, they won't help me b/c "support is only for dealers". F-k them.
Theres 2 local dealers in my area, a local shop and best buy. I go to the local shop, they won't help me b/c the install was not done by an authorized dealer. I go to best buy, they have no idea what to do, b/c well it's best buy.
So now I have a system with no remote start b/c I can't program it. I hate DEI.
those things are crazy complicated to install, took me hours and hours. so many small wires that need to be in specific places, my vehicle wasn't too complicated, but im sure a newer vehicle would make it that much more difficult. any bad wires? or a defective unit? you could take it out and sell it on craigslist lol
na i use to have a viper unit on my jeep, it came with the wire for stick but it died with my jeep, and i have been told that any shop that installs a remote start in a stick gets fined $7,500..... and i don't do great patch work on factory wiring. i really miss my remote start.
It can be dangerous because some people do not fully engage park when they drive a stick.. I have actually witnessed a car start up and try to drive off! Thankfully, it was stopped by the cement car stop found in most parking spaces. It was my old installer's car, and his wife had just finished driving it.
I'm starting to think maybe hookedontronics.com gave me a refurb instead of a new one... if it were new it should not have come locked... and the packaging was not sealed
Got this working. I had to get an upgrade chip for the bitwriter. Now I can install and program nearly any DEI system without using a dealer. Suck it DEI