What is this?
10-05-2008, 09:50 AM
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What is this?
Hi all,
I have an AstroStart Remote Starter install on my 04 Accord LX V6 4dr, but recently it's not working. The diagnostic code indicate "starting command was ignore because hood is open".
I tried to locate the hood pin switch, but couldn't find it anywhere under the hood. Instead I found a strange blue wire coming out of the firewall near the brake booster that wrap around a bracket. Could somebody tell me what is this wire?
Better yet, anyone know if there is not hood pin switch, what else should cause the remote starter think "hood is open"? The dealer that installed this remote starter is no longer in bussiness.
Thanks in advanced
I have an AstroStart Remote Starter install on my 04 Accord LX V6 4dr, but recently it's not working. The diagnostic code indicate "starting command was ignore because hood is open".
I tried to locate the hood pin switch, but couldn't find it anywhere under the hood. Instead I found a strange blue wire coming out of the firewall near the brake booster that wrap around a bracket. Could somebody tell me what is this wire?
Better yet, anyone know if there is not hood pin switch, what else should cause the remote starter think "hood is open"? The dealer that installed this remote starter is no longer in bussiness.
Thanks in advanced
10-06-2008, 05:15 AM
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This blue cable is NOT a wire and has nothing to do with your issue.
Every remote starter must have hood pin. It is regulation so that mechanics don't get heart.
It should look like a pin with a sprind that compresses when the hood is closed. When it is open the pin is in the up position touching it housing and shorts to ground.
Follow the frame of the hood anywhere the hood can touch the frame and compress a vertical pin down.
Every remote starter must have hood pin. It is regulation so that mechanics don't get heart.
It should look like a pin with a sprind that compresses when the hood is closed. When it is open the pin is in the up position touching it housing and shorts to ground.
Follow the frame of the hood anywhere the hood can touch the frame and compress a vertical pin down.