****ed up my Jeep after the mechanic left it in gear. - Page 2

iluvtruenos · 01-02-2009, 12:35 PM

You should have made a safety switch out of the Parking/Emergency brake. Engine should be allowed to turn on if and only if the Parking/Emergency brake is set.

Apart from that, yes, this was a ID ten T error.

**Rob99** · 01-02-2009, 12:35 PM

This whole problem would have been avoided if you wired up a safety. You really should have done that.

**Dr. Marneaus** · 01-02-2009, 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by sharpie

Don't get upset. You brought your story to us, we didn't force it out of you. YOU failed to set up your remote start system correctly. YOU failed to check the system's integrity after someone else worked on your vehicle. YOU undertook all liability when you installed that aftermarket system in your vehicle. Now YOU will be the one to pay for it. That's how it goes.

I think what Sharpie is saying is that you should have installed a safety, it's pretty darn easy to do, also.

**Rob99** · 01-02-2009, 12:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Dr. Marneaus

Rob, relax. Just step back, and give him some sound advice.

Really Goat, you should have wired up a safety, it's pretty dang easy.

If he didn't want to wire up a safety, he should have not used the remote after someone had worked on it and parked it. What he should have done was just walked up to the jeep and started it manually. That's what he should have done if he didn't want to wire up a safety.

TheMightyGoat · 01-02-2009, 12:48 PM

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Originally Posted by sharpie

Don't get upset. You brought your story to us, we didn't force it out of you. YOU failed to set up your remote start system correctly. YOU failed to check the system's integrity after someone else worked on your vehicle. YOU undertook all liability when you installed that aftermarket system in your vehicle. Now YOU will be the one to pay for it. That's how it goes.

And I was the first one to admit it and absolve the mechanic of any liability, so shut your pie hole.

**Rob99** · 01-02-2009, 12:54 PM

Sharpie should wire up a safety switch on his pie hole.

**turtlerace** · 01-02-2009, 12:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Rob99

Sharpie should wire up a safety switch on his pie hole.

Might just keep him from getting rear-ended by so many poles!

DeepSky · 01-02-2009, 12:58 PM

This is the best thread of the day.

But seriously, sorry about your Jeep though. I don't know anything about remote starters, but one would think there would be some way of wiring up some sort of safety mechanism to prevent stuff like this from happening.

06camarodude · 01-02-2009, 01:00 PM

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Originally Posted by PJL

That's one of the main reasons they don't recommend putting electric starters in manual vehicles. I always put my Jeep into gear when I park it

Same here, my parking brake no longer works, so I have to keep it in gear to prevent it from rolling away. lol Not to mention, my Jeep starts really rough in the cold weather, so I generally have to stay in the Jeep to give it gas until it starts to run a little better.

**Grape Ape** · 01-02-2009, 01:01 PM

OP you really can't blame the mechanic. You should have wired it up with a safety interlock switch, preferably something tied to a neutral switch and even added a parking brake switch so the brake has to be on and the tranny in neutral to start. Then since someone else had driven it you should have just went and started it manually in case they didn't put it in neutral, or set the brake and the safeties, if they had been wired in, had failed.

Yep could have been avoided with by wiring in a safety switch(es). So don't blame the mechanic.

**sharpie** · 01-02-2009, 01:16 PM

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Originally Posted by TheMightyGoat

And I was the first one to admit it and absolve the mechanic of any liability, so shut your pie hole.

So what was the point of your thread? To show us how incompetent you are? To make a subtle WTB ad? I don't understand why you'd go through the trouble. If I did something embarassing and caused damage that was clearly my fault, I wouldn't come on this site and complain about it

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Originally Posted by turtlerace

Might just keep him from getting rear-ended by so many poles!

Doubtful

gamble71 · 01-02-2009, 02:07 PM

wife's got one on her jeep. You would have to work to get it start with the tranny in gear. When you shut it down, it senses what gear you put it in. The top would have to be off, and you put it in gear, without setting off the alarm for it to happen. Hate to hear about your ride though.

**Rob99** · 01-02-2009, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by turtlerace

Might just keep him from getting rear-ended by so many poles!

Had to check and see where I was before replying.

**ozjeep** · 01-02-2009, 03:00 PM

SO the main point of this thread is: if you install a remote start on your manual transmission vehicle, you should also install a safety?

Lady_Luck · 01-02-2009, 03:15 PM

LMFAO - this thread just brightened up my day...i didn't see it mentioned in the thread anywhere so i'll just throw in my 2 cents: i guess he should've installed a safety switch...

01-02-2009, 02:07 PM	#27
gamble71 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: clarksville, tn Posts: 176 Profile Gallery Classifieds My Jeeps	wife's got one on her jeep. You would have to work to get it start with the tranny in gear. When you shut it down, it senses what gear you put it in. The top would have to be off, and you put it in gear, without setting off the alarm for it to happen. Hate to hear about your ride though.