The message to which you are about to reply is shown first. GO TO REPLY FORM



 VIEW    REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE Replies to this message will be emailed.    PRINT   SAVE 

Remote car starter; security system 850

posted by  Pesque on  Thu Jul 31 06:59 CST 2003
Author: [PROFILE] [EVERY POST] [THREADS] [BEST POSTS] RSS Feed     [IGNORE ALL POSTS]
last visit: Sun Apr 10 16:08 CST 2011
[RELATED]

I plan to have a remote car starter installed by someone who (I think) is an experienced/expert installer. I have no reason to expect he has any experience with Volvos. I've heard horror stories about cars that are not amenable to remote starters (e.g. anti-theft chips in the key, manual transmissions, etc.), and even more horror stories about bad installation jobs (e.g., windows and moon-roof open when car is started).

Does anyone know of any anything unique or peculiar about my car that I should point out to the installer, or that should cause me to abandon my plans entirely?

Also (and this may be relevant to the remote starter question), there's a little red light on top of the dash that blinks when I lock my car. Is that a real security system, or is it just there to scare away the knuckleheads?

Thanks in advance.

‘95 850 turbo, 35,000 mi.
Peter.






USERNAME
Use "claim to be" below if you don't want to log in.
PASSWORD
I don't have an account. Sign me up.
CLAIM TO BE
Use only if you don't want to login (post anonymously).
ENTER CAPTCHA CODE
This is required for posting anonymously.
OPTIONS notify by email
Available only to user accounts.
SUBJECT
MODEL/YEAR
MESSAGE

DICTIONARY
LABEL(S) +
IMAGE URL *
[IMAGE LIBRARY (UPLOAD/SELECT)]

* = Field is optional.

+ = Enter space delimited labels for this post. An example entry: 240 muffler


©Jarrod Stenberg 1997-2022. All material except where indicated.


All participants agree to these terms.

Brickboard.com is not affiliated with nor sponsored by AB Volvo, Volvo Car Corporation, Volvo Cars of North America, Inc. or Ford Motor Company. Brickboard.com is a Volvo owner/enthusiast site, similar to a club, and does not intend to pose as an official Volvo site. The official Volvo site can be found here.