Hey all and thanks for the support in this community,
I recently obtained a rig ('04 LX470, 150k miles) and have been putting a good bit of time and money into baselining it (power steering rack, valve cover gaskets, radiator, all low pressure power steering lines, u-joints on the rear drive shaft, etc.). I was trying to chase down a rear light failure warning light in the cluster when I encountered something I was not expecting. It appears one of the 2 PO's put in a remote start system that I was unaware of. It wires into the controls for the running lights which I think is why my rear light failure warning light is on (despite all lights being in working order). It is a Avital 1-way remote start from what I can tell. I have no idea how this affects the reliability of the ignition system, but it definitely doesn't improve it. I was hoping for this to be an overlanding rig for my family (nothing crazy but remote parts of the Western US for sure).
It has started reliably to date for me (~4 months and probably hundreds of starts). I've put in a photo from under the dash on the DS. It doesn't appear to be horribly installed for what it is.
How unreliable do you feel this system being in place is? Would you have it removed for reliability? Would you consider it reliable even after removed? Who would you trust to do that and restore it correctly? Uh, not a good start to the day.
Thanks all for your advice.
I recently obtained a rig ('04 LX470, 150k miles) and have been putting a good bit of time and money into baselining it (power steering rack, valve cover gaskets, radiator, all low pressure power steering lines, u-joints on the rear drive shaft, etc.). I was trying to chase down a rear light failure warning light in the cluster when I encountered something I was not expecting. It appears one of the 2 PO's put in a remote start system that I was unaware of. It wires into the controls for the running lights which I think is why my rear light failure warning light is on (despite all lights being in working order). It is a Avital 1-way remote start from what I can tell. I have no idea how this affects the reliability of the ignition system, but it definitely doesn't improve it. I was hoping for this to be an overlanding rig for my family (nothing crazy but remote parts of the Western US for sure).
It has started reliably to date for me (~4 months and probably hundreds of starts). I've put in a photo from under the dash on the DS. It doesn't appear to be horribly installed for what it is.
How unreliable do you feel this system being in place is? Would you have it removed for reliability? Would you consider it reliable even after removed? Who would you trust to do that and restore it correctly? Uh, not a good start to the day.
Thanks all for your advice.