Hi everyone. I'm new here, and I have a problem with my 2004 Malibu.
Occasionally when I try to remote start it by pushing the lock door button on the fob, the panic/alarm goes off and the car won't start. I know i'm hitting the lock door button and not the red alarm button. I have noticed this seems to happen on cold days. I've never had it happen on a warm day. Most times if it isn't really cold, the remote start works great.
I've had this problem since I've had the car. I took it in numerous times over the length of my factory warranty and they could never replicate the problem. During my extended warranty that I purchased, they couldnt replicate the problem. Now that my warranty has expired, guess what, they replicated the problem. I dropped it off last night when it was -35C and left it there hoping it would start at all, and it did thankfully, and they were able to see what I was talking about. They tried different fobs and that didn't help. They've tried putting in a new module and we're letting it sit tonight again, and they are going to try to start it again tomorrow and see if it honks or starts.
Oh yeah, and the more bizarre thing... after I go through this non-starting alarm thing... after I stop the alarm by pushing the opening door button, I can sometimes get it to start by pushing the release trunk button (and the trunk does open). I have no idea why.
We will see if it does it again inthe morning and if that module fix helped, but I'm not sure if I will know if it did fix the problem if it just didn't happen to do it that morning. It seems intermittent, but it does seem to be connected with weather.
Any thoughts?
Thanks
Occasionally when I try to remote start it by pushing the lock door button on the fob, the panic/alarm goes off and the car won't start. I know i'm hitting the lock door button and not the red alarm button. I have noticed this seems to happen on cold days. I've never had it happen on a warm day. Most times if it isn't really cold, the remote start works great.
I've had this problem since I've had the car. I took it in numerous times over the length of my factory warranty and they could never replicate the problem. During my extended warranty that I purchased, they couldnt replicate the problem. Now that my warranty has expired, guess what, they replicated the problem. I dropped it off last night when it was -35C and left it there hoping it would start at all, and it did thankfully, and they were able to see what I was talking about. They tried different fobs and that didn't help. They've tried putting in a new module and we're letting it sit tonight again, and they are going to try to start it again tomorrow and see if it honks or starts.
Oh yeah, and the more bizarre thing... after I go through this non-starting alarm thing... after I stop the alarm by pushing the opening door button, I can sometimes get it to start by pushing the release trunk button (and the trunk does open). I have no idea why.
We will see if it does it again inthe morning and if that module fix helped, but I'm not sure if I will know if it did fix the problem if it just didn't happen to do it that morning. It seems intermittent, but it does seem to be connected with weather.
Any thoughts?
Thanks