I have a viper alarm system installed (By Tweeter, Inc.) and I think its the problem. Used to be that when I put the car into drive the doors would lock automatically, the system would beep and I would be on my merry way. Now if all that happens at all its 3 to 5 minutes later driving down the road. It just makes me rather uneasy that the car doesn't "know" I'm in drive until I'm already on the highway. Also I have to bypass the BOO switch with the override button to get the car in gear. That is a pain! Anybody have any ideas? Thanks,
Patrick

 

so you have a ghost switch and a valet switch ?

 

Take it back to Tweeter and have them fix it. I'm assuming they have a lifetime warranty on their labor like most other good shops...

 

Ditto the above, and what the hell is a BOO switch? 94

 

^^^^^ I think he ment ghost switch. It goesssssss boooooooooooo.

 

Hopefully they are still in business by the time you get an appointment!

 

They're already shut down here in San Diego. They completely stopped taking any installations. I can't say I feel sorry for them because they were shady as fluck. All their installations sucked donkey nuts and we'd end up R&R'ing their crap. I guess lifetime warranty means lifetime of the business.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by suspendedHatch &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I guess lifetime warranty means lifetime of the business.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Lifetime warranty has never really meant your lifetime.

Usually even if a product is discontinued the lifetime of the product has reached an end and warranties will no longer be honored by the manufacturer. Which is one reason I dont buy DEI. They have built in obsolesence built into their products.

 

FYI: A BOO switch is a Brake On/Off switch. It's what allows you to switch from park into drive while stepping on the brake. I step on my brake and the pin doesn't disengage so I have to take off the plastic piece around the shifter to push the override button so I can shift out of park.

 

Maybe if you had called the "BOO" switch by it's proper name, the shifter interlock switch, you might have gotten a good answer....

Anyway, the interlock switch has nothing to do with your alarm or its install...

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by B18C_EJ8 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Anyway, the interlock switch has nothing to do with your alarm or its install...</TD></TR></TABLE> Or it shouldn't ave anything to do wit the alarm or it's install.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by nsxxtreme &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

Lifetime warranty has never really meant your lifetime.

Usually even if a product is discontinued the lifetime of the product has reached an end and warranties will no longer be honored by the manufacturer. Which is one reason I dont buy DEI. They have built in obsolesence built into their products.</TD></TR></TABLE> Although I agree that lifetime warranty does not mean "your lifetime", here in Canada A DEI alarm purchased and installed at an authorized DEI dealer is warrantied for as long as you own the car, DEI has replaced, with newer models more then a few discoed units at shops where I have worked, It has never been a problem, we send it in for repair, if it can't be fixed and it's discontinued, they will just send us a new current equivalent or better unit. 94

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by nsxxtreme &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Usually even if a product is discontinued the lifetime of the product has reached an end and warranties will no longer be honored by the manufacturer. Which is one reason I dont buy DEI. They have built in obsolesence built into their products.</TD></TR></TABLE>

so does every car manufacturer and computer maker out there and will always be that way...cuz of the MONEY!!!!

we can put a man on the moon and we have a ****** flying space station that orbits the Earth but Cadillac can't can't make a car where the ****** bumper doesn't fall the *** off. There's no money without planned obsolesence...if there was...we would've all had 60 GB Ipods before there was even a 1GB unit....catch my drift? most companies are well satisfied with staying JUST ahead of the curve so that next year when their competitors come out with something better and charge more for it...they can make something just a LITTLE bit better and charge more for it so the following year they can do it all over againand charge more again. it's all about that jing!

oh and about Tweeters being shady...i disagree.
i worked for them for over 3 years and it was a pretty good company to work for...pretty good bennies and time off...so don't slam the entire company for an incompetent installer.

i also believe that DEI has some of the best tech support out there.

 

Thanks for the burn, it felt good!

My incompetence is obviously overshadowed by your lack of self-esteem and need to flame a noob.

Thanks buddy, Have a good day!

 

No problem. Maybe next time you want help you'll call things by their proper name, or at the very least, be a tad more specific in your initial post...