Tegger wrote:
> "Keith" <keith1505@yahoo.ca> wrote in
> news:Wrzvm.2073$bP1.1320@newsfe24.iad:
>
>> I have a 2000 Accord LX 5sp. I had a Compustar remote starter
>> installed. As it is for a standard transmission the engine is left
>> running when you exit the vehicle if you want to put the car in
>> 'reservation mode' to start remotely. Closing the door turns off the
>> engine and locks the doors. This is how they guarantee you left the
>> car in neutral.
>>
>> The problem is exiting the vehicle with the engine running; the
>> headlight on chime doesn't work. So if I close the door and notice the
>> lights are on I have to get in and restart the engine to re-arm the
>> remote starter. Or I drain the battery if I don't notice the lights.
>>
>> Does anyone know of a good headlights-on product or circuit that will
>> work when the headlights are on and the door is opened, whether the
>> engine is running or not?
>>
>>
>
>
> I'm thinking the headlight-on alarm probably IS working; it's just that
> you're not in the car to hear it.
>
> You can have your alarm shop rewire the headlight feed to come directly
> from the alternator. This way, when the alternator is not charging, the
> headlights are off.
>
> Or you can just retrain yourself to automatically and always twist the
> headlight switch each and every time you get out of the vehicle.
>
>

I don't think the alarm is SUPPOSED to sound when the door is opened and
the engine is running. My 2000 EX doesn't and never has. It's one of the
things I like about the car. In the same situation with my Chevy truck
the alarm will go off and annoy the crap out of me, as if it thinks I
don't have enough sense to know the engine is running when I open the
door to do something like open the gate.