well my question is fairly simple; has anyone worked on one of these 2004 prius's and installed a remote start? please let me know the information that u have if you don't mind and also what u did for a transponder by-pass! Thanx! :D

http://www.bypasskit.com/wizard.aspx
they are correct on most applications :cool:

thanks rob! but i don't think that this will help me man. the reason that i asked is cause there is also the issue of this car does not start the engine up when u turn it on. it only starts up if you want heat and that doesn't even come into affect for about thirty seconds after u have pressed the vehicles on button! this would obviously not make it possible for the remotstarter to detect tach?! i hope every one can now see my canundrum and will now come to my aid. [img]smile.gif[/img]

I've played with one of these cars before...They are definatly cool cars.

I don't think you would even use a normal remote starter unit... Just a remote control device that controls the "power" button on the car and transponder bypass. Shuts down with a timer circuit or by pressing the brake pedal.

Once somebody figgures it out, it may actually be fairly simple

I was interested in doing this a few months ago... This sparked my interest again.

I'm currently printing up PDF diagrams of the entire electrical system [img]smile.gif[/img]

i think the remote starter's glow plug curcuit could be used as a delay [img]graemlins/thumb.gif[/img]

I have all the info...call me.

thanks james i will give u a call. talk to you all latter and thank u for your sugestions! i here ya on the whole dellay thing by the way rob. unfortunatly that vehicle does not have a particular timeline that it will turn on in. but once again thank u all! [img]smile.gif[/img]