Sometime in the last year – maybe aligning with the deer strike or my own tinkering, the remote starter stopped working on the Exploder. This had led to some dashboard deconstruction and strange part replacements.. but still to no avail. But I did find a brand new key!
Above, the TBXKEY. An old school way of using the key’s RFID(?) to convince the vehicle that there was indeed a key starting the car. This thing is strapped under the dash, and wired to the ignition. When you hit the remote start button, the car accepts this as a valid signal from the actual key – as if it were in the ignition.
I thought the box went bad, found a “new” (but old) one on eBay – didn’t help. Now I have to check the wiring around the ignition – but that’s no fun in Winter, so it is still pending.