It is an inexpensive alarm ($110 installed)...

And that was pretty much the problem. The dealer that installed it (my stereo installer) replaced it free of charge with a much better unit that had just been removed from a new Camry because it was incompatible with the previously installed remote auto-start installation. (With daytime temperatures sometimes running to forty below zero (F or C, your choice) remote auto-starts are a big item here in Alaska. My stereo shop is a small player in the market, and in the winter he probably averages 3--5 installs per day at about $400-$600 each.)

Anyway, the new alarm is absolutely reliable, with or without empeg, and at any temperature.

tanstaafl.

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