remote start in 06 Honda Civic Hybrid?

I don't want to seem insulting here, but the very principle is challenging and even contradictory...

Adding a remote starter to one of the greenest automobiles available today is not a very "green" thing to do.

I am sorry, but I cannot see the logic or technical merit of such retrofit except to help undo the benefits such cars offer, just for the sake of convenience.

Cheers;

MSantos

Hi Kurt

Installing and using a remote starter leads to extended periods of idling.

Idling any vehicle is just one of the many problems we are saddled with. We waste too much and many times we do it simply because we can. Many of us do it because we don't know of a suitable alternative, the other times we do it because we simply don't care.
Fortunately, it is not just those who've been fighting for decades against these problems. Now you have large business and governments instituting regulations and laws prohibiting idling. This is being done because it is the right thing to do for a variety of good reasons (and many more that I will not list):
- Idling damages the car (particularly the emissions system)
- Idling wastes fuel and places the vehicle in a ZERO miles per gallon state for long periods of time.
- Idling pollutes the environment when the vehicle is at its worst (emissions are fuel consumption rate).
- Idling is a bad example and hardly something for us to be promoting in the times we live in.

Lastly, a remote starter on a Civic Hybrid is not only not easily feasible but also technically not supported by Honda. Toyota does not support it in the Prius either.

You can check here for some additional info:

http://oee.nrcan.gc.ca/transportation/personal/idling.cfm?attr=8
and here
http://oee.nrcan.gc.ca/transportation/business/idling.cfm?attr=16

And here's an article about winter tips to save fuel and money and still remain comfortable :
http://www.cleanmpg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17560

Cheers;

MSantos

I have a civic 2004 hybrid and remote starter installed.
today i just pressed the button as usual to start the car from the house and waited since -21c temperature cold outside.After few minutes i heard an beep from the remote that my car ignition stoped itself.
I went to the car and seen and it really stopped.I pressed the button again from the remote to start and i heard starter motor was trying to start(i could hear the noise) but not succeed.
It tried again and agian for few minutes but failed.Battery is very good and fully charged.I thought starter motor was the problem but later I seen my head light was keep flashing(with noise of dic dic dic......) and little by little brightness went down.
I unplugged the battery(+ve terminal) to reset and few min later i conneted. as soon as connected to battery head light was flashing (as before with dic dic dic.....noise I made sure I did not press remote to start
I know there is no problrm with starter or battery.
Anybody know what was the problem?
Very cold weather causeed any short circuit?....?

Hi brassman;

The "old school" belief that damage is caused by not warming the car before driving off is no longer valid or good.
In fact, warming up a car before driving off is absolute worst thing we can do to the car not to mention the harm it does to our wallet and the environment.

Here's some government info that you may want to read for confirmation:

http://oee.nrcan.gc.ca/transportation/idling/warm-up.cfm?attr=8
http://www.wheels.ca/article/19840
http://oee.nrcan.gc.ca/transportation/personal/idling.cfm

Cheers;

MSantos

YOUR PROBLEM IS YOUR AUTOSTART IS INTERFEARING WITH THE FACTORY KEYLESS ENTRY SYSTEM YOU NEED TO DISABLE THE FACTORY SYSTEM AND THE PROBLEM WILL STOP

I'm pretty sure who cares why a person has a Hybrid..I am interested in one for MPG's ...not he tree hugging save the world aspect at all. I have a diesel jetta right now 48mpg..love it but it doesn't like northern MN winters...I'd let it idle all day if I had to. I want a car with awesome gas mileage b/c it's cheap...bottom line. If you don't want to drive a car on fuel and put out emissions get a horse.....we have those at my place too, but I suppose you would think they produce too much methane or something like cattle do huh???

Stephanie is right!

The amount of stupidity is chraming in here. First of all, you can install a remote start in a hybrid civic, you need the same stuff a regular civic needs. A Remote Start alarm/stand alone, and a Bypass module ( Fortin SL3) You should always let your car warm up before doing major driving. Not sure, but most engineers won't put a thumbs up to making cold metal move quickly. That's why cars last 5 years, and not 20.

idling a ULEV doesn't hurt anything. in fact most of what is coming out of your exhaust on a Civic Hybird is H20. Yeah that's right WATER! and minute traces of C02. A Hyrbid civic could idle for 10 years before putting out as much "Greenhouses gases" as one Private jet running for 30 seconds flown by your environmental jesus Al Gore. Who also owns www.carboncredits.com.

Remote Start / Alarm / keyless combo
or
Remote Start factory add-on

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Fortin SL3 bypass (http://ifar.ca/en/vehicles/honda/civic/2005/)

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profit??

I had one installed on my 2009 hybrid this month. I have only used it a few times. sometimes testing the range(stated range is 2000ft.) But I'd like to for the most part get in the habit of using it to get the windows clear and perhaps on very cold mornings. In the case of clearing the windows the impact on the enviroment is moot as I obiviously can't very well drive with the windows fogged up. It is for the convience of not having to sit as long idling while in the car. I am probably talking less than 10 mins. i in the case of cooling down the car. the time will a lot less..Ie when at work at the end of the day, the buzzer goes off and I may start the car to cool...idling time will be the same as the time it takes me to walk to my car. I rather get in the habit of doing that only on very hot days