2009 Cadillac CTS Remote Start installation
Channel: Stephen Evanchik
Date: 2013-07-07

I explain how to install a FTX/iDatalink/Compustar/Firsttech GM10-1400 remote start with bypass module.This was a very easy installation -- it took about 25 minutes.

My 2009 Cadillac CTS did not require any wire splicing which is very nice. There is an optional parking light connection which you need to use a wire tap should the unit need to be debugged (the parking lights flash to indicate what is wrong).

After the vehicle has been remote started it can be turned off by pressing the brake pedal. If the vehicle is turned off in this manner it cannot be remote started again until it has been started normally with the key. This is true even if you put the key in the ignition and turn it to the On position and then try to turn the vehicle off. The vehicle must be driven (forward or reverse) before turning it off in order to preserve remote start.