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Review on 🚗 MPC Factory Remote Start Kit for 2014-2019 Toyota Highlander Gas - Push-button Start - Plug-and-Play T-Harness - Preloaded Firmware by Antonio Urbina

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Great but poor guide and support

Worth buying but the manufacturer needs MUCH better support to install it. I finally successfully installed it on a 2017 Highlander (with automatic transmission, automatic headlights, button start, NOT a hybrid). It works great, shutting itself off (with the doors locked) if you don't get to your car in about 15 minutes. The device comes without instructions in the box (web link only). So here is a diagram to help you out that I want to have when installing. Tools Required: Light Phillips #2 screwdriver (4 screws - 2 in steering column - 2 in lower dash) Plastic Piston/Dash Removal Flat head screwdriver covered with tape. (for side panel) Socket #10 to remove the instrument panel mounting screw on the lower left under the panel. In the box there is a wire harness in a sealed plastic bag, a brain box, a zip bag with various parts. There is a link on the box for "Installation". "Instructions" that take you to their website. The website requires you to register first (mandatory name and email address, then year, make and model of your car) before you get not full instructions but a poorly written one "Tips" PDF No instructions are provided on how to remove your vehicle's dash panels This is where the YouTube video on 12 volt solutions comes in which another reviewer, Ben Clark, mentions and is very helpful (I found 3 videos on 12 volts on this subject). Watching the video will help remove the vehicle trim panel/dash and see where the wiring harness is installed. Please note this product is only available with the two in the 12- V-video is installed and the programming of the black brain box is different (simpler) then 12V olt in the video Installation overview: (I connected all the connections to the brain box first before attempting to install them and found that many wires and connectors were unused. So don't worry about the extra wires.) Then - install all the dry connectors from the brain box. On the wiring harness, connect the 6-pin connector labeled EVO ALL to the 6-pin connector labeled Door Lock. Установите два разъема жгута проводов в автомобиль (1 на задней панели 1 в рулевой колонке), затем возьмите мозговую коробку (ничего к ней не подключено) и следуйте инструкциям "ШАГ 2: Программирование компонентов" на листе советов (это как запрограммировать мозговую коробку), that's all. Did. Hope if you buy this device you will have better support. My problems were reading the "Tip Sheet" pdf, I found it poorly written. The step 1 heading is also an instruction, and the step 2 and step 3 headings describe what is covered in that step. Confusing! Yes! FYI, there is a "Valet Switch" option in the bag for various parts that need to be plugged in. The instructions for this are poor, and the fact that it has to be plugged in isn't ideal. There are several people in tech support. Everyone was answering other people's questions, so nobody spoke to me. The operator said he would rather answer emails than make phone calls. The operator accepted my question and after about two hours the tech support replied with nonsense that didn't help my question, so don't expect fast service or correct answers to their first answer.

Pros
  • High score for support and durability from testers
Cons
  • Adequate