Hello Everyone. Just posting in hopes that someone could help. I'll try to keep this short, but I doubt that will work. I'm hoping there is someone out there that knows something about the 5901.
I recently purchased and had the new Viper 5901 installed in my 2009 Ford Fusion. It was installed by a local shop here, Audio Express.
This system is relatively new (been out about 2 months I think), and I think sense it is so new, my shop that installed it has no idea how to get it to work properly. I'll just list my issues and see what you guys think.
First, there is a feature on this remote that allows you to view the temperature inside the car. The problem here is the temp that is reading on the remote is about 30 degrees too high. In the morning when it is about 30-40 degrees outside the remote will read around 60-70 degrees. This causes me to lose functionality such as having the car start or cut off when it reaches a certain temperature. As well as other things dependent on the temp. I asked my dealer about this and they said they'd have to research it because they do not know where the sensor is.
Second problem is I have the ability to cut my rear-defroster on/off (I think) BUT the light on my switch inside the car is never illuminated. The shop says this will be impossible to do because of some wiring limitations(I have no idea wtf). They say that when the car is started, the defroster will automatically cut on. I guess I just have to hope that is true, right? Also there doesn't seem to be a way to cut it off once it's on. (but then again, how do I know it's on in the first place) lol.. This is nuts.
The next thing is related to the above problem. They hooked up the defroster to an auxiliary switch on the remote. The problem here is, the remote has an input specifically for the rear-defrost that when turned on, it shows the icon that the defroster is turned on (on the remote). I don't know which way I'm supposed to turn it on. I'd like the latter. Also the system has the feature to automatically switch the defroster on when the temperature inside the car is below 50 degrees.. Which won't work for me now (see number one)
Last but not least, this remote also has the ability to change the icon and text of the auxiliary inputs. The dealer had no idea about this until I told him. The user guide says that you need the bitwriter programming tool, my shop said that they do not have one and that it is too expensive.
Basically I guess I'd like to hear from someone with experience on any of this. And maybe someone could offer me guidance on what I should do. Obviously I should talk to who installed it, but I really do not have confidence in these guys anymore and it doesn't seem like they know much about this remote.
I paid about $750 for everything and I'd love to get my money's worth.