What happens if you lose the little plug in thingy?

agracer said:

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What happens if you lose the little plug in thingy?

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You either uninstall it or wait for a new $75 key to show up after you mail in a request with proof.

f burg ag said:

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agracer said:

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What happens if you lose the little plug in thingy?

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You get a spare plug with the installation. So you would have to lose 2 before calling for a replacement.

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Fburg ag.... can you let me know who did your install, I'm about an hour away from you ?

It was the Houston branch. I can't remember the names of the young men that installed, but the owner came out both times to make sure they where taking care of business.

DOG XO 84 said:

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f burg ag said:

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agracer said:

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What happens if you lose the little plug in thingy?

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You get a spare plug with the installation. So you would have to lose 2 before calling for a replacement.

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Fburg ag.... can you let me know who did your install, I'm about an hour away from you ?

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https://www.ravelco.com/houstoninstalls.html

f burg ag said:

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It was the Houston branch. I can't remember the names of the young men that installed, but the owner came out both times to make sure they where taking care of business.

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Thanks a bunch... anyone in Marble Falls, Burnet area get installed? Just looking for options if they balk at coming back to F-Burg. Thanks,

Does putting in a Ravelco basically make the vehicle remote start worthless?

RightWingConspirator said:

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Does putting in a Ravelco basically make the vehicle remote start worthless?

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Unless the plug is in the dash, yes.

DOG XO 84 said:

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f burg ag said:

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It was the Houston branch. I can't remember the names of the young men that installed, but the owner came out both times to make sure they where taking care of business.

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Thanks a bunch... anyone in Marble Falls, Burnet area get installed? Just looking for options if they balk at coming back to F-Burg. Thanks,

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Sorry, I just realized you thought I lived in F Burg. That is were I am from, but I live in Houston now.

Austin or San Antonio are your best bets. If you are outside their service zone, they will meet you in a parking lot, like a mall to do the install. It only takes an hour. Maybe Johnson City or Boerne?

Why not drive all the way to the office in Richmond, then you know it's legit.

mhnatt said:

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Company out of Houston will meet me in Waller to install this thing for $700. I'm good with motorhead casual billing, but now that the guy wants me to write him a personal check made out to his name, and the fact that the install pic looks like its going to get knocked off, I'm having second thoughts.

Maybe I'll take my chances taking my truck to STX hunting in a couple weeks. It will be parked at the ranch and we don't plan on driving into town.

What say you OB?

"We only accept cash, a Money Order, a Cashier's Check, or a personal check with your Texas address printed on it, we DO NOT ACCEPT CREDIT or DEBIT CARDS."

Make check to: Vincent Raviele

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I had one installed a few months ago on a Tahoe it took me a few months to find .. if you called the main Revelco site then the guy they sending is ligit .. only trained techs know how to install those .. I have mixed feelings about mine .. 100 % works, they aren't taking your vehicle. However, if you don't have the plug in and try to start it, it's messes up the computer and you have to open the hood and disconnect the battery and then reconnect it .. it will go into reduced power mode .. I guess just leave it plugged in sometimes like I do .. however then someone could steal it with the revelco key In

f burg ag said:

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agracer said:

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What happens if you lose the little plug in thingy?

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You get a spare plug with the installation. So you would have to lose 2 before calling for a replacement.

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That's what I did .. I have 2 it comes with plus 1 extra so 3 total ..

fullback44 said:

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I had one installed a few months ago on a Tahoe it took me a few months to find .. if you called the main Revelco site then the guy they sending is ligit .. only trained techs know how to install those .. I have mixed feelings about mine .. 100 % works, they aren't taking your vehicle. However, if you don't have the plug in and try to start it, it's messes up the computer and you have to open the hood and disconnect the battery and then reconnect it .. it will go into reduced power mode .. I guess just leave it plugged in sometimes like I do .. however then someone could steal it with the revelco key In

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This is not quite accurate. Not sure what kind of vehicle you have, but wife and I have a 3500 RAM and a Wagoneer (both 2022 models) and have accidentally tried to start them on multiple occasions without the plug in. No biggie. Just inserted the plug and the vehicle started right up fine. Sounds like your installer messed up or your particular vehicle is picky.

As far as what to do if losing both plugs (geeze - even your backup??), all you have to do is contact Ravelco and they will
Overnight a replacement (for a fee of course) based on your code number found on the card that the technician gives you when he's done installing.

Or did you lose both the original, and spare, and the code card, and forgot to take a pic of the card?

Agree with this. Tried to start sans plug a few times on both trucks.....never had an issue after the plug was put in. After a couple of times, it does become second nature to remember the plug.

f burg ag said:

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Agree with this. Tried to start sans plug a few times on both trucks.....never had an issue after the plug was put in. After a couple of times, it does become second nature to remember the plug.

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Just saw this and your last post, thanks for the assist.....

Growing up, my dad had a 96 dodge truck. It had a ravelco on it as well. Dad never pulled the plug on it. And as a kid I always wondered what it did cause dad told me not to mess with it. Crazy to see that the design of them hasn't change. Weird how seeing that little circle just took me back 25 years.

mhnatt said:

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fullback44 said:

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I had one installed a few months ago on a Tahoe it took me a few months to find .. if you called the main Revelco site then the guy they sending is ligit .. only trained techs know how to install those .. I have mixed feelings about mine .. 100 % works, they aren't taking your vehicle. However, if you don't have the plug in and try to start it, it's messes up the computer and you have to open the hood and disconnect the battery and then reconnect it .. it will go into reduced power mode .. I guess just leave it plugged in sometimes like I do .. however then someone could steal it with the revelco key In

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This is not quite accurate. Not sure what kind of vehicle you have, but wife and I have a 3500 RAM and a Wagoneer (both 2022 models) and have accidentally tried to start them on multiple occasions without the plug in. No biggie. Just inserted the plug and the vehicle started right up fine. Sounds like your installer messed up or your particular vehicle is picky.

As far as what to do if losing both plugs (geeze - even your backup??), all you have to do is contact Ravelco and they will
Overnight a replacement (for a fee of course) based on your code number found on the card that the technician gives you when he's done installing.

Or did you lose both the original, and spare, and the code card, and forgot to take a pic of the card?

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Not sure about your type of car, but the new 2023 Tahoes if you start it without the revelco plug in, it will start, but every time you start it without the plug in it sends more codes to the computer, if you keep doing this its Fs up the entire computer system, believe me Ive done it. I started it like 6 -7 times without the plug and then without unhooking the battery, I then unhooked the battery and it would not fix the computer problem. I called Revelco and they told me to take it to the Chevy dealership... It ended up screwing with the main computer so bad that it ruined an injector because the car was running in "limp mode" or "reduced speed" mode for about 1-2 weeks.. anyway, the car is 4 months old, the dealership said he would cover the injector under the warranty this time but If I brought it back in again, I was paying out of pocket. Believe me, I do not start the car without the plug anymore, and if I do forget the plug, I open the hood and unhook the battery immediately now and its resets the main Tahoe computer.... Revelco says this is not a "revelco probelm" however, it really is because starting that car without the plug multiple times in a row messes up the main computer and then driving in limp mode further Fs up things like injectors.... Been there done that ... I have mixed feelings about the revelco, but if you just leave plug in nothing like this will happen. I almost had them come remove the Revelco.. the guys in Jersey or wherever they are weren't too happy.

What was weird was after about 4-5 starts in a row without the plug I would open the hood and unhook the battery for a minute or 2, I even left the battery unhooked over the weekend .. the Tahoe would drive regular (not limp mode) but the computer was not resetting so that eventually caused the injector problem.. believe me it caused all kinds of issues and it's 1000 % my fault and avoidable if you just put the plug in properly every time …. But I'm on the phone all the time, jump on the car in a hurry and boom, forgot to plug the revelco in..

Revelco says this happens when people start the cars too many times without reseting the computer by unhooking the battery.. 100% my fault but it is what it is.. Revelco said he gets these calls everyday from husbands whose wives keep doing this over and ovver and over, for most cars you just take it in, the guy resets the computer and off you go. For my new tahoe, it F ed the injectors up and thank god Chevy let me use the warranty.. something like $3000 worth of work to get it all fixed

maroon barchetta said:

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It's not a Revelco problem. It's a user problem.

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I agree.. however it's extremely easy to try and start your car without the plug in …. If nothing happened it wouldn't be a big deal .. however things do happen and the sheet starts rolling down hill like a snowball headed for hell once you do this a few times .. revelco is good for those that are disciplined and plug it in every single time .. if your in a hurry and do this multiple times .. sheet starts f ing up ..

jt2hunt said:

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They have great reviews on google fyi.

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Doesn't mean they're real reviews.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shed_at_Dulwich


ETA Not to say these aren't, but you always have to be careful with reviews and take them with a grain of salt.

FWIW, I am a friend of Jimmy and Vinny, love those guys. I didn't think they were doing installs anymore. But they are great people. Now you'll have to ask TexAgs if, in fact, I am legit.

It (messing things up trying to start w/o plug) must be specific then to certain vehicles. As mentioned, neither of ours have had this happen ('22 RAM and '22 Wagoneer).

I agree with you - it is very easy/common to forget that you don't have the plug in and attempt to start.

Instead of dealing with breaking out a wrench to disconnect the battery, maybe throw a disconnect switch on the battery. That way it would be just a minor inconvenience. Or stay away from GM (lol).

I still think the Ravelco is a great investment, being that someone can literally drive away something that costs as or almost as much as a house. The pain of having to deal with a replacement…

Here's a link to the forum I started on the Auto Board about Revelco. The article that I attached to it is pretty interesting and now I am not interested in getting one.

https://texags.com/forums/46/topics/3370078

This is a blast from the past. We had these installed on all our company cars from 1990-2002 and we had multiple break ins but none were taken. I drove a hand me down suburban that had the key hole punched in and you could reach in and unlock it with your index finger for most of high school.

Have had a Ravelco installed in my pickup since early 2008. What prompted it was an attempted break in while I was at a golf shop in Plano. Came out to the truck and saw someone tried jimmying the driver door open.

Had Ravelco out to my house within a week and had it installed. Have had no attempted break ins - at least physical evidence of any - in 15 years. Still have both Ravelco keys for it, never forget to take it out when parked.