From: scharf.steven@geemail.com   
      
   Susan wrote:   
      
   > I just got back from PepBoys where I was going to pick up a new   
   > starter relay, but they have to order it, and it will cost close to   
   > $30 by the time they slap CA tax on it. I was thinking it was going to   
   > be $10 bucks. Not that I mind $30 if I know it will fix it, but if it   
   > doesn't I will have to buy other stuff, so I either want to find a   
   > cheaper vendor or test this relay somehow to see if it's actually bad.   
   > Thanks again for all of your help!   
      
   Well it's easy to test a relay if you take it off. It's unlikely that   
   it's the starter relay.   
      
   I'd suspect a starter cut-off relay if the alarm system has one, or it's   
   possible that the alarm is wired into the electrical system in a way   
   that no extra relay was needed to stop the car from starting (in our   
   1996 Camry the wiring harness for the after-market alarm/locks wired   
   directly into the vehicle's wiring without any splicing, and it disables   
   the starter). I had an after-market alarm in that Camry that would   
   periodically decide not to disarm, and left my wife stranded. That   
   P.O.S. "lifetime warranty" DEI alarm got torn out by me, and a more   
   reliable one put in that's worked for the past ten years without a problem.   
      
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