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If you buy this for an American Value Package (AVP) model, Amazon will say "This does not work with your 20XX Grand Caravan AVP" or similar, but in fact, it does. My car is the 2016 model.It was so easy to install that I literally used my fingers and thumbnails. The AVP panels come off with plastic push clips, and the WIN module connector is right there next to a metal support. Don't overthink it. I have short fingers and I easily reached the connector. The WIN connector will be RIGHT THERE before your eyes. I looked at the wrong connector at first. I was overthinking it, LOL.In addition to the Tip Sheet from the vendor, there are two installation and programming videos on youtube. You want the one the that applies to the EVO-ALL module (3 indicator lights). There's one for a test module with just one light which will get you all bolloxed up. The programming is so easy a caveman can do it (sorry, geico)If the honking horn annoys you, you can defeat that by consulting your car's manual. With my AVP, it's as simple as pressing and holding the lock button for 5 seconds, and then pressing the Panic button. Shazam! No more honking horn! I disabled my horn at first, but eventually I realized it's best to leave it enabled.I recommend mounting the module as close to the side panel that you will pull off first (to get to the fasteners for the kick panel). That way, if you need to get to it, it will be easy to reach. (picture 3). If all you want is the remote start, you're finished!PROS:- You don't have to pay the dealer to program this. That can cost $300-$500. This is pre-programmed, as in, no hassles.- You won't be bound by the rule that if your gas tank reads 1/4 or less, the remote start won't work. This is a pain with our cars (GM and Mopar) with the factory remote-start systems.- You also won't be bound by the "One start" rule. With our factory systems, after one full warm-up period, or if the car fails to start on the first cycle, you're out of luck. You have to get in the car and key start it. If your car is covered with ice and the doors are stuck from a winter storm, well, you're scr....ed.CONS:- If your fuel tank was lower than you remembered, you might idle out of gas or get too low to reach a gas station if you live in a rural area.- You have to push the lock button 3 times, and endure the horn beeping- You might have to connect your parking lights to the system so that they are on while the car is in the remote-start cycle (See text below). This is actually a requirement in some cities and counties.If you want your parking or headlights to stay on while the remote start is running, and they don't already, it gets a little more complicated. A bit of MacGuyvering will be needed.The TIP sheet from MPC showed a kit with a lot of wires emanating from their 20-pin connector, but the reality was, they weren't there - the picture is generic. Only 2 wires went into the plug (see picture). One of the pictures shows what I had to do - find a piece of wire in my shop with a small push-on contact that fit in the MPC connector, to make it work. If you DON'T happen to have a HAM radio workshop with a collection of wires, plugs, and resistors, you'll have to make a trip to an electronics store. The contact for the 20-pin connector is the biggest pain.The connections become easy if you can get behind the light switch panel. In the AVP model, inexpensive clip panels cover mounting screws, allowing one to easily pull down the panel to get to the wires. What the light switch does is ground a control circuit through various resistance values. It's basically a crude type of PLC, except instead of a nodal address, the controller responds to a resister value. If you make the resistance value low, like 600-700 ohms, the headlights AND parking lights will come on when the MPC Remote Start is active. If you use 1000 ohms, the parking lights will be on, but the headlights may flicker like a strobe. At least they did in my AVP van. But the resistance value can differ slightly from one vehicle to another. The TIP sheet said use 1500 ohms for my Grand Caravan. Now, I have well over 1,000 resistors in my parts bin, but not one was 1500 ohms. But I DID have 2,000 ohms, and that worked perfectly. In a way, the choice is yours. If you want the headlights to also be on, use a low value (just not ZERO). The engine will be running, so your battery shouldn't drain. I'm tempted to add a little switch to change from summer to winter (dark early). That way, I can have the headlights on as I approach the car in the dark. Just a thought!Speaking of switches, I found a neat place to mount the "RUN-VALET" switch where it won't be visible to outsiders, nor will it get bumped into the off position- at the bottom of the side panel that you pull off first. The location is critical, or at least it was in my 2016 AVP model. Anywhere else and the switch contacts might have shorted to ground, or the switch lever might be in the way. Up is "ON", and down is "OFF". The side panel has an extension that reaches down to the hood release.My kit came with the label on that Valet switch reversed. This is typical of aftermarket stuff.
