Car Remote Start

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Originally Posted by 00tec

This may be worth some research. Newer Fords are often the same way. For example, I added navigation to mine for the cost of a blank microSD card.

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Exactly. Anymore, it is either adding the correct hardware or just 'activating' these premium options.

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Originally Posted by Marine24

I'll have to check my owners manual. Have the same vehicle but just kicks on the heat (never used it when AC was needed). Must be configurable.

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Mine's automatic, just depends on what the temp control is set to and the outside temp. Cold out, heat comes on - hot out, ac comes on. But the heated seats is a menu setting you have to turn on or off.

I recently added a smart plug that is setup in my Home Automation to turn on below a certain temp, and turn off above a certain temp. Just keep my truck plugged in and the automation takes care of the rest.

It's not a daily driver, so I'm usually loading things into it to go somewhere and it's plenty warm by the time I finish farting around and need to drive it.

I was gifted a basic Viper remote start a few years ago and decided to re-gift it so it never did get installed.

On the HA setup, I'm going to work on it some more to also only come on at deeper temps if I'm away from the house, and perhaps change it up a little depending on my location. I just need to get better with stringify. I can always just turn it on remotely at will too.

I know this is an older thread, but I bought a factory oem remote start from eBay in November for a Mazda and installed it. It was priced at about half what the local dealer wanted and took about an hour to install. Just another option to consider.

Went out to start my car this morning. No go. Can weather have an affect? Gonna have to call in

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Originally Posted by DEAGLER

Went out to start my car this morning. No go. Can weather have an affect? Gonna have to call in

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Cold kills car batteries.

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Originally Posted by 00tec

Cold kills car batteries.

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My remote start didn’t work. Car still turns on with key.

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Originally Posted by DEAGLER

My remote start didn’t work. Car still turns on with key.

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Ah, thought it was all dead. In that case, likely a bad connection somewhere.

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Originally Posted by 00tec

Ah, thought it was all dead. In that case, likely a bad connection somewhere.

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Possibly. Just got it 2 months ago. Gonna take it in see what’s up

Yeah, that's a bummer. Defeats the purpose if it doesn't work when it gets cold.