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11-04-2012, 03:25 PM
| eBay Motors #1 (permalink) |
| Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2012
Posts: 31
| Remote start Just got Truck, and doesn't have remote start. Do you guys recommend adding via dealer OEM, or aftermarket? Any suggestions? Thanks guys BB2500HD |
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11-04-2012, 08:08 PM
| eBay Motors #2 (permalink) |
| Senior Member  Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Griggstown New Jersey
Posts: 302
| Go after market i think they have a lot more things you can do and have a longer distance you can start from.
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11-04-2012, 08:14 PM
| eBay Motors #3 (permalink) |
| Junior Member  Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Eagle River, AK
Posts: 114
| Stock is only a 1 way starter remote (you have no idea if it is running) and the operating range is very short. It will only run for 10 minutes unless you hit the button again to add 10 minutes to whatever has already ran. Aftermarket offers a 2 way remote (it tells you that it is running) and you have a much longer remote range. You can also adjust the run time. Now the one cool thing with the stock remote start is that you can now use a smart phone to operate your truck from anywhere through Onstar.
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11-04-2012, 08:14 PM
| eBay Motors #4 (permalink) |
| Administrator   Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Aviano Italy
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 | Definitely aftermarket. Anything by directed electronics (python, viper, clifford, etc)
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11-05-2012, 04:40 AM
| eBay Motors #5 (permalink) |
| DuramaxForum n00b Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: RI
Posts: 19
| Aftermarket has its advantages like the others have said, but ultimately they are only as good/reliable as the installer. The factory remote start is "installed" on all new trucks already. You only have to buy the remote(s) and have it programed at your dealer. It might not have all the bells and whistles but there is no cutting/splicing required.
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11-05-2012, 06:39 AM
| eBay Motors #6 (permalink) |
| Duramax Forum Supporter   Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Munster Indiana
Posts: 207
| Is that true? Just buy the remotes I mean? I would love to be able to remote start but dont want to spring for someone to install.
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11-05-2012, 12:26 PM
| eBay Motors #7 (permalink) |
| DuramaxForum n00b Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: RI
Posts: 19
| If you have RPO Code AP8, you are pre-wired. Most trucks have it unless ordered with non-typical option packages like fleet vehicles from what I gather. You still have to go to the dealer though to flash the BCM with an unlock code so not as simple as just buying the remotes and probably overpriced for what you get, but its a factory setup. Do a search on the forum and there are already a few threads on adding the factory start.
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11-05-2012, 12:56 PM
| eBay Motors #8 (permalink) |
| Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: ny
Posts: 109
| From my experience in the NE, remote starts are nice until you get stranded. It is not a matter of if, but when. If you have a chipped key, the chances are increase of a no-start. Even the best installers have issues with the module.
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11-05-2012, 01:22 PM
| eBay Motors #9 (permalink) |
| Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Rock Creek B.C.
Posts: 577
| I have seen so many vehicles with some idiot installing a remote start, and it gets locked up, and then you have to trace every wire and check every connection, and there is no codes available if it is the module, You are relinquished to doing the diagnosis by the ripping and tearing method. Factory installation is all just plug in and reprogram.
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11-05-2012, 03:45 PM
| eBay Motors #10 (permalink) |
| Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2012
Posts: 31
| awesome... thanks for the responses guys. Might go with the Viper... alarm and remote start. |
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