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Remote Start

phastjoe

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I'm looking for feedback on remote start add-on for the Avalanche. Specifically for the 2004-2005 MY please. There seem to be a lot of available units out there, just wondering which has been the best. We are in California and the usage is both for cold weather warm-up and summer cool-off. Most often the warm-up, though.

If anyone has experience, good or bad, please post! (Thanks.)
 
First welcome to the website.
From reading older posts it seems many problems occur when owners add aftermarket systems to an AV. It seems to be less problematic if you can stick to a GM factory remote start system.
 
I'm looking for feedback on remote start add-on for the Avalanche. Specifically for the 2004-2005 MY please. There seem to be a lot of available units out there, just wondering which has been the best. We are in California and the usage is both for cold weather warm-up and summer cool-off. Most often the warm-up, though.

If anyone has experience, good or bad, please post! (Thanks.)
I had Best Buy install a remote starter on my 03 av and I love it. Great in Michigan winters and so far Problem free!
 
I owned my first AvY for about 11 months before i discovered the factory key FOB had remote start. 5 lock clicks and vroom! o_O I was startled when it happened and took me a few tries to figure out the pattern as I wasn't paying attention the first time Haha. I had just replaced the battery so i was making sure i could lock and inlock is all.
 
I owned my first AvY for about 11 months before i discovered the factory key FOB had remote start. 5 lock clicks and vroom! o_O I was startled when it happened and took me a few tries to figure out the pattern as I wasn't paying attention the first time Haha. I had just replaced the battery so i was making sure i could lock and inlock is all.
What year is your Av/ What was the pattern the you had to use?
 
What year is your Av/ What was the pattern the you had to use?
In the manual (for my truck at least) make sure the doors are lock and just hold the start button on the remote for 4 secs.
As a DIY car audio/alarm guy aftermarket is always my choice as the range of the OEM remote/system is not that great.
My opinion.
 
regarding "Aftermarket" remote start

Background: we paid to have aftermarket remote start added to the 'wifes' '95 LHS (Chrysler)

About 2 years later she would be driving it.. everything would die.. and it wouldn't restart.. I'd rescue her in my truck and tow the LHS home.. once home it would start like nothing ever happened.. This happened several times over the course of a several months, at random intervals, no codes were ever set.

I (eventually) pulled all the plastic off the engine covering.. and I noticed a purple wire draped across the top of the engine.. I traced it out, it went to the gizmo that was like an old l distributor, and then went thru the firewall..

This turned out to be the speed signal to the remote start system that told it to stop cranking, because the engine was up to speed.

I deduced this wire had bounced and rubbed enough in the 2+ years it wore thru a spot in it's insulation and was grounding out the speed signal to the computer.. thus the compute S/D the engine.. Towing it home always seemed to bounce it around enough that the ground disappeared only to reappear a week or a month later.

I lengthened the wire, ran it in loom and along the firewall AWAY from heat and metal.. Several years later and over 250K miles on the LHS, this problem NEVER reappeared..

Even though nearly 3 years had passed, I did made a trip to the installer to vent my frustration about their crappy installation BUT, It turns out they went out of business long before.. I can guess why.
 
regarding "Aftermarket" remote start

Background: we paid to have aftermarket remote start added to the 'wifes' '95 LHS (Chrysler)

About 2 years later she would be driving it.. everything would die.. and it wouldn't restart.. I'd rescue her in my truck and tow the LHS home.. once home it would start like nothing ever happened.. This happened several times over the course of a several months, at random intervals, no codes were ever set.

I (eventually) pulled all the plastic off the engine covering.. and I noticed a purple wire draped across the top of the engine.. I traced it out, it went to the gizmo that was like an old l distributor, and then went thru the firewall..

This turned out to be the speed signal to the remote start system that told it to stop cranking, because the engine was up to speed.

I deduced this wire had bounced and rubbed enough in the 2+ years it wore thru a spot in it's insulation and was grounding out the speed signal to the computer.. thus the compute S/D the engine.. Towing it home always seemed to bounce it around enough that the ground disappeared only to reappear a week or a month later.

I lengthened the wire, ran it in loom and along the firewall AWAY from heat and metal.. Several years later and over 250K miles on the LHS, this problem NEVER reappeared..

Even though nearly 3 years had passed, I did made a trip to the installer to vent my frustration about their crappy installation BUT, It turns out they went out of business long before.. I can guess why.
I love to hear DIY stories end well!!
I would have fussed them out as well! LOL
 
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