Remote Start Issue

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  1. quietpeen

    quietpeen Administrator Staff Member

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    So last week I drove the car to work and at lunch I tried to remote start the car and it wouldn't start. I got outside and tried again and heard it start to crank but it seemed there wasn't enough juice to turn over. I thought "oh crap my battery is dead" I got in the car with no error messages on the evic and hit the start button and it started up. After lunch tested the remote start and it worked. Drove back to work. At the end of the work day tried to remote start and same thing - didn't seem to have enough power to start, but started fine with the push button.

    So now my question is.....does a remote start require more juice to start than it does to get in the car and push the start button? It sure seems like it does.

    Saturday was nice so I got the car out for a nice long drive on the highway. Got home and it sat all day Sunday and it was 17 degrees this morning so I tested the remote start and it fired right up. Was the cold weather draining the battery and did my long drive allow it to charge back up?
     
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    Interesting.
    seems to me the remote start would be the same as pushing the button.... but maybe not.
     
  3. quietpeen

    quietpeen Administrator Staff Member

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    that's what I thought but there is definitely something different
     
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    LB3711 Green Goblin Staff Member

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    it requires more. Ive been in the same boat. Solved it with a new battery
     
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    Hmmmmm. Interesting.
     
  6. quietpeen

    quietpeen Administrator Staff Member

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    Yea I can still only think that the cold is draining the battery enough to not be able to remote start but obviously still be able to regular start. Just means I need to drive the car more, soooooo as long as weather permits I’m gonna get it out for a nice long highway drive again this weekend.
     
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    [​IMG]
     
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    LB3711 Green Goblin Staff Member

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    factory batteries are junk. Im not the only one I know that has had battery issues. I think there was a bad batch that went out for service
     
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    You mean batteries or FCA factory workers?
     
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    LB3711 Green Goblin Staff Member

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    lol i said batteries
     

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