Remote Start Question
02-22-2011, 08:42 PM
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Remote Start Question
My wife has an '07 G5 2.2L automatic (all power options, MP3 player, etc.). She wants to add remote start. I want an integrated style system. Not really looking for an aftermarket style system. I want to know if the G5s came with remote start system "built in" and just not turned on at the BCM.
I guess my question is... Could a factory remote be programmed to the car and then turned on at the BCM for a fully functioning unit? I know this is how you add cruise control to the car. (Get the button, harness, and turn it on at the BCM)
Otherwise, I assume this could be added to the car. But has anyone put this kit on themselves? What is required for it? Could not find what I am looking for anywhere on here. http://www.gmpartsgiant.com/Page_Pro...tID=9459&qty=1 is the GM part. Anybody add this extended range unit to their car? Will anything need done or is this unit more of a plug and play over a whole new system.
I guess my question is... Could a factory remote be programmed to the car and then turned on at the BCM for a fully functioning unit? I know this is how you add cruise control to the car. (Get the button, harness, and turn it on at the BCM)
Otherwise, I assume this could be added to the car. But has anyone put this kit on themselves? What is required for it? Could not find what I am looking for anywhere on here. http://www.gmpartsgiant.com/Page_Pro...tID=9459&qty=1 is the GM part. Anybody add this extended range unit to their car? Will anything need done or is this unit more of a plug and play over a whole new system.
02-25-2011, 01:34 PM
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Hmm...my advice would be to ask at the dealer... I have no idea, and I wouldn't want to buy the parts if they didn't work. But I understand why you want a factory remote start...I just never liked aftermarket ones.
02-25-2011, 07:00 PM
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I do not know anything about the G5 and I imagine most of those on here don't either. To show my ignorance - is the G5 a GM product?
Now on to your question: Does the G5 have a DIC like the HHR where you can select to turn on the feature? Somewhere on this site you can down load the appropriate year Owners Manual and find the similarities. In the programming of the DIC on the HHR, not the display mind you, there is an option in some years 2008 and prior to turn Remote Start on/off; after which all that is needed is the correct remote buttons and grounding of one wire on the BCM.
Now on to your question: Does the G5 have a DIC like the HHR where you can select to turn on the feature? Somewhere on this site you can down load the appropriate year Owners Manual and find the similarities. In the programming of the DIC on the HHR, not the display mind you, there is an option in some years 2008 and prior to turn Remote Start on/off; after which all that is needed is the correct remote buttons and grounding of one wire on the BCM.
02-25-2011, 08:03 PM
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I do not know anything about the G5 and I imagine most of those on here don't either. To show my ignorance - is the G5 a GM product?
Now on to your question: Does the G5 have a DIC like the HHR where you can select to turn on the feature? Somewhere on this site you can down load the appropriate year Owners Manual and find the similarities. In the programming of the DIC on the HHR, not the display mind you, there is an option in some years 2008 and prior to turn Remote Start on/off; after which all that is needed is the correct remote buttons and grounding of one wire on the BCM.
Now on to your question: Does the G5 have a DIC like the HHR where you can select to turn on the feature? Somewhere on this site you can down load the appropriate year Owners Manual and find the similarities. In the programming of the DIC on the HHR, not the display mind you, there is an option in some years 2008 and prior to turn Remote Start on/off; after which all that is needed is the correct remote buttons and grounding of one wire on the BCM.
02-26-2011, 12:55 PM
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Just to be clear. You have gone into the DIC programming with Pressing both the “INFO” button and what I am going to call the “Return/Enter” button at the same time and then releasing both. Then using the INFO button to cycle through the programmable options. AND “Remote Start” never shows up.
On my HHR the sequence of programmable options are:
OIL LIFE RESET
UNITS:
REMOTE START:
LOCK HORN:
UNLOCK HORN:
LIGHT FLASH:
DELAYLOCK:
AUTO UNLK:
UNLOCK:
EXT LIGHTS:
On my HHR the sequence of programmable options are:
OIL LIFE RESET
UNITS:
REMOTE START:
LOCK HORN:
UNLOCK HORN:
LIGHT FLASH:
DELAYLOCK:
AUTO UNLK:
UNLOCK:
EXT LIGHTS:
02-26-2011, 01:59 PM
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Just to be clear. You have gone into the DIC programming with Pressing both the “INFO” button and what I am going to call the “Return/Enter” button at the same time and then releasing both. Then using the INFO button to cycle through the programmable options. AND “Remote Start” never shows up.
On my HHR the sequence of programmable options are:
OIL LIFE RESET
UNITS:
REMOTE START:
LOCK HORN:
UNLOCK HORN:
LIGHT FLASH:
DELAYLOCK:
AUTO UNLK:
UNLOCK:
EXT LIGHTS:
On my HHR the sequence of programmable options are:
OIL LIFE RESET
UNITS:
REMOTE START:
LOCK HORN:
UNLOCK HORN:
LIGHT FLASH:
DELAYLOCK:
AUTO UNLK:
UNLOCK:
EXT LIGHTS:
02-26-2011, 04:25 PM
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A lot of the 2008 and possibly prior HHRs came with the option for Remote Start in the DIC even though they were never sold as such. Those vehicles just did not have a hood switch sensor detecting that the hood was closed. The wire grounding in the HHR at the BCM is to defeat that sensor. There is a long thread about that on this site.
