Remote Start-Am I missing something
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Remote Start-Am I missing something
Hello. I was sure that when I turned on my truck using the remote start that the heater would turn on being that I intentionally left the heater when I turned the truck off the night before. I tried auto and non auto and everytime I turn on my truck with the remote start the heater is off when I get in. I dont know know why you would have remote start if you cant warm up the rig while the person is inside their home. Has anyone ran into this issue? Let me know. Thanks.
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What was the outside temperature? Do you have the supplemental rapid heat? You are not the first to be confused by this system. Mine works the way you would think it should most of the time. Then there are the times when I think it should come on but does not. It does appear that the auto climate control does not let the system blow cold air above a low fan setting. If you push the fan speed control button the auto climate cancels and the blower speed can be raised. The truck seems to think it is smarter than the owner...
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Hello. I was sure that when I turned on my truck using the remote start that the heater would turn on being that I intentionally left the heater when I turned the truck off the night before. I tried auto and non auto and everytime I turn on my truck with the remote start the heater is off when I get in. I dont know know why you would have remote start if you cant warm up the rig while the person is inside their home. Has anyone ran into this issue? Let me know. Thanks.
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Hmmmmm Ok thanks for the post Y2K. Rickatic I guess the system comes on but no indicator lights are shown. I got in this morning and the extrior temp was 32 degrees. Noi lights were on on the climate control but I guess it was working. AT least thats what power strokes post says. I didnt let it idle for more than 5 min so maybe it would have kicked on if I let it idle longer. I dont know.
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Hmmmmm Ok thanks for the post Y2K. Rickatic I guess the system comes on but no indicator lights are shown. I got in this morning and the extrior temp was 32 degrees. Noi lights were on on the climate control but I guess it was working. AT least thats what power strokes post says. I didnt let it idle for more than 5 min so maybe it would have kicked on if I let it idle longer. I dont know.
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The climate control panel will not light up during remote start operation. The controls won't light up until the key is turned on at which time the system defaults to the last active setting. The system seems to be very random in the 28-32 degree range. Sometimes my seat warmer and heat will be on and other times they are not. I guess this is one time that having automatic climate control is a disadvantage. The manual control guys win this battle!
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The climate control panel will not light up during remote start operation. The controls won't light up until the key is turned on at which time the system defaults to the last active setting. The system seems to be very random in the 28-32 degree range. Sometimes my seat warmer and heat will be on and other times they are not. I guess this is one time that having automatic climate control is a disadvantage. The manual control guys win this battle!
I agree here...the automatic is not so automatic...and is certainly not intuitive
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The logic at times appears to be non logical...
As for the remote start and what I see when I get in. The only thing that has lights are around the instrument cluster. The climate control is blank (and I have the Ford LockPick). Worked this way before and after.
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