I have a 97 460 in my F250. I had a remote starter installed over Christmas. Worked great while the weather was above 40. We have just started to get a few cold snaps here and it won't start my truck now. I have taken the thing to Circuit city 3 times now for re-programming and they look at me like a idiot consumer who knows nothing about trucks.
Here's the prob. The remote starter (RS for now) has a tach thresh-hold indicator that lets it know when a fuel injected rig starts up. So it keeps cranking till the truck is supposed to start. Well the RS cranks and just when the truck is about to start it stops. o.k. so now there is fuel mixed in the intake runners. The RS tries again to start the truck. As soon as the starter is engaged I hear the engine try to take off, BUT the starter is still engaged so the engine dies. I know doesn't make any sense. Then the RS tries again, same thing. I go out there at turn the key to start for not even a millisecond, and she fires right up. They tell me there is no way they can program multiple different start times in this thing. I was wondering if there may be something with the engine system that I could look into. New plugs, rotor, injectors, anything? They even raised the tach thresh-hold and try revving the engine at initial starup, no-go. I tild em if they can't get it I want it out. Whats the point of remote start if it don't remote start?!?!?

 

Well, on the RS's I have installed on my vehicles, I have only had to use the tach mode on one off brand unit. Most allow for longer crank times for diesels which could be used for gassers. You might try having them switch it to voltage sense instead of tach mode. My Fords work fine for this, even my Power Stroke diesel.

If you have the instructions, you might try some different programming modes. If they didn't give you the installation instructions or operaters book, go back and demand them, you paid for them when you purchased the unit.

 

After re-reading your post, go have them to remove it and order you one of these.

http://store.yahoo.com/logjam/crimrs900erp.html

I won't install anything else now days. And I have used the Design tech's and Chapman's, but this Crime Stopper's unit is the best I have used.

If you decide to install it yourself, which isn't that hard, get some T-Taps like these. Makes installation easier....

http://www.crowbarelectricalparts.com/Scotchloks.htm#T-Taps

and insulated disconnects like these

http://www.crowbarelectricalparts.com/Disconnects1.htm

 

I just went back in today and they tried a couple things. Thanks for the advice Strokin. The one I have is a Valet model. Forget which one though. They did say that the RS stops cranking right when it sees a tach signal (which is the mode it IS operating in). The truck just doesn't "catch" right when the RS stops cranking. It wants to (I can tell by the way the engine lugs after the RS stops). They recommended a tune-up though. I will give that a try, since I have 96k on the truck.

 

 

Curious. Did you ever get the RS to work correctly?

 

Yes, actually I did. We have had a couple of 10 degree mornings here and it works like a champ now. I went in and the tech guy re-routed some wires and took the tach trigger off the distribution block he said (huh? dunno where the "tach" distribution block would be). But it works now. He recommended a tune-up. The truck has 96k, so i think he may be right about that. Been trackin the threads and thining about a MSD full system upgrade. Box, coil, distributor, all a prelude to the MAF conversion, hehehe.