salcar57
Member
I'm posting this in regard to the Ford factory remote start system. It seems that after 2010 Ford decided to create a safety feature in their remote start system by stalling the engine after it's remote started and the door is opened. It has to do with the My Key thing they have now. I've done my research and fixed mine to work normally. Since back in 2009 Ford sent out a bulletin to all the dealers that on all 2010 or newer vehicles they programmed this feature in and the dealer is to tell any customers who complain about it that it's working normally and there's nothing wrong, that there's no fix for it and you have to live with it. BS...I actually went to my dealer and told them I wanted it programmed to keep running when the door is open and they said it couldn't be done, as I expected them to say as per the letter from the Mother ship. I found out that Code Alarm makes Fords remote start modules, did some research and reprogrammed it myself. I reprogrammed it to continue running even after the driver's door is opened and also changed the run time to 15 min from the 10 min factory default and it works perfect. HOWEVER....It seems that Ford must read these forums and they know once you find the programming button and LED the system can be reprogrammed so what they did now was conceal the wire into the actual harness that plugs into the module so nobody can find it....normally you can see it hanging somewhere under the dash near the parking brake. You need to remove the module now, unplug everything, unwrap all the electrical tape and if you feel around you'll feel the bump from the button & LED. Keep unwrapping it until that entire lead is exposed then re-wrap the rest of the harness again leaving that lead exposed and you'll be able to reprogram the module. Just thought I'd post this since Ford decided to get cute...it's bad enough the added this stupid so called safety feature and now they want to make it even harder for us to reprogram it. My advice to anyone looking to buy one...go have an after market one installed which all work the way they're supposed to and tell Ford they can stick their remote start system where the sun don't shine....Aholes!