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Will this work on an '07 to get remote start?
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Add me to the remote start activation club.
I used the latest Forscan software and changed the English options instead of the codes. It did give me two options for remote start, so I enabled both of them. I also at the same time decided to revert back from dark interior light mode to regular mode. After I applied the changes, the interior lights immediately changed their behavior. That let me know that my changes had been applied.
But I searched around the settings in my instrument cluster for the Remote start options, but I did not see them. I know that they should be under vehicle and advanced... But the only thing there was oil change reminder and so on.
I had picked up a key earlier in the day from the dealer and had it cut. I only had my one active key with me, so I needed to retrieve the other key from my wife's key ring to use for programming. So I grabbed her key this morning and ran through the programming sequence.
1. Insert Orig Key#1 and turn car on (no ignition) for about 8 seconds and then turn off and remove.
2. Insert Orig Key#2 and turn car on for about 8 seconds and off and remove. (Dash displayed keyless entry code)
3. Insert new Key#3 and turn car on (locks cycled) and I pressed the trunk open button, it unlatched. I turn car off.
I think I was done. I tried the lock/unlock buttons on all three keys one at a time and they all worked. I then started the truck with Key#3 and it worked. Then the moment of truth. I turned the car off, removed the key and tried the remote start. Lock> then Double press> and ... Start!
Yep it was working.
I now just need to know if my XLT single screen Dash should be displaying any "remote start" software menus and if so, what do I need to do to activate them. I have enabled the Trailer brake controller, so I know that menus can change with forscan tweaks. I also need to know how configure the climate controls so that the truck cabin heats up while I have it remotely started.