"Factory" remote start for a MMH 2007?
#1
09-15-2007, 02:44 PM
"Factory" remote start for a MMH 2007?
Ford has a "factory" remote start kit out for the '07 MMH. Does anybody know if this is a prewired plugin module or if this requires the dash wiring to be hacked up.
The reason I ask is that I have had mixed luck with remote starts. A long time ago I made and installed my own remote starter in my new '91 Geo Metro and it worked fine but it was a homemade amateur job. When I moved up to a '88 Mercedes I didn't trust my cobbled together electronic project packaged in a tupperware bowl so I paid $800 for a "professional" top of the line Clifford remote start installation. My Mercedes thanked me by setting itself on fire a month later!
So, I was sour on remote start for over a decade. But hey the systems are cheaper and better than ever before. So I had one installed in my wife's '03 Dodge Grand Caravan. Within a week her computer went out and it just died in traffic. Luckily the Dodge warranty covered the computer but I know it had to be because of the remote start.
With this Hybrid, it could only be a signal level (99% chance active low) coming from the key switch with no real amperage involved. There still could be major amperage involved in turning on the ACCessory circuits. And, I still don't like the idea of hacking the key switch cables or even worse letting someone else hack the key switch cables.
Anybody know if this is just a receiver that talks to the computer and lets it do the work, or maybe just a plug in module? Or does it involve some serious dashboard hackin'?
Any thoughts on this???
Jeff
The reason I ask is that I have had mixed luck with remote starts. A long time ago I made and installed my own remote starter in my new '91 Geo Metro and it worked fine but it was a homemade amateur job. When I moved up to a '88 Mercedes I didn't trust my cobbled together electronic project packaged in a tupperware bowl so I paid $800 for a "professional" top of the line Clifford remote start installation. My Mercedes thanked me by setting itself on fire a month later!
So, I was sour on remote start for over a decade. But hey the systems are cheaper and better than ever before. So I had one installed in my wife's '03 Dodge Grand Caravan. Within a week her computer went out and it just died in traffic. Luckily the Dodge warranty covered the computer but I know it had to be because of the remote start.
With this Hybrid, it could only be a signal level (99% chance active low) coming from the key switch with no real amperage involved. There still could be major amperage involved in turning on the ACCessory circuits. And, I still don't like the idea of hacking the key switch cables or even worse letting someone else hack the key switch cables.
Anybody know if this is just a receiver that talks to the computer and lets it do the work, or maybe just a plug in module? Or does it involve some serious dashboard hackin'?
Any thoughts on this???
Jeff
#2
09-15-2007, 04:54 PM
Re: "Factory" remote start for a MMH 2007?
Ford has a "factory" remote start kit out for the '07 MMH. Does anybody know if this is a prewired plugin module or if this requires the dash wiring to be hacked up.
The reason I ask is that I have had mixed luck with remote starts. A long time ago I made and installed my own remote starter in my new '91 Geo Metro and it worked fine but it was a homemade amateur job. When I moved up to a '88 Mercedes I didn't trust my cobbled together electronic project packaged in a tupperware bowl so I paid $800 for a "professional" top of the line Clifford remote start installation. My Mercedes thanked me by setting itself on fire a month later!
So, I was sour on remote start for over a decade. But hey the systems are cheaper and better than ever before. So I had one installed in my wife's '03 Dodge Grand Caravan. Within a week her computer went out and it just died in traffic. Luckily the Dodge warranty covered the computer but I know it had to be because of the remote start.
With this Hybrid, it could only be a signal level (99% chance active low) coming from the key switch with no real amperage involved. There still could be major amperage involved in turning on the ACCessory circuits. And, I still don't like the idea of hacking the key switch cables or even worse letting someone else hack the key switch cables.
Anybody know if this is just a receiver that talks to the computer and lets it do the work, or maybe just a plug in module? Or does it involve some serious dashboard hackin'?
Any thoughts on this???
Jeff
The reason I ask is that I have had mixed luck with remote starts. A long time ago I made and installed my own remote starter in my new '91 Geo Metro and it worked fine but it was a homemade amateur job. When I moved up to a '88 Mercedes I didn't trust my cobbled together electronic project packaged in a tupperware bowl so I paid $800 for a "professional" top of the line Clifford remote start installation. My Mercedes thanked me by setting itself on fire a month later!
So, I was sour on remote start for over a decade. But hey the systems are cheaper and better than ever before. So I had one installed in my wife's '03 Dodge Grand Caravan. Within a week her computer went out and it just died in traffic. Luckily the Dodge warranty covered the computer but I know it had to be because of the remote start.
With this Hybrid, it could only be a signal level (99% chance active low) coming from the key switch with no real amperage involved. There still could be major amperage involved in turning on the ACCessory circuits. And, I still don't like the idea of hacking the key switch cables or even worse letting someone else hack the key switch cables.
Anybody know if this is just a receiver that talks to the computer and lets it do the work, or maybe just a plug in module? Or does it involve some serious dashboard hackin'?
Any thoughts on this???
Jeff
Dollar to a donut it says in very small print "Not availiable for Mariner Hybrid".
Just my gut feeling....
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Jeff...just checked the mercury accessory website. (http://www.mercuryaccessories.com/fas/b2c/home.asp). All the remote starts say "Not availiable for Mariner Hybrid".
Sorry.
Nate
Last edited by Hybrid_SUV; 09-15-2007 at 04:59 PM. Reason: Mercuryaccessory website
#3
09-15-2007, 06:37 PM
Re: "Factory" remote start for a MMH 2007?
Yeah I think you are right. This is not for the hybrid.
I was just thinking about this from the liability standpoint. Most vehicles have to be put into gear manually and somebody has to step on the gas for them to take off. But with the hybrid the "Transmission", the "Gas" and the "Brake" are controlled by the HAL 3000!
Just think of the law suit if somebody got ran over by a remotely started hybrid going 50 mph... Especially if it was a Ford Factory authorized accessory... That would be like hitting the Powerball for some lucky attorney!
Thanks for looking that one up for me.
I was just thinking about this from the liability standpoint. Most vehicles have to be put into gear manually and somebody has to step on the gas for them to take off. But with the hybrid the "Transmission", the "Gas" and the "Brake" are controlled by the HAL 3000!
Just think of the law suit if somebody got ran over by a remotely started hybrid going 50 mph... Especially if it was a Ford Factory authorized accessory... That would be like hitting the Powerball for some lucky attorney!
Thanks for looking that one up for me.
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