Remote start for CRD?

woodtick · **Posted:** Mon Feb 14, 2011 4:46 pm

Has any one installed a remote start for CRD? Factory or otherwise? How big a PIA is it?

Zack A · **Posted:** Mon Feb 14, 2011 6:21 pm

It would help if you didn't post in the for-sell section!

woodtick · **Posted:** Mon Feb 14, 2011 6:40 pm

OOPS!

My error in posting here, but my grammar deserves an A+ don't you think?

Joe Romas · **Posted:** Thu Feb 17, 2011 5:15 pm

There have been a couple that have had strange problems that turned out to be remote start related :ROTFL:

The last one the poster asked "what is that secret button" :BANANA:

It was a reset button for the remote start. He pushed the button and then it would not start :-)r

They are/were available from the dealer.

mikey1273 · **Posted:** Thu Feb 17, 2011 5:41 pm

Intresting Thing here, the build sheet for mine says I have remote start. so I asked the local dealer who printed the sheet what kind of remote or buttons do I press on the key to activate that? It turns out its a seprate fob for the remote start. I asked if I could get one and programe it. they said yes if we can get the remote unit for you. the parts guy tried and tried calling Chrysler and got handed off to others and stonewalled for a week untill he gave up.

UFO · **Posted:** Thu Feb 17, 2011 6:51 pm

Not sure why a remote start is useful. The CRD has a block heater and the viscous heater; besides the diesel engine will not warm up when idling. Just plug it in the night before, then start it in the morning and go. Saves fuel and engine wear.

woodtick · **Posted:** Thu Feb 17, 2011 9:50 pm

I don't always have the luxury of plugging in, wish I did. At home no problem with that but at work is always another story that can change daily. Although it won't come close to full op. temp, it does warm the engine, get oil moving, and anti chill the cabin to idle for a short while. Wouldn't mind the A/C running a tad in the summer before getting in either.

Besides it's harder to turn a key than push a button! :goink:

UFO · **Posted:** Fri Feb 18, 2011 4:00 pm

woodtick wrote:

I don't always have the luxury of plugging in, wish I did. At home no problem with that but at work is always another story that can change daily. Although it won't come close to full op. temp, it does warm the engine, get oil moving, and anti chill the cabin to idle for a short while. Wouldn't mind the A/C running a tad in the summer before getting in either.

Besides it's harder to turn a key than push a button! :goink:

I only say that as idling a cold engine is not good for it, long term. It dilutes the oil with fuel and clogs the turbo and intake with soot.

bugnout · **Posted:** Fri Feb 18, 2011 4:06 pm

I wouldn't put a remote starter on a CRD.

ihavelotsoftoys · **Posted:** Sun Feb 20, 2011 10:35 pm

Here is my experience. I have one, and I installed the remote start just after purchasing.
1) don't idle your CRD to warm it up in the winter. Just start wait a minute or two and drive gently. It warms up darn fast.. Faster than my 01 jetta. The block heater doesn't make the engine make heat sooner either. It just makes the starting less eventfull. Much quieter and smoother light off.
2) The AC won't run with the car is started on the remote starter. Those circuits aren't energized when running from a remote start.

I wouldn't spend the money again. Bought a second libby for my squeeze, and it's not going to get the remote start.

Just my 2 cents.

geordi · **Posted:** Mon Feb 21, 2011 9:16 am

Wow, I guess I have a magic device then, and a magical CRD to boot, because my experience has been the complete opposite of the opinions posted here.

My CRD has the Mopar remote starter. Yes, it has a separate little one-button remote that activates it.

The exhaust temps from an idling engine (as measured from the turbo inlet just off the manifold) are 375-400*F, within 2 minutes of starting. So I guess that means that the engine *IS* warming itself up. Yes, it will take a long time, but it WILL do it. Meanwhile, the Viscous Heater is running and heating the coolant too.

The A/C controls ARE energized, as the fan and temperature settings that I left them on will be the determining factor if the system is trying to cool or heat the interior while it is idling. Works great in the summer and winter.

The Mopar remote starter waits either 3 seconds or 30 seconds after "key on" before starting the engine, depending on how it is programmed. I have it on the 3 second "gas" mode, which is perfect. 3 seconds is longer than I usually wait between key-on and starting when I'm doing it live.

Fuel dilution in the oil? Soot in the turbo? Are we REALLY coming back to those old wives' tales? The turbo is ALWAYS MOVING, because the flow of oil puts it into an almost frictionless state. It is also ALWAYS getting soot flowing into it. I would contend that the soot levels from idling are the LEAST soot-producing engine mode however, because the engine is naturally running in an ultra-lean mode. Can't make soot without fuel, and idling is the most efficient user of that tiny amount of fuel. Soot in the intake is a problem, I agree with you on that... IN ALL operating modes. Thank the EPA nannies for that, not the engine idling. Unless you have done something about the problem, like an SEGR device... You WILL have soot contamination back into the intake and cylinders. Soot is bad b/c it is abrasive inside the engine. You don't want to re-introduce it, ever.

For the "fuel dilution" claim, simply look at your oil dipstick. Is oil shooting from the top of it? Overrunning the full mark at all?
No? Even when you are "idling" your engine constantly in heavy traffic or at lights? The oil is still at a normal level? Oh, then I guess that means that the engine's rings are doing their job: Being spring-loaded and containing the oil where it needs to be, and the fuel on the other side. Unless there is physical evidence of this claim... It isn't happening. A normal functioning engine WILL NOT have this issue at ANY mode of operation, hot cold or in between.

Look at the evidence and make your decision. I love my remote starter, even though it looks like the wiring to fool the anti-theft key system (also factory designed) was installed by a drunk and a gorilla.

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