Factory remote start on 1.4 6sp?

[sonic84cp]

Has anyone figured out how to instal the factory remote start on a 1.4t 6sp? I would love not to have a key fob hanging of the key chain, and maybe be able to use the onstar app to start my car in the summer while I'm still on the train.

 

[SSpeckerwood]

is it the 6-speed auto, or 6-speed manual??

 

[sonic84cp]

The manual lol, forgot people are starting to get the turbo auto's now

 

[SSpeckerwood]

i haven't heard of factory, but a local shop around me will do it. you have to sign a waver though so if you hurt something by trying to start it in gear.

 

[sonic84cp]

I know it can be done, but I don't want to add another key fob, or have to hit the lock button 3 or five times like I have seen some systems do. I was hoping there would be some way to get the factory system to work.

 

[SSpeckerwood]

perhaps you could contact your dealer and see if the numbers match up for the affected parts. then you could have it done. i'm sure its something that is fairly simple, but getting them to do with the liability factor is something else

 

[laborsmith]

Chevrolet does not offer factory remote start on any of its manual transmission vehicles.

None. Not at all. Not then, not now, and likely not in the future.

Any such will have to be after market.

That's it, in a nutshell.


Laborsmith

 

[SSpeckerwood]

Chevrolet does not offer factory remote start on any of its motor vehicles.

None. Not at all. Not then, not now, and likely not in the future.

Any such will have to be after market.

That's it, in a nutshell.


Laborsmith

then how do you get "factory remote start" then????

i know they offered it in the sonics if its a auto tranny.

am i missing something??

 

[laborsmith]

My apology. I wrote motor and meant manual. I will edit as needed.

Laborsmith

 

[SSpeckerwood]

My apology. I wrote motor and meant manual. I will edit as needed.

Laborsmith

got ya. no worries. lol. :banana:

 

[Savage_383]

Would the starter be able to move the car if the e-brake is set?

 

[laborsmith]

I know aftermarket remote starters are available for manual transmission equipped Camaros and Corvettes. In order to work, there is a protocol that must be followed, I think it requires leaving the tran in N, I'm not sure. But if it can be done for those cars, I imagine it could be done for our Sonics.

Laborsmith

 

[SonicBoy24]

obviously the Manual tranny would have to be in N, otherwise when you remote start it, it would try to take off, that's what he was talking about with the liabilty factor.

Frankly, its convienent but its not a good idea for a standard cuz you know someone is going to leave it in gear and try to start it by mistake...

 

[laborsmith]

This is the most recent Camaro5 thread on this topic:
Adding GM remote start? - Camaro5 Chevy Camaro Forum / Camaro ZL1, SS and V6 Forums - Camaro5.com

The Sonic and the Camaro are both Chevrolet products, so I believe the thread would apply.


Laborsmith

 

[MGDavis]

obviously the Manual tranny would have to be in N, otherwise when you remote start it, it would try to take off, that's what he was talking about with the liabilty factor.

Frankly, its convienent but its not a good idea for a standard cuz you know someone is going to leave it in gear and try to start it by mistake...

It's really on the individual. I'm a total parking brake bitch, always have been. unless the car is on a moderate+ grade (never happens here in FL), I park in neutral with the brake on. I could easily use an aftermarket remote start.

You'd figure that they could tap into some kind of neutral sensor, though.

 

[Eric Smit]

I just spent 5 hours reading about manual transmission remote starts. There are many different issues. The biggest one is obviously an accidental remote start, in gear, parking brake off/worn/broken/partly engaged and destruction of property or, god forbid, loss of life. Alas, there are some that are made for manual transmissions with a very complex sequence to arm the device. One involved; park, windows up, shift to neutral, pull parking brake, release clutch, turn key off and take out (which leaves your car running), open the door, get out, close the door. Once you close the door, your car locks, then shuts off, which arms your remote start, which prevents you from leaving it in gear; otherwise, your remote start won't be armed, and the remote start button will do nothing.


-Eric Smit

 

[laborsmith]

Eric, that sounds like the protocol I started to describe.

Definitely more involved then I could ever follow. I wonder how many who get one installed ever use it more than a handful of times?

Laborsmith

 

[Eric Smit]

On a few of the forums I perused while I was researching, it seems only a handful of people ever get it, and an even smaller number use it regularly.


-Eric Smit

 

[SteveSonic]

On a few of the forums I perused while I was researching, it seems only a handful of people ever get it, and an even smaller number use it regularly.


-Eric Smit

I've never had a remote start function on a car, but I can imagine liking one on a cold winter morning when the doors are frozen shut because the temperatures broke over 32 deg the day before and the door seals had gotten wet. Otherwise, I'm too stingy with my fuel to burn it with a premature start before I'm ready to drive away.
Steve

 

[Eric Smit]

A lot of people only think its good for the cold. I live in El Paso, and I know a lot of people that have it just to cool off the car.

A little digression, but felt it was interesting enough to post.


-Eric Smit