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JCT404 Enthusiast

JCT404

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When you use remote start and the truck is running, is the battery charging? I've had to jump my truck twice now and this is the only thing I can think of that I have done prior to it happening. Both times it happenend I remote started it twice (cause that is all it will do) thinking I was going to leave and didn't, the truck sat over night, the next morning I went to start the truck and it wouldn't turn over...had power but not enough to turn over.

Ekordas Enthusiast

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If you remote start a vehicle and don't get in it to put the key in the ignition, the engine will shut off after your preset time but all electronics in the cab will remain on until you open a door. So if you leave it overnight after remote starting it without entering the cab, the electronics on the inside of the cab will remain on.

MotoMedic Senior Enthusiast

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I don't have an answer, but that would be pretty dumb if the truck doesn't charge during remote start.

 

If you remote start a vehicle and don't get in it to put the key in the ignition, the engine will shut off after your preset time but all electronics in the cab will remain on until you open a door. So if you leave it overnight after remote starting it without entering the cab, the electronics on the inside of the cab will remain on.

Wow, serious design failure there.

 

You might also have the battery checked, then the alternator. Possible one of those are defective.

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NitroCherokee

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If you remote start a vehicle and don't get in it to put the key in the ignition, the engine will shut off after your preset time but all electronics in the cab will remain on until you open a door. So if you leave it overnight after remote starting it without entering the cab, the electronics on the inside of the cab will remain on.

Where in the hell did you get that incorrect info from?

Ekordas Enthusiast

Ekordas

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Where in the hell did you get that incorrect info from?

Sorry I'm going off experience with aftermarket remote start systems. My Yukon turns on the radio when remote started and once the engine shuts off after 12 minutes, the radio stays on until the battery dies or a door opens.

NitroCherokee Enthusiast

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Sorry I'm going off experience with aftermarket remote start systems. My Yukon turns on the radio when remote started and once the engine shuts off after 12 minutes, the radio stays on until the battery dies or a door opens.

So your stuff is hooked up wrong, factory remote start doesn't even turn the radio on. I have remote start on my 06 Yukon and if you just let it time out the radio does stay on for the 10 minute RAP period. If yours stays on till the door is opened that is not hooked up right at all

Ekordas Enthusiast

Ekordas

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So your stuff is hooked up wrong, factory remote start doesn't even turn the radio on. I have remote start on my 06 Yukon and if you just let it time out the radio does stay on for the 10 minute RAP period. If yours stays on till the door is opened that is not hooked up right at all

Well it's being replaced by a 2014 Sierra Denali so I could care less at this point.

DanMan_S Enthusiast

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Where in the hell did you get that incorrect info from?

 

Yeah, on the factory GM systems, the interior of the truck is functionally dead when you remote start it. No interior electronics, nothing.

loganbent Enthusiast

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The 8" infotainment screen doesn't even fully operate until the key goes in, just say MyLink for awhile then I think it goes dead, the gauges and everything else don't come "alive" until the key goes in and is turned to Run.

lrymal Senior Enthusiast

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Sorry I'm going off experience with aftermarket remote start systems. My Yukon turns on the radio when remote started and once the engine shuts off after 12 minutes, the radio stays on until the battery dies or a door opens.

Under the same scenario, my radio shuts off after the preset minutes (12-15???).

JCthebigTree Enthusiast

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I've had 4 GM's since my '99 s10 blazer...every one was set so when you turned the truck off, the radio would run until you opened the door or 10 (I believe 10) minutes elapsed and it would shut down. Same in these trucks & the remote start won't turn anything on anyways.

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ripfree Enthusiast

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This guy is not imagining things.  I've used my remote start, let it time out (10 minutes running), and returned to a dead battery.  If the truck was charging, it should have started.  Mines is a 2016 Silverado.

JimCost2014 Senior Enthusiast

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15 hours ago, ripfree said:

This guy is not imagining things.  I've used my remote start, let it time out (10 minutes running), and returned to a dead battery.  If the truck was charging, it should have started.  Mines is a 2016 Silverado.

Welcome to the site.

 

How old is your battery, and how cold is it where you live?

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