Jump to content

Aftermarket push button start

JudgeDredd
 Share

Recommended Posts

Spurshot Senior Enthusiast

Spurshot

Posted
Posted (edited)

 

 

Awesome. Even a mod going off topic. If you can't handle this system, that's up to you. Do you know any aftermarket offerings?

 

If you can't handle a little banter about a topic, you'll be frustrated here. We don't hold members to strict on-topic discussion, just civility. Yes, I do know of some aftermarket offerings. A co-worker wanted to install one in his Camaro. I spent a few hours looking around the net. There's more than a few out there that have done this to their cars. I don't personally know their security or installation difficulty. So, I'll not comment on them. He looked further into it and decided against it. Google it and you'll get more than this thread will bear. .

Edited by spurshot
  • Like 1
  • 3 months later...
  • Replies 37
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

Popular Days

Top Posters In This Topic

Popular Days

Popular Posts

07Softail
07Softail

Is there an advantage with a push button? Whats wrong with a key thats worked well for a 100 years?! or is it so you can say MAN I HAVE A PUSH BUTTON STARTER.... YAY!   RT

Northman
Northman

I guess I don't get it. I can do the same with my fob? We have the push button in the car and I find myself always checking to make sure I have the fob in my pocket and I'm never sure if the car is lo

JudgeDredd
JudgeDredd

Has anyone installed any after market push button start systems in their truck? And if so, what system did you go with and why?   I'm seeing systems ranging from $70 to $800, hoping someone has done

Iron Joe New Member

Iron Joe

Posted
Posted

Hello folks, I'm new here and the owner of a 2015 high country 6.2. I would like to install a push to start kit but other than a lot of opinions I haven't read where someone actually did it. Please redirect me if it was answered or if someone has done it, what kit did you use? Where was it purchased? Thanks Iron Joe

  • 10 months later...
Telestix New Member

Telestix

Posted
Posted

To those who ask why, I have a keyless front door, keyless office door, and would like my truck to be the same. No keys in my pocket. With today's technology it could be your phone, a fob or a fob in your wallet like a credit card. Once you have used one for a week or two  you realize how nice it is. Coffee in one hand, briefcase in the other just grab the door handle and pull. no fishing through your pockets. Jacket with a million pockets no worries just open the door etc..... Overall I am surprised it is not a option

 

US Dashworks Enthusiast

US Dashworks

Posted
Posted

The push button start is nice and convenient, i personally like it. but turning a key gives you that engaging feel that is being lost on many modern cars/trucks. modern cars are losing that connected feeling of driving a car. pretty soon cars will be driving you..... oh wait.....

  • Like 1
  • 4 years later...
MikeBMW Senior Enthusiast

MikeBMW

Posted
Posted
5 hours ago, Stephen Smotts said:

Everyone has a comment but no one has answered the question

Perhaps no one has figured out this implementation?
Your turn ... let us know what you figure out.

  • 10 months later...
RossCoMfg New Member

RossCoMfg

Posted
Posted

Brining this back to the top as I've just picked up a 2018 LTZ and would really like the features associated with push to start. The shop I work at regularly programs new BCM & FCM modules using a web based service. I'd have to imagine that this is something that could be retrofitted using Tahoe, Suburban or Escalade factory components but I'm not entirely sure. I'll have a look at the operational side of things tomorow on prodemand and maybe reach out to the programing service and see if they can be of any help. Anyone with familiarity of the components/operation within the Tahoe, Suburban, and Escalade push start system have anything to add?

  • Like 1
  • 7 months later...
CowboyD_719 New Member

CowboyD_719

Posted
Posted
On 4/3/2017 at 10:48 PM, JudgeDredd said:

Has anyone installed any after market push button start systems in their truck? And if so, what system did you go with and why?

 

I'm seeing systems ranging from $70 to $800, hoping someone has done the legwork!

Has anyone actually answered the question you asked.  I am currently researching the same thing and before I make that purchase I was looking to see if there were any inputs on the functionality of it versus any issues that they have caused.  There are option I can see but I am more worried about how will it affect the other workings of the truck.  I am looking for this install because I respond to emergencies with my truck with local agencies and would like to be able to leave it running while taking the fob in my pocket to keep it locked, I am also looking to have the remote start function with it.  I see the reason to install a single unit that covers both the desires I have.  

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.

  • Forum Statistics

    250.5k
    Total Topics
    2.7m
    Total Posts

  • Member Statistics

    342,947
    Total Members
    8,960
    Most Online
    Sothpaw27
    Newest Member
    Sothpaw27
    Joined

  • Who's Online   1 Member, 0 Anonymous, 414 Guests (See full list)

  • Latest Articles

  • Posts

    • Grumpy Bear
      Some Assembly is Required

      By Grumpy Bear · Posted

      www.enginelabs.com/news/what-i-learned-today-bearing-clearances-vs-oil-viscosities/     www.enginelabs.com/news/oil-viscosity-can-the-numbers-be-misleading/ The Big Lie… Coming full circle to the reason Lake discusses the Porsche engines in particular. Based on the 2000 samples in the SPEEDiagnostix database, increasing the oil viscosity in these engines, even those run on the track, showed no significant difference in results.   The smoking gun was in the oil chemistry. That is where the data shows higher instances of more wear. Molybdenum was the key; the higher the amount, the less the wear. Speed postulates that higher viscosity oils have more thickeners to artificially inflate their viscosity numbers. These thickeners lose viscosity under shear, and the result is that not all oils of the same viscosity have the same shear stability.   Having enough viscosity is the most important characteristic, but according to Speed, once that required viscosity level is reached, additive chemistry matters more than additional viscosity. Speed also states, oil pressure problems on the racetrack aren’t a viscosity problem; it’s an oiling system problem. Running a thicker oil is just a band-aid for an underlying oiling system problem.
    • Grumpy Bear
      Some Assembly is Required

      By Grumpy Bear · Posted

      Can it still be Assembled II?   Viscosity on the decline by various means. Heat on the rise making that worse. Engine RPM in the tank. Smaller motors with more boost trying to emulate an electric motor. Full torque, zero rpm. Then we will triple the OCI. Argh.    But wait....there is more. LSPI has pushed a shift from Ca to Mg and as that cost more PLUS the run to lower sulfur compounds the TBN is moving in the wrong direction for the increased OCI's demanded.    That not being enough to placate a demand for a parameter they can't measure the other sulfur bearing compounds are also under attack. That would be zinc and phosphorus sulfonate compounds. To some degree those are being replaced with boron esters and others, i.e. titanium ect. All of which have shorter service lives. And there there is the "Secrete Sauce" marketing for AW adds that 'Can't be detected by UOA's" but trust me because I (the blenders) never ever lie.    Spoiler alert; ALL additives are sacrificial! Smaller amounts of the old blended with less robust versions of the new do not equal longer service lives. So what are the blenders recommending? Wait for it.......   MOVING THE GOAL POSTS! OMG      Let's declare the long standing TAN/TBN crossover irrelevant and tell people that soot is a great 'graphite' based lubricant which can aid tribo films. Wait, what? Let's declare that the standards used for oxidation and nitration were to conservative and can be expanded. Let's tell them that because GDI fuel dilution, although being a VISCOSITY KILLER and an acid generator is actually okay because we have better base oils that limit viscosity failure limits. (Said knowing this is measured in fractions of a centipoise and in bases not commonly used in shelf oils)   Lying from the heart is not just the new normal but we have a public, a very young public, that is so ignorant of the facts and so sure of their "RESEARCH" into AI driven models base in regurgitated  instead of scientific research based unvarnished, peer reviewed FACTS that the incoming guard is loosing their grip on reality and the OEM's are tickled pink while the blends bend the knee.    You have an ever limited set of tools to work with. And sooner or later those will be taken from you as the API and the EPA strangle the last remaining fluids from the system. What you have left is your wits. If you care to use them.    At some point in the very near future it will not longer be possible to do "What is best for the machine", and be replaced with "The best you have access too". You WILL be rewarded with half the life and twice the cost. That isn't that hard to predict.         
    • Chuck FB
      Software Update

      By Chuck FB · Posted

      I trust you saw the other comment where he knew what he was talking about !. Yes, these darned newer vehicles with all their so smart they are stupid technology, goes and drains the battery down. As you might see my other comment, I installed a Noco 5 battery tender under the hood and at this point still have the cord routed so I have to lift the hood and then plug it in but am typically parked in a garage or a shed so its not risking the engine hood in the wind. That way I am assured or hopefully so of not finding I have a battery drawn down and can't even start the truck and that also damages the battery to draw it down too far. 
    • Chuck FB
      Software Update

      By Chuck FB · Posted

      I guess no surprise my guesses were wrong !, at least now I know if I ever happen to see it grayed out in my own truck as to what is going on.    I never happened to catch my truck with it grayed out, it seemed every time I would test to see if there was an update it never found anything and yet more than once I would check to see if there was an update and there was nothing, then a day later or even that same morning I would drive to town and after more than one engine shut down in town as I did my errands it would pop up that there is an update now ready to install and the only place I have a connection to the internet is at home by wifi so its not as if it grabbed the download while driving. I don't trust these new vehicles due to all the crap they can decide to do while sitting for some days not running and run the battery down so most of the time if I know the truck will sit for a few days I plug in the battery tender I have mounted under the hood and so the only time the truck must have downloaded software was when it was sitting in the garage where the signal is awful but I have that tender plugged in and somehow it managed to download it. I honestly detest all this crap, way to easy to leave a person stranded.    Since I don't trust any of it I don't do the install of the already downloaded software until I get home and sometimes have even sat in the truck to watch what its doing as its going through the process to its conclusion as its not like it is set up that it will tell you the next time you fire up the engine that the update that was initialed actually installed or installed properly. Yes I can go into the updates and see the list. After I go through the install where I feel its safe to do so in case it breaks down as a result, I will plug in the battery tender after the fact to recharge as I don't know how much power its taking just to do the install and that can take a while for it to install. 
    • nfisherman
      Software Update

      By nfisherman · Posted

      Thanks for the reply. All settings were correct and the engine was off, as it was supposed to be. It turned out to be something simple. I took a drive for about an hour. I must have had a low battery without knowing it. The voltage gauge on the display looked ok. At the end of my drive, I shut off the engine and the update prompt came up and it updated normally. It’s ironic because one of the features of the update is a reduction of battery drain. 

  • GM-Trucks.com Clubs

  • Popular Contributors

×
×
  • Create New...