Installed a Remote Starter

[ZZman]

Wife wanted a remote starter on her Ford Fusion. Got one from pluginstarters.com. The unit plugs into the back of the OBD connector and must be programmed. The instructions were poor, but I finally figured it out. It uses the vehicle key fob to activate the starter.

Happy wife, semi happy life.... Lol

P. S: Any one else do their own?

 

[E150GT]

I didn't install ours as it came factory but I do know that if there's a check engine light mine won't work. My wife could care less about an engine light being on but she won't put up with a remote start not working so I had to promptly fix the code. Ymmv

 

[Donald]

Sounds slick. As opposed to the ones that need to be connected to a bunch of specific wires.

I had one added to my 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee. It was intent on locking the door at every opportunity. In more than one case I was outside the vehicle with the engine running when it locked the doors. In one case I had to break a window.

 

[AutoMechanic]

My mom wants one but we don’t do aftermarket stuff and I don’t feel like messing with the computer to program it. I can’t stand them myself but glad your wife is happy lol. At least it’s not factory or it would have problems from my experience.

 

[sluggo]

I added a Fortin remote starter to my 2016 Mazda CX-9. It also uses the factory remote and is activated by pushing the lock button three times in succession. Rather that the OBD port, it used a harness to tap into some wires in the steering column area and had to be programmed using a Fortin device. There were fantastic direction on how to install on the www.mazdas247.com forum.

My wife also loves it. Good investment.

 

[Randol]

I put one on my wife's 17 Wrangler, plug and play. got it at 12VSolutions.

 

[Hall]

I installed a truly plug-and-play one, probably identical to the one you used, on my wife's Fusion as well. Many Fords can use this same module (when pre-programmed for the vehicle) and a simple T-harness that goes inline to the back of the ODBII port. Does yours integrate into the left-hand instrument cluster menus ? Ours did - remote start enable/disable, runtime (5, 10, 15 minutes), various climate options, heated seats options, and so on.

 

[ZZman]

I installed a truly plug-and-play one, probably identical to the one you used, on my wife's Fusion as well. Many Fords can use this same module (when pre-programmed for the vehicle) and a simple T-harness that goes inline to the back of the ODBII port. Does yours integrate into the left-hand instrument cluster menus ? Ours did - remote start enable/disable, runtime (5, 10, 15 minutes), various climate options, heated seats options, and so on.

Not sure, I will have to check. It does default to the last climate control settings.

 

[Snagglefoot]

Just wondering if it covers the first Gen Fusion as well as 2nd Gen.

 

[Snagglefoot]

Wife wanted a remote starter on her Ford Fusion. Got one from pluginstarters.com. The unit plugs into the back of the OBD connector and must be programmed. The instructions were poor, but I finally figured it out. It uses the vehicle key fob to activate the starter.

Happy wife, semi happy life.... Lol

P. S: Any one else do their own?

What year Fusion? Also, this is the first time I heard about this. It used to be a low ball ad would attract a person to the shop and then they would have all the module add-on requirements, coming up with a system that cost more than a $1000 and butchered your wiring.

 

[tyman]

I installed a truly plug-and-play one, probably identical to the one you used, on my wife's Fusion as well. Many Fords can use this same module (when pre-programmed for the vehicle) and a simple T-harness that goes inline to the back of the ODBII port. Does yours integrate into the left-hand instrument cluster menus ? Ours did - remote start enable/disable, runtime (5, 10, 15 minutes), various climate options, heated seats options, and so on.

This is what I got for my Fusion when I had it as well. Got it off Ebay.

 

[Hall]

Just wondering if it covers the first Gen Fusion as well as 2nd Gen. Also, this is the first time I heard about this. It used to be a low ball ad would attract a person to the shop...

As far as I'm aware, it's only for 2nd-generation Fusions, i.e. 2013 and newer. See my link below... Check one of his listings for the "install" video. As I said above, it's very much plug-and-play.

This is what I got for my Fusion when I had it as well. Got it off Ebay.

I bought mine from a guy in New Jersey. He buys and programs the modules (they're cheap, like $40, but not programmed) and says he builds the T-Harness. He's changed his eBay name over time but this is him.

 

[Hall]

Just wondering if it covers the first Gen Fusion as well as 2nd Gen.

Here's one for 2010-2012 Fusions. It's not as simple as for 2nd-gens but just has a few extra plugs. They generally go inline with existing connections which means unplug a connector, put his connector in the same place, then take the connection to unplugged into the other end of his harness. Repeat that for other connections.

 

[ZZman]

What year Fusion? Also, this is the first time I heard about this. It used to be a low ball ad would attract a person to the shop and then they would have all the module add-on requirements, coming up with a system that cost more than a $1000 and butchered your wiring.

2014. But they make them for 2010-2012. Mine was only 109.00

 

[tyman]

As far as I'm aware, it's only for 2nd-generation Fusions, i.e. 2013 and newer. See my link below... Check one of his listings for the "install" video. As I said above, it's very much plug-and-play.


I bought mine from a guy in New Jersey. He buys and programs the modules (they're cheap, like $40, but not programmed) and says he builds the T-Harness. He's changed his eBay name over time but this is him.

Yep, I just checked my Ebay page. The one I got was from him.

 

[ZZman]

Not sure, I will have to check. It does default to the last climate control settings.

I just checked and it does work with the menus.

 

[Bird's_Garage]

I have a start-x branded one, but it is a Fortin. Plugs into the back of the OBD2 port with a T harness. I think I've had mine for 6 months or so. Works great. It's probably one of the best things I've done to my truck.