remote start

[cfrey]

does anbody out there have a after market remote start in there ranger that has the pat system in it ?

 

[JP02XLT]

I have one in mine, I did not install it, I have a friend who professionally sells & installs these out of his Audio shop & what he briefly explained to me is that in the PATS system there are 4 available slots for keys that are capable to start the truck, the remote system is programmed like a key & takes up one of the slots in the pats system, His reason for explaining it this way was if I needed 4 people to have keys to my truck someone was not going to be happy, as after the install I would only have 3 keys available, as he was using one of the slots for the remote start module.

Sorry I dont know much more about it than that, maybe someone else has more info.

By the way my remote starter works great & have never had any problems with it, it's an Omega brand, one of the higher end models, he has sold & installed thousands over the past 10 years with very few problems.

JP02XLT

 

[TomB1269]

You have to get a PATS module, usually an additional piece that makes the truck think a key is in the ingition with a chip. Not Argue with JP02XLT but the key count is 8 if you lose enough key where you have to program a 9th, then the PATS module has to be reset (dealer only) and you start from scratch(ie replace all keys)