Remote Start improvement

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Quint

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Minnesota
Ram Year
2021 Big Horn 1500
Engine
5.7L v8 eTorque
The remote start distance sucks on most factory systems. Our Rams are no different. My range is about 50 feet at best. I know about bringing the FOB to your chin/head so that your bodily fluids help conduct the signal better. However, what I have consistently found works best for me is to unlock the doors first and then remote start.

Most days I can stand at 40 or 50 feet and the remote start won't activate. Sometimes the dash lights up but it won't crank. In either case, I can usually get the doors to unlock at a farther distance. Once the doors unlock I hit the remote start button twice and it usually starts even when it wouldn't have done it from the same distance before unlocking the doors.

It doesn't make a lot of sense but it does improve my remote start range.
 

madtrucker2016

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New York
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2023
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5.7 Hemi
The remote start distance sucks on most factory systems. Our Rams are no different. My range is about 50 feet at best. I know about bringing the FOB to your chin/head so that your bodily fluids help conduct the signal better. However, what I have consistently found works best for me is to unlock the doors first and then remote start.

Most days I can stand at 40 or 50 feet and the remote start won't activate. Sometimes the dash lights up but it won't crank. In either case, I can usually get the doors to unlock at a farther distance. Once the doors unlock I hit the remote start button twice and it usually starts even when it wouldn't have done it from the same distance before unlocking the doors.

It doesn't make a lot of sense but it does improve my remote start range.

Use uconnect remote start it will start your truck from another state if you want
 

cityredneck

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arlington, tx
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2017
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5.7
I've tried using the uconnect app on my android phone lately and it is slow as hell. I can request the unlock on the truck, wait 2 minutes, then I go into the house, get the keys, come back out and unlock the truck with the fob once i'm by the door. the entire time the app is still sending the request saying it may take more than 30 seconds.
 
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