[CalgaryZL1]

Originally Posted by Capricio

Reviving since I can't find any clear guidance on a pervasive problem:

I let my GF drive my car ONE TIME while I got her SUV serviced, and remote start quit working. 2023 2SS A10, I have tried lock, hold start the orange lights blink after 4 seconds when the car SHOULD start but nothing happens. I have tried unlock, lock, and hold start, same result. Hood is closed. Fluids are full. No SES light. Tried both fobs, same result, mileage is only 2650 or so. Is there ANYTHING left to try before I take this in to the dealer and risk looking like an idiot for something simple? Is there something she could have done while messing with controls that somehow disabled remote start? This is really frustrating.

Have you driven it after GF drove it? Sometimes if it is moved very short distance it won’t work. May need to drive around block and see if that resets it?

[Anjilslaire]

My chevy cars all remote start with:


Lock>Lock>Remote Start

[Evergreen6]

This is the correct procedure.

I'm not sure what the OP has done to troubleshoot so far, but always RTFM just in case.

[CalgaryZL1]

Originally Posted by Evergreen6

This is the correct procedure.

I'm not sure what the OP has done to troubleshoot so far, but always RTFM just in case.

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The guy knows the correct starting procedure and both fobs are not functioning properly, the only procedure he didn’t follow, was letting his GF drive the car.

[Capricio]

Originally Posted by CalgaryZL1

Have you driven it after GF drove it? Sometimes if it is moved very short distance it won’t work. May need to drive around block and see if that resets it?

I was skeptical, but after a somewhat crappy day at work I figured I'd give this guidance a shot. I did actually move the car around my driveway last night, but only a very short distance. So, this evening I drove a somewhat vigorous 5-6 miles in my surrounding area and put it back in the exact same spot it wasn't working from 10 minutes earlier when I left. Got out, clicked lock, held start, lights blinked as predicted, and VIOLA, it started again. So, thanks, I guess, for telling me to flog the demon out of it.

[CalgaryZL1]

Originally Posted by Capricio

I was skeptical, but after a somewhat crappy day at work I figured I'd give this guidance a shot. I did actually move the car around my driveway last night, but only a very short distance. So, this evening I drove a somewhat vigorous 5-6 miles in my surrounding area and put it back in the exact same spot it wasn't working from 10 minutes earlier when I left. Got out, clicked lock, held start, lights blinked as predicted, and VIOLA, it started again. So, thanks, I guess, for telling me to flog the demon out of it.

That’s good to hear, I know with my GMC truck if I pull it out of the garage and Park it and then try to start with the remote It doesn’t work until the vehicle gets over a certain speed or a certain distance I’m not sure.

[Capricio]

Its doing it again. Orange blinkers flash after 4 seconds indicating the signal is received, but no start. Taking it in for warranty evaluation, hopefully I reproduce the problem with the service guy watching.

[CamaroGen6]

Originally Posted by Capricio

Its doing it again. Orange blinkers flash after 4 seconds indicating the signal is received, but no start. Taking it in for warranty evaluation, hopefully I reproduce the problem with the service guy watching.

What was the update from Chevy when you took it in for warranty evaluation?

My 2020 2SS has been doing this intermittent denied remote start since I bought it. My typical chevy dealership "couldn't replicate the problem" which pretty much told me that their techs were incompetent and none of them even owns an A10 2019 or newer camaro because everyone I know that has one has reported the same issue. I've decided to just live with it.
For me, when the remote control fails to remote start the car, so does the mychevy app. I can also see a CEL in the dashboard when it denies the remote start, but it goes away when the car turns on and my obd2 reader doesnt pick up the code when i hook it up. The only trick I've found to get it to work is to do what others have said which is unlock the car with the remote, wait a full second, lock the car, wait another second, then retry the remote start button. Sometimes it takes 3 attempts.

[R_Mac_1]

Originally Posted by ste1n

Somebody here suggested unlocking car first before remote starting it. Supposedly unlocking the car first helps waking up all the systems in the car. I always follow this sequence unlock button > lock button > hold down remote start button. I never have any problems.

I do the same. It seems to prevent the issue where the exhaust sound option disappears. I was having that happen like 20% of the time.

[RIPws6]

When this happens I hit the start button again..wait on the flash. Then lock then start. It works every time.

[arpad_m]

Originally Posted by RIPws6

When this happens I hit the start button again..wait on the flash. Then lock then start. It works every time.

Well, part of the idea with remote start is to be able to do that without being in a direct line of sight, say, from inside your home or another building. (Heck, if someone coughs up the embarrassing monthly payment for onstar, they can even do that using the phone app from anywhere in the world, not that it'd be a great idea.)

If I'm already close enough to see the flash, I'm less than 30 seconds from getting into the car and starting it normally...

[CalgaryZL1]

Yes, all these extra steps seem kind of confusing, you hit the lock you hit the start button and it starts, is the usual scenario.

[RIPws6]

Originally Posted by arpad_m

Well, part of the idea with remote start is to be able to do that without being in a direct line of sight, say, from inside your home or another building. (Heck, if someone coughs up the embarrassing monthly payment for onstar, they can even do that using the phone app from anywhere in the world, not that it'd be a great idea.)

If I'm already close enough to see the flash, I'm less than 30 seconds from getting into the car and starting it normally...

Understood.
The walk to my car is just shy of 70 yards so the few times that has happened to me I have it running before I’m halfway there.
I started my car from the 6th floor of a hospital once. I was visiting a room facing the parking area and was about to leave. I figured I’d give it a shot.
Was surprised to see it fire up. Came in handy as it was pretty cold outside that day.