I'm going to purchase a plug and play remote start from my local Ford dealer this weekend. My question is has anyone installed it themselves? They want $700 to install the kit (including $298 for the remote start) and I just don't see how $400 justifies a "plug and play" kit.

Anyone who has purchased and installed themselves do I even need the dealership for anything and how easy was the install?

 

What year is your truck? Plug-n-play only works on 2011^ If you have a 2011-2014 it's as easy as plugging a connector into a module and attaching the antenna module above the glove box.

The dealer or someone with IDS will have to activate it before it will work.
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Quick search.


https://www.f150forum.com/f38/added-...4-f150-249126/


There are many more.

 

What they all said above ! I bought the remote & installed myself
in about 20 mins - the only sucky part is the dealer has to flash it
to the dash to work & my dealer didn't really like that I had half a brain & could read instructions - ended up charging me $80 which I know was a ripoff !! Trust us you can do it !!!!

 

FWIW my dealer charged me approx $120 for install, flash, programming and cutting the keys. I brought the starter to them.

 

I installed mine and cut the keys, my dealer charged me $90 to activate it. They didn't know how to do it either so I gave them the instructions. That's when I decided to buy IDS.

 

What's the ballpark price for IDS if you don't mind my asking?

 

$2,200 to start 1st yr then $700/yr there after for the software license.
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Did you need the hood latch switch the dealer said that they didn't know if I needed it but I see kits for about $150 on eBay so if I did need it I would just wanna know I have an XLT

also where is the module you need to plug into?

 

Bought a new OEM remote start off Ebay for $120 with 2 keys. Installed it in 30 minutes or so, got the keys cut for $1.00 each at the farmers market, programmed them myself (its right in the owners manual). While I was at the Quick Lane (at the dealership) getting my oil changed, I asked the guy if he had a IDS. He did and I asked him to do it for me and he did for free. It literally took 5 minutes. Just asks yes and no questions.