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Old Aug 11, 2012 | 12:44 AM
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Mine does this on occasion. Usually if I have not done a key start since opening the hood. A key start always fixes it, albeit temporarily.
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Old Aug 11, 2012 | 09:16 AM
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Well I'm glad I'm not the only one. It's worked perfectly for the two weeks I've owned the truck until yesterday. I wonder if the hood sensor or something is acting funky.
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Old Aug 11, 2012 | 11:01 AM
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Same thing has happened to me in the past two weeks. Worked fine since we bought it, now it's hit n miss. The lock button on the remote isn't working every time either. The truck is 6 months old, maybe the battery in the remote is dying. I bet it's the cheapest cell they could put in there so it could be half dead.
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Old Aug 11, 2012 | 11:20 AM
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Mine did it if I turned the truck off inadvertently without putting the truck in park. Like everyone else said a key start will fix a lot of things.

Also like ONTF221 said going into the menu and turning if off and back on can work too. I had my memory seats not work and turning if off and back on worked for me. It's worth a shot.

Good Luck!
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Old Aug 11, 2012 | 01:33 PM
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Silly question.
Have you replaced any of your internal lights with LEDs?

When I intiially replaced my Front map lights with LEDs (crappy quality ones) my auto start would trigger the 'door open' response.
Figured the LEDs were the issue as when I replaced with stock bulbs... it worked again.

Got a better setof LEDs and tried the auto-start... no issues.

Just tossing this out there *** a scenario I went through and if it helps... all the better.
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Old Aug 11, 2012 | 01:48 PM
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Originally Posted by ABN Panzer
Silly question.
Have you replaced any of your internal lights with LEDs?

When I intiially replaced my Front map lights with LEDs (crappy quality ones) my auto start would trigger the 'door open' response.
Figured the LEDs were the issue as when I replaced with stock bulbs... it worked again.

Got a better setof LEDs and tried the auto-start... no issues.

Just tossing this out there *** a scenario I went through and if it helps... all the better.
I got LEDs inside...they probably been in there for 5 months before the remote issue.

We're all being tracked, wrap your antennas in aluminum foil!
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Old Aug 11, 2012 | 01:53 PM
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The last time this happened, my CEL was on and off to the dealer I went.
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Old Aug 11, 2012 | 03:16 PM
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No led lights. No cel. Just honked and wouldn't start. It's worked fine so far today. Who knows. Electrical brain fart I guess.
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Old Aug 11, 2012 | 03:26 PM
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You remote start your truck around where I live you may as well be dialing 911 at the same time because your truck is going to gone like yesterday.
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Old Aug 11, 2012 | 03:31 PM
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Originally Posted by TheWhiteBeast
You remote start your truck around where I live you may as well be dialing 911 at the same time because your truck is going to gone like yesterday.
No it wont because you still need to put the the key in to get it out of park
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