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Has anyone installed remote start on their 2018 R DSG? Any info will be much appreciated!
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I'm having a remote start installed on my 2018 GTI. It's at the shop now and should be ready by the morning. Its a Compustar with Drone Mobile. I did get a 3rd key because you have to "leave a key".
Does having the "third key" basically disable the immobilizer? By doing that, you're decreasing the theft resistance of the car.
There actually is an option in Europe from the factory that runs through the stock entertainment unit. Instead of being your run-of-the-mill remote start, it is a separate gasoline (or diesel - depending on the fuel) engine that circulates and heats the coolant. Once heated, the fans come on to heat the cabin.Correct. If the remote start unit doesn't have direct access to the immobilizer, then the hidden key "solves" that problem.
I myself have absolutely no problems with how quickly the car cools or warms the interior, and I don't let my car idle in order to warm it up (that only damages it), so I've never looked into a remote start.
(But if I had a big black car or minivan...)
I do remember reading that the VW global cars (Golf, etc.) don't have this as a factory option because unattended idling is illegal in many European countries--but that their US-only cars do offer this feature from the factory.
Does having the "third key" basically disable the immobilizer? By doing that, you're decreasing the theft resistance of the car.
Actually, it does.No it doesn't. The battery is removed from the key and it sends the immobilizer signal only during remote start. As long as your installer does a good job hiding the key in the car it is just as secure as factory. It would take hours for someone to find the key the way we install them at our shop.
About $800 all in?
Actually, it does.
If the battery is removed then it can't "send a signal" on demand.
Whenever you fool the system into believing that a key is present, then you are deactivating the immobilizer.
How, pray tell, does the key "send a signal on demand" without the battery?You have no idea what you are talking about. You can send the signal with the battery out. You are only fooling the system to believing a key is present during remote start.
You have no idea what you are talking about. You can send the signal with the battery out. You are only fooling the system to believing a key is present during remote start.
I'm intrigued. Can you elaborate?
Are you saying that when installed properly, the "third" transponder key gets energized by induction provided by the remote start unit when it's activated? And that when the remote start unit is not engaged, the "third" transponder key is essentially dead because it's too far away from the car's inductive key cylinder ring? That would be pretty ingenious.
How, pray tell, does the key "send a signal on demand" without the battery?
What it can - and will - do, i fool the car into believing the key is in the car by having the key within close proximity to the receiver - ergo the issue the poster had above.