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FORTIN - Remote Starter

Discussion in '2.5 Gen Tundras (2014-2021)' started by mtTundra, Dec 17, 2018.

  1. Dec 17, 2018 at 8:24 AM
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    mtTundra

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    I know lots of guys on here have had great success with this module but I wanted to share my recent experience for anyone who is considering buying this.

    I purchased a FORTIN EVO ONE back in Jan from Anderson Electronics (as recommended on this site). Overall they were okay as a seller. Took them 2 weeks to ship my unit because they missed my email back to them answering their questions about my vehicle.

    It was the middle of winter and life got in the way so I didn't get around installing this until June/July of this year. Attempted the install and got thru everything except the programming of the unit would not complete. The part where it says "wait for the blue lights to flash" this never happens.

    So I call Fortin they tell me about the THAR7 harness they've since released so I go and buy that from Anderson electronics thinking that would solve the problem... same issue.
    Call Fortain again they say it has the wrong programming on it and I need the flashlink... okay buying more parts, tear truck apart again... same issue after updating to most recent version.

    Just got off the phone with Fortin again who effectively told me "We wont help, call your retailer".
    Reaching out to Anderson to see what he can do but being that we are almost a year into this I doubt anything.

    Sorry for the long story, if anyone has ideas I'd greatly apprecaite them or if you have an alternative remote start you would recommend. If you are considering Fortin be wary their customer support is probably the worst I've ever experienced.
     
  2. Dec 17, 2018 at 9:09 AM
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    I had issue with programming as well. Make sure headlight and fog light switches are in off position. My issue was the fog light was in ON position. Took me about two hours rechecking everything and calling. As soon as I set the fog switch on the off position, it programmed as instructed. BTW, I bought both of them from same vendor and installed them myself, one for me and my bro. Same issue with programming, both headlight and fog light switches have to be in the OFF positions.
     
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  3. Dec 17, 2018 at 9:20 AM
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    I can't say anything about the install, because I paid someone to do it (they didn't have any problems and it works perfectly), but I can say that I bought mine from the same seller and had a great experience with them. They shipped mine out within a week and it showed up at my door the next day.
     
  4. Dec 17, 2018 at 11:47 AM
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    I bought mine from Andersen as well and installed it myself and had no trouble programming. My only issue was that the alarm kept sounding every time I remote started. I emailed Andersen and within 5 minutes we had exchanged several emails and pinpointed the problem to a wire within the harness that wasn't connected. I corrected that and it has been flawless since.
     
  5. Dec 17, 2018 at 12:27 PM
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    good to know I tend to leave the auto setting on so that could be related.
     
  6. Dec 17, 2018 at 12:56 PM
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    I do the same thing since fog don't activate unless headlights are on.

    I wish they included that in the instructions, both headlights and fog switches must be in OFF position before programming. I called both Fortin and Anderson on it. They told me it doesn't matter, but it does on both my installations, mine and bro.
     

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