Try disconnecting and by-passing the remote starter system.

 

regardless of what kind of alarm remote he has... he should still be able to turn on the lights... ive never installed or seen an alarm system (aftermarket that is ) that completley bypasses all controls for the driver... i know there tapped into every damn circuit..but never take complete control

 

i agree

 

ryan you seem to have a good deal of 12 volt knowledge... you ever install?

 

yah lol i work in an instal shop i do lots of 12volts and also lots of bling bling (shiney stuff), wintches bumpers/bushguards, hitches, i could go on and on... basically anything you can add on aftemarket excluting drivetrain preformance (i do i little on diesels)


we tend to end up chatting on threds quite often lol sorry to everyone else for stealing em

 

lol thats funny...my name is ryan (assuming thats your name) and i used to install...did it for about 4 yrs.. on and off... are you MECP cert?

 

yah my name is ryan, and ive never herd of MECP? i live in canada thow so is it something in the US? amoung outher things i used to drive truck im a Journeyman (Cert) Welder did that for a while now im working as an instaler things i did a 4 week 12v eletrical corce dont know what you would call it exactley

damm my spelling sux i half to always edit it after to fix it lol

 

jackin a thread again .. sorry

MECP stands for Moble Electronic Certification Program.. mainly a legal liscence so everyone knows you took a test and passed so you know waht your talking about... means nothing if you dont have experience... i started to study for it but then i left the intsall business for a while... you guys may not have it up in cananda... i know its international but if your out of the US ..no one cares about it.

 

back to the problem, how cold is it out there?

i knwo when i used to drive a chevy 6.2 diesel and it got super cold out, it would turn maybe twice and then dead. no lights, nothing. i had paralleled brand new 1100 cca batteries, and when i tried to jump it it would do nothing but drain the donor car to the point that i would have two dead vehicles.

eventually i took both batteries out, charged them full, plugged in my block heater, and changed the alternator. then it started and never had the same problem again all winter.

when the truck was running, what was the voltmeter in the cab reading? it could be an insufficient charge, you may even need to get a higher output alt depending on your alarm/starter system and what kind of stereo you are running. (i.e. an amp and some big subs)