To the consternation of some owners, Toyota's remote start key fob functionality requires a paid $8 per month subscription service, The Drive has discovered. The issue only applies to 2018 and later ...

Want to Remote-Start Your Toyota With a Fob? That'll Be $8 Per Month Toyota's Connected Services package includes Remote Connect, which supports smartphone-based remote starts. However, Toyota will ...

Toyota owners whose car models are from 2018 or later need to pay $8 a month to keep using their key fob’s remote start feature. Unless they’ve read the fine print, owners may be unfamiliar with this ...

Q. I have a 2005 Honda Civic and the remote key fob has partially stopped working, but the power lock buttons work fine. When I press the "unlock" button on the fob, the doors unlock. But when I press ...

In the Odyssey, Homer repeatedly describes the spreading light of a new day as “rosy-fingered dawn.” The dawn of subscription-based vehicle features is upon us, but instead of rosy fingers, these are ...

Remember when BMW wanted to charge drivers to use Apple CarPlay? How about the subscription required for the Mercedes EQS’s rear-wheel steering functionality in Europe? It turns out that luxury ...

In a move that has ignited a firestorm of criticism, Mazda has quietly eliminated the traditional key fob remote start feature from its latest models and instead made it exclusively accessible through ...

While you can program traditional ignition barrel-based keys in the car, modern smart key fobs need to be coded to the individual car's computer as that controls the security system. This means the ...

Earlier this month, we broke a story about Toyota locking its key fob remote start function behind a monthly subscription. If owners of certain models aren’t actively enrolled in a larger Toyota ...

Current Toyota drivers might not be thrilled about having to subscribe just to remotely start from their key fobs, but what about new buyers? There's mixed news. The automaker told Roadshow in a ...

A car key fob's remote functionality can be impacted due to some external or internal reasons. Think about a situation. You are all geared up for a road trip this winter and suddenly tragedy strikes.