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Guys this is remote start. Not a key fob entry/start service.

Sometimes this can be done via cell phone app. And there is always a monthly subscription for this option.

But no it is not a monthly subscription for starting your car with your key fob in the pocket.



Starting the car using the key fob in your pocket is literally what the whole article is about.

> Key fob remote start has nothing to do with an app, nor does the car or the fob communicate with any servers managed by Toyota.


That’s not what I read. Starting the car with the key fob or previously known as “remote start” which you had to pay like 800$ for, is what the subscription is about.

You can still open the car with key fob in hand. And sit in and start the car with key fob in pocket.


You can not use the key fob to remote start 2018 or later Toyota vehicles without a Remote Connect membership: https://www.toyota.com/content/dam/toyota/brochures/pdf/conn...


Ummm, no.




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