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 ...

Toyota's Connected Services package includes Remote Connect, which supports smartphone-based remote starts. However, Toyota will now charge $8 per month to remotely start newer cars with a key fob, ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

While you can lose standard car keys, leave them in the cabin or break them, your remote key fob can also eventually stop working. Keep reading to troubleshoot your broken key fob. A car remote is not ...

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 ...

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 ...