You can do this by pressing the start button twice. If your car starts, you've confirmed it has remote start functionality, and you'll be able to use it up to 300 feet away from your vehicle.

Having a car stall seemingly at random is a pretty alarming problem to have, especially if after stalling it refuses to start back up again (let this author’s misadventures with an early 2000s ...

She shows us that her 2025 Ford Explorer refuses to start via the standard brake/push button ignition steps, with the vehicle’s pre-start accessory mode popping up on the instrument panel.

You can now use your phone to access and drive your car—but so can hackers. With more vehicles getting over-the-air (OTA) updates and even some remote control features via smartphone apps such ...