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, ...

Modern cars have a lot of conveniences—interactive infotainment, maps, advanced safety systems, and even autonomous driving. All of these newer additions make a remote-start with a key fob seem like ...

A key fob, also called a keyless entry remote or keyless transmitter, controls your vehicle’s locks, trunk and alarm from a distance. Every key fob must be programmed to connect with a vehicle before ...

The days of replacing a car key by having an inexpensive blank copied and cut at a hardware store are pretty much over. Most new cars today come either with a push-button start system or keyless entry ...

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 ...

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 ...

Today’s new cars pack in more high-tech electronic features than ever before, and that includes in the key fob. The device has gone far beyond simply locking or unlocking doors, starting a car ...

Automakers keep trying to get a piece of that sweet, sweet subscription income. Now, it’s Toyota’s turn. In terms of technology, this remote-start feature is no different from using the fob to unlock ...