Hermes

Will that work with the App or do you need an extra key fob to use it?

StraySheep

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Should just work with key fob. Not with app.

Lexus Canada does not have enform.

Hermes

Do you know if/when it will come to Canada? If so, I wonder if Lexus Canada will offer a paid version of Enform?

StraySheep

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I don't know. But don't believe lexus canada has any plans to bring enform to canada.

faisal11ir

Mine came with the car and it's genuine Lexus RES, Check the RES tag


This is really weird they should've equipped all IS 350s at least with it.....

CJW

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Does your car have Nav?

faisal11ir

Fully loaded with Navigation.

CJW

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So why do some many people seem to have an issue with this? Seems like it exists and works, yet Lexus

Hermes

I think if enough people complained, they would change their position on the 2014 3IS nav-RES issue

dasbuch

Those with garages, be careful with these things..

http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/201...ector-ignition

CJW

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Why? That article was someone leaving her ignition on. Most remote starts have a10 minute limit anyway and it's pretty stupid to run it in a closed garage. They also don't start out of the blue.

dasbuch

Interesting, didn't know about the 10 minute limit. I don't know how long it takes for brain damage to set in from CO, but I'm pretty sure nobody wants the stuff injected straight from their garage into their home even if they are able to cut the engine before they fall over.

I know they don't start by themselves but anything tied to any other sort of remote is subject to a bug (bugs? that never happens with Lexus car electronics does it?. I don't know if it's possible a child could accidentally start it with a keyfob -- also if the remote starter is on a phone connected to the Internet it could be subject to hacks as well.

I do agree that the 10 minute limit will probably save a lot of lives, but you know if you can't trust the battery to retain a charge then I'm not sure I'd gamble my entire families life on the 10 minute killswitch working 100% of the time. I'm not saying be paranoid I'm just saying be careful.

CJW

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I've them for decades as far back as my 1987 Plymouth Sundance. You're probably just as likely your car starting itself as the fob starting the car out of the blue. I don't have kid though and if or when I do, my remote start keys won't be a toy.

They are pretty fool proof, but like anything, someone can mess it up out of pure negligence.

dasbuch

I always think about the state trooper and his family that died when their Lexus was turned into a moving fireball all because of a poorly installed floor mat. Floor mat technology seems uncomplicated enough, yet many decades of refined floor mat design couldn't save a family of four from death in a fiery car. Most folks can look at that story and say they've been driving for decades and never had a floor mat cause a fatal accident, but the issue is not the frequency of occurrence as much as the consequences at stake on the small chance that it does occur.

For example if my key fob was capable of remotely starting my car, I'd be damn sure the battery was always current in my fob (I wouldn't depend on Lexus service intervals to change it when they're supposed to) and I might even look into ventilation for the place the car was stored. Regardless of individual key fob experiences, anyone who has a variety of experience with wireless electronics knows they do not always behave as designed. Those like me who work with these things for a living understand at an even more focused level some of the reasons why they glitch out, which gives us more cause for concern than probably the average consumer that hasn't thought about things at that level of depth yet.

I'm sure Lexus has covered most of the safety risk areas they can think of, and that will keep 99.9% of users from death by key fob, but it's usually not until that last .01% finds a new risk the hard way that something gets done about it. Another reason I'm reluctant to be early adopters of technology, including features like this in early year model cars.