Those who had Remote Start "Thrown In" on 2014 - What's your plan?
#16
I am in the same situation.
I confirmed with bwk in another thread and private message that you can install the remote start with nav and he has no issues. But our IS F-sport with nav are Canadian vehicles.
The difficult part is getting someone to use the techstream and program the remote starter. If you walk into any dealer, they won't do it because of liability issues. You need to know a Lexus tech to program it outside the dealer.
I am going to order the remote starter from Sewell next month and install to my 2014 IS250 F-sport with nav.
Will report back the result.
I am lucky to know a tech at a Lexus dealer that can program for me.
I confirmed with bwk in another thread and private message that you can install the remote start with nav and he has no issues. But our IS F-sport with nav are Canadian vehicles.
The difficult part is getting someone to use the techstream and program the remote starter. If you walk into any dealer, they won't do it because of liability issues. You need to know a Lexus tech to program it outside the dealer.
I am going to order the remote starter from Sewell next month and install to my 2014 IS250 F-sport with nav.
Will report back the result.
I am lucky to know a tech at a Lexus dealer that can program for me.
#18
#20
Those of you who have it, is it aftermarket or a Lexus accessory? Do you have NAV?
I find it odd how anyone who designs and builds a car couldn't figure this out, it's more like they just don't want to yet. I mean, my 2008 RDX has a plug and play OEM starter. Most brands, other than the German's, have this on even lower models.
I just don't want to have some scenario where they say they can't do it and I'm left deciding on some form of compensation of some aftermarket system that I don't want.
I find it odd how anyone who designs and builds a car couldn't figure this out, it's more like they just don't want to yet. I mean, my 2008 RDX has a plug and play OEM starter. Most brands, other than the German's, have this on even lower models.
I just don't want to have some scenario where they say they can't do it and I'm left deciding on some form of compensation of some aftermarket system that I don't want.
I am in the same situation.
I confirmed with bwk in another thread and private message that you can install the remote start with nav and he has no issues. But our IS F-sport with nav are Canadian vehicles.
The difficult part is getting someone to use the techstream and program the remote starter. If you walk into any dealer, they won't do it because of liability issues. You need to know a Lexus tech to program it outside the dealer.
I am going to order the remote starter from Sewell next month and install to my 2014 IS250 F-sport with nav.
Will report back the result.
I am lucky to know a tech at a Lexus dealer that can program for me.
I confirmed with bwk in another thread and private message that you can install the remote start with nav and he has no issues. But our IS F-sport with nav are Canadian vehicles.
The difficult part is getting someone to use the techstream and program the remote starter. If you walk into any dealer, they won't do it because of liability issues. You need to know a Lexus tech to program it outside the dealer.
I am going to order the remote starter from Sewell next month and install to my 2014 IS250 F-sport with nav.
Will report back the result.
I am lucky to know a tech at a Lexus dealer that can program for me.
#24
#25
Those with garages, be careful with these things..
http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/201...ector-ignition
http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/201...ector-ignition
#27
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.
#28
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.
They are pretty fool proof, but like anything, someone can mess it up out of pure negligence.
#29
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.
They are pretty fool proof, but like anything, someone can mess it up out of pure negligence.
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.
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