I know when you purchased your cars, you probably were shown the Lexus Enform App Suite and part of it includes remote starting your car through the app. I believe it's complimentary the first year, then you pay into a subscription if you want that access to your vehicle through the app (forgot how much it is).

I think the whole remote starting is cool from a technology perspective but I'm not a big fan of subscriptions especially when other brands have the remote start ability on the key fob itself. It is a pretty good business model for Lexus to keep that recurring payment via subscription for those that want to keep remote start access. I'd assume other luxury brands have already or are following this practice.

How many of you pay into the subscription to be able to remote start your car and check other vehicle settings/status? Do you think it's worth it?

 

 

If you are looking for another option while using the factory remote (remotes), I highly recommend the dball remote start, if you'd like to look into it.
3 clicks of the lock button will start the car. 3 clicks of it while running will shut off the car, otherwise I believe it runs on a 5 minute timer (which may be programmable but I haven't tried to change this) where then it shuts off to conserve fuel.

I have it on the LS, IS and used to have it on my CT.

 

 

 

How do you start the car with remote? I don't like using enform because it takes too long...

 

Read my post above.

 

No way! I'll definitely have to try it. I was never told that the key fobs that came with our car can remote start the vehicle (not even sure the owner's manual mentions anything about that either). And I'm also used to seeing a separate button strictly for a remote start of the car.

The salesman obviously pushed the Enform app when I was signing papers at the dealership. But just quickly clicking and releasing the lock button on the key fob 3 times starts the car, huh? If that's the case, I'd be amazed!

 

Hmm, you're right if that's the case. Any way of changing that?

 

It works, keep in mind the dball unit Im talking about is completely separate from the Enform app/setup. It's a fairly straightforward install, and it works like a charm.

Video (not my car):

 

If your Enform Service is expired, the remote start is disabled. You can't use the key fob to remote start the vehicle.

 

 

 

I dont have Lexus enform up here in Canada, so what you guys are talking about wasn't an option for me at the time. Although I know some cars have it up here now. I have the drone remote start system from compustar. Has the same issue as your normal Lexus one where there's no takeover procedure to keep the car running once you're in it. I pay the subscription. It has a basic GPS tracking unit in there so I can see where it is at all times. I know whether or not its locked, which helped a lot when I dropped it off at the dealer one time when they forgot to lock it in their publically accessible lot.

 

You may be right on this to a point.
I never had Enform on my LS, it wasn't activated, but I do know my LS has always been remote start-ready, per what the dealer told me. So maybe that's why the dball unit works just fine on my car along with in the previous vehicles I've owned.