Lexus key fobs are published as having '80 range.
Walls, underground garage posts, kryptonite all seem to diminish the range

 

Most of us would love a chance to look for the fob. OK. If the car is driven 50 feet away from the house will it still start? If so, then the fob is definitely in the car. In that case, it will just take consistent looking.

I lost my main fob when I bought my car. Could not find it for 4 months. Then one day I put on my bathrobe hanging in my closet and there it was in the pocket. I was so so so happy.

 

This thread title should be renamed to

Remote Range......sucks

 

The bigger the head the better the range .

 

My remote range is dog crap on the IS 500 compared to my IS 250. I can be two car lengths away from it looking at the car the remote doesn’t do anything. Compared to my 2012 IS 250 which inside a house still works fine. I keep both keys on me to do the garage shuffle. Range issue could be a security thing.

 

Same. It's absolutely worthless. I was literally right by my car trying to remote start it, and nothing happened.

 

my remote range is dog sh*t too. i thought there's an issue but it seems i'm not the only one experiencing this.

 

Same here. I was surprised at how short the effective range is for my fob.

2023 IS500

 

Yup I thought my remote was defective or acting up. I was so confused.

 

I’ve got the same setup 2012 and 2025. I find it funny the 2012 key has the FCC and denso on the back but on the 2025 it’s on the front. Also separately, it drives me crazy that my 2012 has passenger lumbar but my 2025 500 does not.

 

The saving grace is that if someone tries to steal our signal to make an extra key to take our cars, they'll be $hit out of luck (lol)

 

2023, range is very bad.

It makes the Remote Start on these cars doubly useless. It was already dumb that it shuts off the when the door opens. But with the range as short as it is, if I'm walking towards the car, by the time its picking up signal I'm going to be standing at the door in less than 10 seconds. It takes about 7 seconds to do the Remote Start dance.

I've been hoping to find an aftermarket Remote Start unit because the factory one may as well not exist with how limited it is.

 

Not to mention the roll down window option with fob also useless.... SMH

 

i wish somebody found a way to boost our remote distance but i highly doubt it's possible

 

I decided to test remote start again. I stood right beside the car and tried numerous times. Nada...Zip...Zilch. It doesn't work.