Remote Start won't work
Pole Position
Joined: Jan 2005
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From: Florida
The motor stopping when the door is opened is the way it is surposed to work.
Driver School Candidate
Joined: Jul 2012
Posts: 32
Likes: 10
From: Colorado
Thanks for the heads up-2015 included? I really have no reason to use remote start if it dies when the door opens- kind of defeats the point when I have to start it again.
Pole Position
Joined: Jan 2005
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From: Florida
I have family in Wisconsin and you will never say it is not of any use when it is 30 below and you can get into a 75 degree vehicle and only have to restart the vehicle.
Have it it your way.
Last edited by ggebhardt; Jun 17, 2017 at 02:32 PM.
Driver
Joined: Jan 2017
Posts: 73
Likes: 11
From: BC
it is the way it works. Lexus does this as a safety feature to make sure the FOB is available to restart and allow the vehicle to move. No way around this. I have never used the remote start as there is little use for it in Florida.
I have family in Wisconsin and you will never say it is not of any use when it is 30 below and you can get into a 75 degree vehicle and only have to restart the vehicle.
Have it it your way.
I have family in Wisconsin and you will never say it is not of any use when it is 30 below and you can get into a 75 degree vehicle and only have to restart the vehicle.
Have it it your way.
Driver School Candidate
Joined: Jul 2012
Posts: 32
Likes: 10
From: Colorado
Totally get it just funny we have to kill the vehicle to restart it. Here in Colorado its "illegal" to start the vehicle to warm it up/cool it off etc so I would NEVER do that HAHA
Thanks again for clarifying
Thanks again for clarifying
it is the way it works. Lexus does this as a safety feature to make sure the FOB is available to restart and allow the vehicle to move. No way around this. I have never used the remote start as there is little use for it in Florida.
I have family in Wisconsin and you will never say it is not of any use when it is 30 below and you can get into a 75 degree vehicle and only have to restart the vehicle.
Have it it your way.
I have family in Wisconsin and you will never say it is not of any use when it is 30 below and you can get into a 75 degree vehicle and only have to restart the vehicle.
Have it it your way.
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Driver School Candidate
Joined: Dec 2016
Posts: 29
Likes: 4
From: Arizona
Got it to Work!
2015 LX; No enform subscription.
Read through all of the posts regarding Remote Start.
Thank you, all: extremely helpful posts.
I locked the doors with the key fob.
Quickly pressed LOCK - LOCK - then pressed & held LOCK for about 6 seconds.
Nothing happened (that I could see) for the 6 seconds; then the lights on the side mirrors flashed & the engine started!
As soon as I opened the door, the engine stopped (as noted in several of the above posts).
It's hot here in AZ; very nice to be able to start the car (AC on) a while before getting in!
Thanks, everyone, this was a successful thread.
Bob
Read through all of the posts regarding Remote Start.
Thank you, all: extremely helpful posts.
I locked the doors with the key fob.
Quickly pressed LOCK - LOCK - then pressed & held LOCK for about 6 seconds.
Nothing happened (that I could see) for the 6 seconds; then the lights on the side mirrors flashed & the engine started!
As soon as I opened the door, the engine stopped (as noted in several of the above posts).
It's hot here in AZ; very nice to be able to start the car (AC on) a while before getting in!
Thanks, everyone, this was a successful thread.
Bob
Driver School Candidate
Joined: Jun 2017
Posts: 42
Likes: 4
From: WI
2015 LX; No enform subscription.
Read through all of the posts regarding Remote Start.
Thank you, all: extremely helpful posts.
I locked the doors with the key fob.
Quickly pressed LOCK - LOCK - then pressed & held LOCK for about 6 seconds.
Nothing happened (that I could see) for the 6 seconds; then the lights on the side mirrors flashed & the engine started!
As soon as I opened the door, the engine stopped (as noted in several of the above posts).
It's hot here in AZ; very nice to be able to start the car (AC on) a while before getting in!
Thanks, everyone, this was a successful thread.
Bob
Read through all of the posts regarding Remote Start.
Thank you, all: extremely helpful posts.
I locked the doors with the key fob.
Quickly pressed LOCK - LOCK - then pressed & held LOCK for about 6 seconds.
Nothing happened (that I could see) for the 6 seconds; then the lights on the side mirrors flashed & the engine started!
As soon as I opened the door, the engine stopped (as noted in several of the above posts).
It's hot here in AZ; very nice to be able to start the car (AC on) a while before getting in!
Thanks, everyone, this was a successful thread.
Bob
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Joined: May 2012
Posts: 89
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From: PA
My wife's RX has the factory remote; it sucks. Had a Viper RES installed, range is so much better, was half ($300) of what I paid for the factory start. In the Northeast when one of the cars is parked outside RES is a must.
Driver School Candidate
Joined: May 2019
Posts: 3
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From: TN
Mine is a 2011, so it may be too old to compare. (Enform is not in my vehicle. I have an SOS button.)
I do have a small white tag on my keys with the same instructions for remote starting. I found that it takes longer than 3 seconds to initiate the remote start on the third press of the button. I hit lock, pause, lock, pause, and hold lock for 5 seconds. It doesn't always work on the first try, but I've always been successful.
I do have a small white tag on my keys with the same instructions for remote starting. I found that it takes longer than 3 seconds to initiate the remote start on the third press of the button. I hit lock, pause, lock, pause, and hold lock for 5 seconds. It doesn't always work on the first try, but I've always been successful.
Racer
Joined: May 2004
Posts: 1,717
Likes: 89
From: FL
Hello, do you know if it was standard on the 2011 model? I was looking at one today and tried the lock, lock within two seconds and then hold lock for more than 3 seconds (probably as long as 5) but no luck. The manual didn't have ANY information on remote start so thought it might not be a standard feature.
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