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Old 05-17-23, 08:45 AM
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Originally Posted by exploreco
It's my understanding this is how all Toyota and Lexus factory remote start works. I agree, having factory remote start on many other makes before, never had it like this before.
Yes, we had the same thing on the GX and for that reason I never used it. Seat heaters and coolers work pretty good and a few minutes of inconvenience isn't the end of the world. Lexus didn't think this feature through in my opinion.
Old 05-17-23, 08:52 AM
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Originally Posted by ravenuer
I guess it would be useful to heat/cool the car before getting in.
I know it's useful for some here in TX when they run out of their house to go to the store in shorts and t-shirts on a 30 degrees day LOL...
Old 11-19-23, 07:12 AM
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Default Remote start issue / bug?

2020 rx 350 - Last night I had a very weird issue with the car. Tried to remote start it using the fob 3x lock sequence. At first it didn't start at all no matter what I did. Then at some point it started.
A few minutes later we went to the car, opened the doors, engine kept running. I've hit start+brake inside the car and that was it. Engine stopped and could be restarted no matter what I tried.
Dash illuminated but it refused to crank. The only weird thing was that the steering wheel remained locked. After trying to lock/unlock, remote start, regular start, it just didn't work, so I disconnected the battery for a few seconds.

After that the car started normally and drove without any issues. Remote start also works as expected for now and so far it kills the engine on door unlock as it should.
Did anyone have this happen? What is going on?
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Originally Posted by Stans
2020 rx 350 - Last night I had a very weird issue with the car. Tried to remote start it using the fob 3x lock sequence. At first it didn't start at all no matter what I did. Then at some point it started.
A few minutes later we went to the car, opened the doors, engine kept running. I've hit start+brake inside the car and that was it. Engine stopped and could be restarted no matter what I tried.
Dash illuminated but it refused to crank. The only weird thing was that the steering wheel remained locked. After trying to lock/unlock, remote start, regular start, it just didn't work, so I disconnected the battery for a few seconds.
After that the car started normally and drove without any issues. Remote start also works as expected for now and so far it kills the engine on door unlock as it should.
Did anyone have this happen? What is going on?
Sounds like when you have a problem with your laptop, they tell you to power off/power on. 9 times out of 10, it works!
Old 11-26-23, 10:51 AM
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Originally Posted by vic170
JSracer today I was trying to turn on the remote start on a 2016 Lexus RX but I couldn’t



Then I was messing around with a 2017 Lexus RX and I was able to turn on the remote start it was under other...


@vic170 - sorry to bump this old thread, but did you ever get the remote start w/ key fob to work on the '16 RX350 through TechStream? I am trying to get this working again on my 2016 but don't want to buy another cable/software package if I'm just going to get stuck at the same spot in TechStream that you did. I say another because I have a cable/software from 2012 that I used to enable the remote start on my 2012 Highlander (after installing a physical hardware remote start module), but it doesn't seem to talk to the RX likely because the software is too old/out of date.
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