Originally Posted by Char Baby
Originally Posted by StevieC
Originally Posted by Virtus_Probi
When I use my remote start, the car will shut itself off as soon as any door is opened, including the rear hatch...I suppose that must be an anti-theft thing, but it is sure a PITA for me.
I only use remote start when I am skiing and it is genuinely cold out, I hide the fob away somewhere where nobody is going to touch it when I'm home because I sure don't want my car starting itself when it's in the garage. You need to give it two firm presses for a start, but I'm not taking any chances.
My Highlander was like that. As soon as you touched the handle it would shut off, there was no way to get into it with it still running. The Chrysler system allows you to unlock/open the doors but as soon as you go to step on the brake to take it out of park it shuts down if it doesn't detect the key or authorized fob. This allows an authorized person to drive away without having to re-start the vehicle. It's nice that they do it this way for wear/tear on the starter.
It really annoyed me with the Toyota that I had to re-start the vehicle because it would shut down as soon as I grabbed the handle to the car in remote-start mode.
Hmmm, my '15 Altima(factory RES-not dealer installed) allows me to unlock & get into the warm car in order to press the Brake Pedal & Start Button in order to keep the engine running(key fob within distance). Before letting the car know you're here, if I mistakenly get into the car and move(or try) the gear selector, the engine will shut down. Even pressing the release button on the gear selector shuts off the engine.
From my understanding and experience, that's how pretty much all remote starters work, including aftermarket ones. The RFID keyless entry is a bit different, but it still taps into the brake pedal for automatic cars. If the car is not detecting the key, or the key is not inserted in the ignition and brake pedal is pressed, the car will shut down.
On my Mazda, it will shut down and sound the alarm.
It is only Toyota and now Subaru, as far as I know, that have implemented the safety shut off to the door in their factory remote start systems. Like I mentioned earlier, it's like it was done intentionally to discourage the use of the remote start feature. It's a totally half-baked system.
The remote start on our Grand Caravan and I would imagine all other FCA products is really nice. If the temperature is around 3C, or 37F ( gotta get used to using the Fahrenheit scale
) when the vehicle is remote started, it will turn on the driver heated seats, steering wheel and in some occasions I've seen it turn on rear and front defrosts. Super nice and convenient. I think it will shut of after 20 minutes, although I have never tested the time, and the remote start will not work if the low fuel light is on.
I only wish it could be programmed to turn on all heated seats, instead of just the driver one.
Chrysler obviously spent a lot of thought designing their remote start system to be as convenient as it can be. I have no idea what Toyota and Subaru thought when they designed theirs.
