Not a fan of this though “Additional connected services are available on the Camry as well. The up to 10-year Safety Connect* trial includes an Emergency Assistance Button (SOS)”
so you’re giving a 10 year trial, just make it free and standard at that point, it sounds so much better even though we know there are perfectly fine working Camrys from 2005 driving around
Yup, let’s your dealer spy on you to tell you when you need to come in and get your oil changes or tire rotations purely based on the 5,000 miles (and 6 month?) counter that will pop up on your dash anyway. And if you get any OBD2 fault codes the dealer can see that and tell you to “come on in so we can fix fault code X!”
I’m not sure about the remote start, possibly. I know a lot of people are mad at Toyota for requiring an active subscription to keep using the remote start that’s built into their key fob after the trial expires, their solution might’ve been to just offer a longer free trial than 1 year on that.
I know on my 2023 Camry SE Nightshade, it got 3 months of SiriusXM (Platinum/All Access?), 1 month/(3 GB?) of AT&T hotspot, 1 year of Safety Connect (emergency response if you crash and airbags deploy like GM OnStar and the ability to use the Toyota phone app to see 1. Odometer 2. Gas tank fill level 3. Tire pressures 4. Error codes/faults (have had none) 5. Recalls and TSBs
Mine doesn’t have the ability to lock or unlock the doors from the app, or remote start from the app. The app is pretty useless to me. I can see any errors/faults and the tire pressures on my in cluster screen or radio. I don’t need to see the cars odometer or current gas tank fill level remotely. I can look up my VIN on the website manually for any recalls or TSBs, or they can snail mail me about recalls since I am the original owner.
When my 1 year trial expires in a few months I will be revoking the permissions in the app so that the DCM will be disabled.
Not a fan of this though “Additional connected services are available on the Camry as well. The up to 10-year Safety Connect* trial includes an Emergency Assistance Button (SOS)”
so you’re giving a 10 year trial, just make it free and standard at that point, it sounds so much better even though we know there are perfectly fine working Camrys from 2005 driving around
It’s usually only 1 year of Safety Connect/Emergency Services/Remote lock/unlock/engine start
The “up to 10 years” part is just Service Connect, which allows your dealer to see any error codes or maintenance reminders that your car may have
So it’s just 10 years of gimmicky OBD2 service. Wasn’t the autostart feature a 3 year trial before?
Yup, let’s your dealer spy on you to tell you when you need to come in and get your oil changes or tire rotations purely based on the 5,000 miles (and 6 month?) counter that will pop up on your dash anyway. And if you get any OBD2 fault codes the dealer can see that and tell you to “come on in so we can fix fault code X!”
I’m not sure about the remote start, possibly. I know a lot of people are mad at Toyota for requiring an active subscription to keep using the remote start that’s built into their key fob after the trial expires, their solution might’ve been to just offer a longer free trial than 1 year on that.
I know on my 2023 Camry SE Nightshade, it got 3 months of SiriusXM (Platinum/All Access?), 1 month/(3 GB?) of AT&T hotspot, 1 year of Safety Connect (emergency response if you crash and airbags deploy like GM OnStar and the ability to use the Toyota phone app to see 1. Odometer 2. Gas tank fill level 3. Tire pressures 4. Error codes/faults (have had none) 5. Recalls and TSBs
Mine doesn’t have the ability to lock or unlock the doors from the app, or remote start from the app. The app is pretty useless to me. I can see any errors/faults and the tire pressures on my in cluster screen or radio. I don’t need to see the cars odometer or current gas tank fill level remotely. I can look up my VIN on the website manually for any recalls or TSBs, or they can snail mail me about recalls since I am the original owner.
When my 1 year trial expires in a few months I will be revoking the permissions in the app so that the DCM will be disabled.