Hello all! I am currently considering buying a 2024 Corolla Hatchback. Does remote start need a subscription a Connected Service plan? If not, do y’all believe that a subscription is worth it, and how much are they? Also, do they vary based upon the different Corolla Hatchback trims?
Just so you know, the car still collects your data and sends it into toyota. The only way to opt out of it is to turn off the data connection module entirely, which means you lose Sirius xm, any navigation you had, and you would lose the key fob remote start because the vehicle can no longer connect to toyota. The key fob remote start is hidden behind a service called service connect, that you got a 3-year free trial for when you purchased your vehicle. Some Vehicles got a 10-year trial of it, like both of mine, after I complained to my state attorney general. Anything newer than 2023 comes with a one or three-year trial of the service connect, and after that unless you pay a subscription, your key fob remote start doesn’t work. Toyota Never walked this back, they just let the public backlash blow over.
Do you need to pay the service connect subscription to then have to pay for xm radio? Love my SiriusXM radio.
yes the service connect “service” is required for anything else.
Ridiculous
Not really. The Toyota subscription service pays for the satellite data. The XM subscription pays for the radio broadcast. It’s no different then paying your internet provider and a streaming service.
If there’s an xm radio in the car I shouldn’t have to pay for data connection to make it work. Wife’s civic has xm without additional connection charges.
I turned off the cars communication and my key fob still works. I just use car play for the navigation.
I doubt it. if your key fob still works, then the DCM is still on and working.
I’m looking into that now. They said it didn’t, and the car said the data is completely turned off, but I am starting to wonder.