Remote Start on Prius Prime

MMBH · Nov 16, 2019

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The built-in factory remote start that comes with the prime will start your car in HVAC mode. It has a very good advantage if you do this while plugged in at a public of work charger, as it will heat/cool your cabin on that plug work, and won't touch a much more then a tiny drop of your changed EV battery power.

The factory key fob has a limited range, so it is not great for trying to remote start your car from your office. Its also only a 1-way remote, meaning you will have no idea if you were in range or not. Or if the car successfully started or not.

Getting a 3rd party remote start solves both these issues, but brings its own list of side-effects. The worse being that if your car is plugged in and you try to start it with the long-range remote, it will likely report a successful start, BUT you'll get to your plugged-in car only discover that remote start did not activate the HVAC mode, or the engine, or the heat pump, or the EV battery and only served to drain your 12volt battery for no good reason. If you are not plugged in, however, it will work fantastic and some even offer up to 3 miles of RF fob range. You can even go so far as to add on the cell phone extension, allowing you to remote start your car with your smartphone from anyplace so long as you and the car both have a cell signal. One big pisser tho, when you go out to your nice warm or cool remote started car, it will turn off when you open the door. Letting out your heat/cool with the door open and the car off kinda moots the point a bit. Plus you have to carry both your factory smart key fob and the 3rd party one at the same time.

Someone should invent a solution for all this nonsense, shouldn't they? Well, it's a good thing I did!

https://youtu.be/C0Y_tmcuLzI
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Do you need an Advanced Prime or will it work on the other models too, such as the Premium?

bisco · Nov 16, 2019

he hasn't been around for a few months. if he doesn't reply, pm him and ask if he is making any progress. i suspect a stumbling block, but it probably just takes a long tome to get something like this into production

vvillovv · Nov 16, 2019

After watching the video for 5 or 6 minutes, I can only imagine what was happening inside the Primes computers.

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Keychain - Prius Prime Body Profile

A Prius Prime Specific remote start

Remote Engine Starter for Prius Prime

Modify start/stop music?

Available Remote Engine Start?