While you can program traditional ignition barrel-based keys in the car, modern smart key fobs need to be coded to the individual car's computer as that controls the security system. This means the ...

To the consternation of unaware owners, Toyota's remote start key fob functionality requires a paid $8 per month subscription service.

But this is a physical key fob that needs to communicate directly with the vehicle via radio frequency—no remote connection back to Toyota is needed. So why require a subscription?

Toyota has confirmed that new Toyota cars won't include remote starting from their key fobs — you'll have to use the mobile app.

Toyota takes subscriptions mainstream with monthly charge for key fob Automaker offering three- to ten-year free trials of connected services available on 2018-and-newer vehicles ...

Sir, Izabella Kaminska, in “An analogue solution to digital car crime” (December 6), describes how modern car thieves can capture signals from remote key fobs often kept near owners’ front ...