Vehicles equipped with Audio Plus receive a free three-year “trial,” while Premium Audio vehicles receive 10 years. Once those subscriptions expire, though, the key fob remote start stops working.

Update 12/11/2021 @ 2:20 pm ET: The story has been updated to clarify that the key fob’s proximity-based radio frequency remote start function will not work without a paid subscription to Toyota ...

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Some automakers have even expanded the remote start button's functionality and/or use a different icon — that's why BMW has a diamond button on its key fob, for instance.

Find the remote start button on your key fob and press it twice. If you've successfully started the car, your car's exterior lamps will flash twice. If the car fails to start, the horn will sound.