Toyota 4+

UPDATE*** I was at the movies, the credits started to roll, and I took my phone out to remote start, and it worked from inside the theater first try. I think the reason I’m having so much success with this app isn’t making sure The vehicle status is updated. Sometimes it says last updated and it was the last time you use the app or vehicle. Swiping down where it says vehicle status will refresh the status. I did that in the theater before trying to remote start. Like I said it worked right away.

OP:
I just purchased a brand new 2022 Corolla Cross, so far the app has worked for me. Twice it told me it failed to remote start the car and I tried it again right away and it worked the second time both times. A family member of mine has a 2020 Camry and has tried to use the app for years and has only had frustration, so I understand why the app is rated so low and I have my fingers crossed maybe it is on the upswing because of my early successful experiences using it. If I start to experience what my family member did and what the majority of the reviews on here have, I will adjust my review. also, since I got my car, the family member has had success with the app too. It is unacceptable for Toyota to produce an app like what this has been so far. It should be a great app and work every time. I hope this is the first of many positive reviews.

I had a 2009 Prius with an “idiot” light to indicate that one of my 4 tires had low air pressure which meant that I didn’t know which tire required inflation. I saw that my 2021 Camry Hybrid LE (“LE” means Least Expensive and Least Equipped) had the ability to calibrate the TPMS so one of the very first things that I did upon receiving my car was to make sure that all of my tires were inflated to the correct PSI and that I set (calibrated) the TPMS. To do that was challenging since I had to remove the wheel covers to reach the tire valve stems. Getting the wheel covers back on was VERY challenging (I thought that I was playing “Whack-A-Mole”). Anyway, I discovered that I didn’t get to see the individual tire pressures and was back to the problem with the 2009 Prius AND I had to deal with taking wheel covers off and putting them back on! I even purchased a very expensive high end OBD2 reader by BlueDriver hoping that it could read the individual tire pressure but I discovered that even though the Camry knew it I couldn’t access it! But now the most recent version of the app lets me see each individual tire’s pressure! I hope that in the near future I can check remotely via the app if my doors are locked or unlocked!

The app has been nice just to check certain things and vehicle health but kinda pointless otherwise. The amount of time you have to press and hold the lock/unlock and start button is absurd. It’s at least 15 seconds. On top of that, anytime I try to use the remote start button it has failed. The first time it failed it didn’t tell me it failed but told me to check the backseat, I obviously did but no children were present and all the doors were shut still. The second time I used it the app alerted me that the car was now started and will shut off in 10 minutes. I turn to go put my shopping cart away (one spot away from me) and when I got back to the car it was off (it had only been maybe 60 seconds since the app said it was on). So I sit in the vehicle, keys in hand, and try to start my car. The ODO section of the car says “press foot on brakes and have key fob close” and the vehicle did not start. I obviously know how to start a car, so my foot was pressed and my fav was close. So I try again, same message on the ODO screen and no start. I try again, same thing. So I get out. Lock my car. Unlock my car. Get in, press start and the car starts. But why is the app saying my car is started when it’s not, then confusing the actual vehicle system so much that it doesn’t even allow it to physically star when I manually start it. Huge problem.