Remote start climate control

App update today with climate control! But nothing changed for my Canadian tundra. arg!!! Any other areas get climate settings? Was so pumped, now more ticked than ever that Toyota doesn’t have this feature

 

I don't see anything new after the update?

 

That’s the problem me neither

 

What a tease. I noticed this today as well, I wonder what region actually gets the climate option?

 

I asked if this was possible last month. Haven’t gotten an update yet tho

 

I have the update and live in Kansas, there is no climate control function from the app. If I'm not mistaken, it's not a capability of at least the 22 year model. Toyota dropped the ball so damn hard with the engine shutting off when unlocked/opened and the inability to control climate functions. It's a pretty ridiculous omission and would have taken zero effort to fix.

 

you do realize that toyota has had this function since at least 2014 on all push to start (PTS) systems on all models


this is not a new behavior

 

and it was just as stupid then

 

Since it takes zero effort to fix, I look forward to you applying for our development teams to fix it! Here is the link: https://careers.toyota.com/us/en/job/10183188/Software-Engineering-Manager-OneApp-V2


You'd be surprised at how often stuff that seems trivial to fix can take weeks, if not months, of engineering.

 

I get that, but...

Toyota had a long time to develop that which pretty much every other auto maker has done for years. When it's cold, turn on the heat, seats, and wheel. When it's warm, turn on the AC and vented seats. I get the lawyers got to the shut the motor off when you open the door deal, thats just not going to change at this point, even though the others don't do that either, its not needed.

Too bad it wasn't released with that app update, I wonder what models and/or regions it did apply too.

 

I personally don't even care about the seats & steering, have the heaters & never use them. I want to be able to use the defroster on remote start! For me that's kinda the point of it, to warm up and clear or at least start loosening ice off windows to reduce my scraping time in the cold. (especially after the freezing rain in the last few weeks)

Warming the interior is a nice bonus, for sure. I see the app update on my phone so Ill update it and see what happens

 

That's weird seeing as though most major car brands have had this feature for years. You're telling me Toyota can't figure out and incorporate something I had in numerous vehicles 4 years ago?

 

I had a viper alarm on my 2014 Tundra from the start of ownership and didn't have this issue. So I can't speak to the stupidity of the "it's been that way forever" with Toyota. Your comment only points to the ridiculousness of it when other manufacturers have managed to get this right over that time period.

 

I think the whole world knows that Toyota is a little late to the party when it comes to interior technology and UX. My wife had a 2020 Corolla that had the same crap UI as my 2012 Corolla.
I know the 22+ head units are a huge improvement over the past ones and we still have a lot of work to do. The cool part is, its still in active development and we've planned to keep building on it for a long time. All of the ancillary modules like door/lighting control and HVAC controls are connected to the main communications modules, so there's no reason it can't be added in the future.

I know a couple people on the dev team for the new head units, and right now they're focusing on fixing some of the UX bugs before continuing dev on new features, but we do have a lot of cool stuff on the roadmap.

 

THIS! The fact I can't set to defrost only defeats a big purpose of remote start. I should at minimum be able to push the defrost only with mirrors and back window when I get out of the truck and have it keep that when I remote start the next morning.

 

It's not an issue, as that would imply that it's not designed/desired to work that way. It is, however, that way by design. It's a "safety feature" per Toyota, and it's not that big of a deal. All this whinging about it has been going on for years, and Toyota isn't changing it.

 

I would glad

You sure about that, just tested my truck with remote and manual start pushing both the front defrost button and the mirror and rear defrost buttons before shutoff. Neither time did it keep those on at startup. It remembers the "mode", temp and fna speed, not the buttons. The "mode" switch doesn't have a defrost only setting, only defrost with feet which does not work near as well or fast as defrost only.

 

I would disagree with that. It's a big issue for a lot of people as evidenced by all the "whining" all over the 3rd gen forum about the "issue." And you're arguing semantics about it being an "issue" or not.

 

You can have multiple contexts defining "issue". Tech wise, it is functioning as designed.

 

Turning the car off when opening the door while remote started is expected and intended behavior. Just because you don't like it doesn't mean its an issue lol.

If you feel so strongly about it, you're welcome to apply at careers.toyota.com and work your way into a position to make these changes!

 

Is there a plan that you know of to expand the climate control-ability to all regions? Not sure why they'd restrict this if people are willing to pay for the connectivity.

 

Since you want to be a contrarian and argue semantics, by the very definition "an important topic or problem for debate or discussion." Seems to fit the bill here.

 

Please post a video showing this so those of us who aren't enjoying the same feature you have can see if maybe we're pushing the buttons wrong or our vehicles have a defect. I know I'm not the only one here who's truck does what mine does.

 

Does yours not allow you to push defrost when you shut down and remember it at remote start?

 

shut off the option in the menu that is AC to auto. turn that to off

 

Not trying to argue semantics at all. I had understood "issue" to mean a flaw or problem with the truck so i said it was expected behavior and wasn't changing anytime soon. Apologies for the misunderstanding in context there.

There is a setting in the head unit that will use your "last remembered" climate settings and apply them on remote start. By default it is set to auto. If you change that, it will start the truck with the settings you had when it was last turned off. This is also described in your owners manual.

 

Damn, I wish it would work up north where we need it for 6 months!

 

Auto a/c should have nothing to do with electric rear window & mirror defrosters.

 

Doesn't work. And it doesn't work on many others either. There's an entire thread where people are talking about this same thing and how it doesn't remember the defrost buttons being active upon restart.

 

Have you talked to your dealer about it not working as expected? They can open a case, perhaps there's a bug in the software that is affecting certain vehicles. You can also call Toyota's hotline and a ticket can be created that you're having an issue.

It works normally on mine, my AC is always set to 68 auto when I get into my truck. Defrosters are not part of the climate control, so that is not expected to be remembered or automatically turned on when remote starting. I think that can be added in a future update though.