Remote Start
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Remote Start
I will say upfront that I have not checked the owners manual on this question. But I have found when I use remote start and then get into the car I cannot shift into reverse or drive. I have to turn off the car and start it again and then I can put it in drive. Seems to defeat the purpose of remote start.
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Jul 11, 2021, 05:19 PM
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After you remote start, when you get in press/hold the brake pedal while you push the start button
it won’t shut the engine off. It then allows you to shift to REV or DRIVE
Same procedure as if you hadn’t remote started in the first place
it won’t shut the engine off. It then allows you to shift to REV or DRIVE
Same procedure as if you hadn’t remote started in the first place
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I will say upfront that I have not checked the owners manual on this question. But I have found when I use remote start and then get into the car I cannot shift into reverse or drive. I have to turn off the car and start it again and then I can put it in drive. Seems to defeat the purpose of remote start.
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In my Genesis and Palisade I can just put the car in gear and go after remote starting the cars. Don't have to go through a dummy start like in my Vette.
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The car could be a little smarter if they wanted... The car will honk the horn if you leave the key inside and you close the door, so it knows if the key is inside the car or not.
That same technology could be used when the car is remote started,. After all, the car unlocks for you when you pull on the door. It could just as easily recognize once you get in that the key is in the car and fully activate the car. I'm guessing it is some safety or liability reason they force you to do a dummy restart.
That same technology could be used when the car is remote started,. After all, the car unlocks for you when you pull on the door. It could just as easily recognize once you get in that the key is in the car and fully activate the car. I'm guessing it is some safety or liability reason they force you to do a dummy restart.
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The car could be a little smarter if they wanted... The car will honk the horn if you leave the key inside and you close the door, so it knows if the key is inside the car or not.
That same technology could be used when the car is remote started,. After all, the car unlocks for you when you pull on the door. It could just as easily recognize once you get in that the key is in the car and fully activate the car. I'm guessing it is some safety or liability reason they force you to do a dummy restart.
That same technology could be used when the car is remote started,. After all, the car unlocks for you when you pull on the door. It could just as easily recognize once you get in that the key is in the car and fully activate the car. I'm guessing it is some safety or liability reason they force you to do a dummy restart.
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Putting you foot on the brake (which you should always do before putting the car in gear), and pressing the start button is so hard and very physically taxing!
I can't imagine actually having to use a key to unlock the door, and then a sticking different key the ignition and actually having to turn it to start the car! Oh the horror!...... Oh wait, yeah I had to do that, for many years.
It appears some people need robots to scoop them out of bed, dress them, carry them to their self driving car, and the robot give it directions on where to go. I just didn't expect them on a Corvette forum.
Talk about first world problems.
I can't imagine actually having to use a key to unlock the door, and then a sticking different key the ignition and actually having to turn it to start the car! Oh the horror!...... Oh wait, yeah I had to do that, for many years.
It appears some people need robots to scoop them out of bed, dress them, carry them to their self driving car, and the robot give it directions on where to go. I just didn't expect them on a Corvette forum.
Talk about first world problems.
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"I will say upfront that I have not checked the owners manual on this question"
This Forum would be a quarter its size if people actually read the owners manual.
What kind of delivery did you have ...salesman should have shown you how the car operates.
Spend a plie of dough on a car with more technology then a space shuttle and don't bother to read the manual....Damn!
This Forum would be a quarter its size if people actually read the owners manual.
What kind of delivery did you have ...salesman should have shown you how the car operates.
Spend a plie of dough on a car with more technology then a space shuttle and don't bother to read the manual....Damn!
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"I will say upfront that I have not checked the owners manual on this question"
This Forum would be a quarter its size if people actually read the owners manual.
What kind of delivery did you have ...salesman should have shown you how the car operates.
Spend a plie of dough on a car with more technology then a space shuttle and don't bother to read the manual....Damn!
This Forum would be a quarter its size if people actually read the owners manual.
What kind of delivery did you have ...salesman should have shown you how the car operates.
Spend a plie of dough on a car with more technology then a space shuttle and don't bother to read the manual....Damn!
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Well I am late to this thread but did not want to start a new one. Tonight I decided to try Remote Start and see how far way it worked and managed quite a distance. However, got in the car and thought I busted something because it would not drive. Turned engine off and back on and everything OK. So I went and read the manual in more detail and am still wondering why you cannot just get in and drive:
1. The doors remain locked during remote start so its not about thieves.
2. The scenario of someone (child) being in the car, knowing it started, climbing over the wall of A/C and putting the car in gear just seems completely unlikely.
3. The car can sense if there is someone in the drivers seat so a person cannot reach over and pull the drive control. Or at least the car could stop that the same as "buckle to drive" setting. I cannot think of any reasons why not remote star, approach thee car to
So I cannot think of why the car cannot just go after remote start, approach the car to unlock doors, get in, pull the drive control. Maybe seat exit memory but that should sense someone sitting before activation.
1. The doors remain locked during remote start so its not about thieves.
2. The scenario of someone (child) being in the car, knowing it started, climbing over the wall of A/C and putting the car in gear just seems completely unlikely.
3. The car can sense if there is someone in the drivers seat so a person cannot reach over and pull the drive control. Or at least the car could stop that the same as "buckle to drive" setting. I cannot think of any reasons why not remote star, approach thee car to
So I cannot think of why the car cannot just go after remote start, approach the car to unlock doors, get in, pull the drive control. Maybe seat exit memory but that should sense someone sitting before activation.