Ford Remote Start Now Free

[Edwards]

This makes the $15/month Sirius remote start/lock/unlock look ridiculous:

Ford's remote car starting and unlocking are available for free

Until now, all of FordPass' connected car features have technically been locked behind a subscription, no matter how basic -- while it was effectively free with up to five years of 'trial' service, there was still the prospect of losing remote unlocking simply because you didn't want to pay up...

www.engadget.com

 

[VaderRebel]

Fantastic.

 

[Gozar]

C'mon FCA....get with the program. It is ridiculous to charge us $15 a month to remote start/unlock......

 

[Maple]

This makes the $15/month Sirius remote start/lock/unlock look ridiculous:

Ford's remote car starting and unlocking are available for free

Until now, all of FordPass' connected car features have technically been locked behind a subscription, no matter how basic -- while it was effectively free with up to five years of 'trial' service, there was still the prospect of losing remote unlocking simply because you didn't want to pay up...

www.engadget.com

It already looked ridiculous before this, but I get your point.

 

[19ramsport]

It was free for 5 years on my 2014 GMC Sierra, now GM charges for it. I tried the remote app for my Ram and I couldn't get it to work. So I'll just go back to pointing the fob out my window at work to remote start it, that's mainly the only time I use it since I park inside my garage at home.

 

[RamGuy32]

Free markets are a great thing...at this point we should see FCA making this free to compete. If not, they'll lose some sales especially from those extreme cold or hot regions.

 

[Kidder]

This used to be free with Uconnect until they switched to Sirius XM Guardian. A major mistake, IMO. On my 2016, voice to text worked perfectly. Now you're stuck with AA or Apple Car Play. And I could use my Uconnect app to start/stop my truck, unlock/lock the doors, and see oil life, tire pressure, etc. Sirius XM Guardian is a major step backwards along with taking away talk to text with Uconnect.

 

[MTaylor]

This used to be free with Uconnect until they switched to Sirius XM Guardian. A major mistake, IMO. On my 2016, voice to text worked perfectly. Now you're stuck with AA or Apple Car Play. And I could use my Uconnect app to start/stop my truck, unlock/lock the doors, and see oil life, tire pressure, etc. Sirius XM Guardian is a major step backwards along with taking away talk to text with Uconnect.

So, the only way to use Talk to Text is through AA or Apple Car Play? Man ….I'm getting to old for this stuff. My current '13 doesn't have this, it does have UConnect that I don't use/pay for. When stopping in at the dealer looking for a new truck, this was a cool feature and the salesman told me the Talk to Text feature could be done once phone and truck were connected via BT. Guess I assumed this meant I didn't need UConnect, AA or Apple Car Play and wouldn't need to pay a fee (eventually) for this feature …..much like dialing a number and talking, all done via BT connection. Guess I was way wrong!

 

[HeliPilot]

BT texting does work. You need to hold down the voice recognition button on the steering wheel for a few seconds to activate Siri. Once active, you can command it to text contacts in your phone. Plus, you can listen to text that you receive while driving.