An 1800 Goldwing made it from Arkansas to Hamilton ON before two rear wheel studs broke due to insufficient torque. Fortunately we were able to find the couple a replacement final drive.
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Is there are law to protect car warranty for DIY oil changes?
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I don't know for sure, but my guess is the subscription service is likely to enable features that require cellular access, and that's what the fee goes to pay for - similar to GM's OnStar system. Things like remote start, unlock, check status, etc. from anywhere in the world, not just beside your car. In that case it makes sense, and again, my guess is that people who are making videos about this aren't telling the whole story or don't actually understand what the service gets you.
EDIT: And here you go:
Toyota's key-fob remote-start function will require a subscription fee
Toyota's remote start system will require a subscription to operate, even for the functionality built into the key fob.
www.autoblog.com
"We should explain that there are two ways to remote start Toyota vehicles. One is using the fob, a chip in the key sending a radio signals to a chip in the car to let the car know to start. This one relies only on proximity communication between key and car; typically, as long as the fob chip, fob battery, and vehicle chip are in good working order, all should be well. But that's not the case here, which we'll get to. The second way is by using Toyota's Remote Connect suite of services that costs either $8 per month or $80 per year. These services operate through a cell or wi-fi connection and include remote start, finding your car in a parking lot or finding PHEV charging locations, monitoring teen drivers, and locking or unlocking the car."
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I was wondering the same but the need to heat the seats remotely is a stretch to me. I also wonder if unauthorized people could access the unlock and start service.I don't know for sure, but my guess is the subscription service is likely to enable features that require cellular access, and that's what the fee goes to pay for - similar to GM's OnStar system. Things like remote start, unlock, check status, etc. from anywhere in the world, not just beside your car. In that case it makes sense, and again, my guess is that people who are making videos about this aren't telling the whole story or don't actually understand what the service gets you.
EDIT: And here you go:
Toyota's key-fob remote-start function will require a subscription fee
Toyota's remote start system will require a subscription to operate, even for the functionality built into the key fob.
"We should explain that there are two ways to remote start Toyota vehicles. One is using the fob, a chip in the key sending a radio signals to a chip in the car to let the car know to start. This one relies only on proximity communication between key and car; typically, as long as the fob chip, fob battery, and vehicle chip are in good working order, all should be well. But that's not the case here, which we'll get to. The second way is by using Toyota's Remote Connect suite of services that costs either $8 per month or $80 per year. These services operate through a cell or wi-fi connection and include remote start, finding your car in a parking lot or finding PHEV charging locations, monitoring teen drivers, and locking or unlocking the car."
Toyotas and Lexus are apparently super easy to steal if you’ve got the right tech. My NextDoor app all I keep seeing is ‘stolen Lexus, stolen Highlander’ threads.
Toyota knows there’s a problem, but it’s more lucrative to let the car get stolen, insurance pays out, and buys comes back for car #2-3-N until insurance stops paying out or gets prohibitively expensive for that model.
If you buy a car that has the subscription features but don't sign on, the module is still there to fail. So you pay to fix something you didn't want or use.
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W** is wrong with Honda and Toyota deAlerships +_+
Like going through the two blank radio spots when your in a car with SiriusXM thats not activated and you have to push the button 4 times to get from AM (sports) top FM
Our life is hard here in southern Ontario
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These safety checks will not work. Hot safeties will become more common
In the past. Multiple Ticket for full system including headers. Put the stock stuff back on. Went to court showed car was normal ($120 safety certificate) and court dismissed everything
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Put the system back on and never got another ticket.
But they are much stricter now I hear..
In the past. Multiple Ticket for full system including headers. Put the stock stuff back on. Went to court showed car was normal ($120 safety certificate) and court dismissed everything
.Put the system back on and never got another ticket.
But they are much stricter now I hear..
Make the penalty strict enough and it won’t happen. Few techs and shops are likely to risk their individual licenses and livelihood to make a couple bucks.
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Doubt it. Look at our ROADS
I expect far more extortion (eg. forced tire changes even though they exceed required tread) than bad safeties (eg. ignore failing items and issue the cert).
A high profile story that came to mind, SPECIAL REPORT: Technician on trial - Auto Service World
There are some grey items in the regulations that are mostly at the tech’s discretion that could be abused but they are few. Most techs and shops take safeties very seriously and go by the letter of the regulations.
No one wants to risk a visit from the ministry, there are huge fines at risk and worst case scenario the tech can lose his license and the shop their garage license.
Saying that, there is a bike tech most of us know for an easy safety…
I've heard of shops getting in trouble for passing failing vehicles but I haven't heard of a shop getting in trouble for failing vehicles that pass unless work is performed to juice the bill.
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