March 28, 2025 at 2:49 pm

Toyota Owner Was Excited To Use His Remote Start On A Cold Day, But What He Discovered Was A Huge Disappointment

by Ben Auxier

@askforadab at a Toyota dealership

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Not to date myself too much, but when I started driving, having a CD player was a pretty new, luxurious feature for a car.

These days there’s all kinds of stuff!

Some of it even works!

Look at this video from TikTok user @askforadam:

@askforadab at a Toyota dealership

TikTok/askforadam

“Perfect weather for remote start,” he says, gesturing out the floor-to-ceiling windows at a very snowy day.

“Watch this.”

@askforadab at a Toyota dealership

TikTok/askforadam

“1, 2, 3.”

He presses the lock button on his key fob three times to activate the remote start.

But nothing happens.

“Sorry, it doesn’t work through glass. I got it.”

@askforadab at a Toyota dealership

TikTok/askforadam

He tries it with the door open.

“1, 2, 3.”

@askforadab at a Toyota dealership

TikTok/askforadam

The lights only blink.

@askforadab at a Toyota dealership

TikTok/askforadam

So he tries to get closer.

@askforadab at a Toyota dealership

TikTok/askforadam

And closer.

@askforadab at a Toyota dealership

TikTok/askforadam

No dice.

@askforadab at a Toyota dealership

TikTok/askforadam

@askforadam

Who can relate? 😂#carbuying #carsalesman #dealershiplife #toyota #sales

♬ original sound – AskForAdam

Apparently this is just something Toyota is bad at:

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It should be a lot more hearty:

2025 03 07 20 39 16 Toyota Owner Was Excited To Use His Remote Start On A Cold Day, But What He Discovered Was A Huge Disappointment

There are other annoyances:

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It might even be a subscription?!

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Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m gonna go rock out to my CD’s.

If you liked that story, check out this one about a delivery driver who gave two weeks notice… so his employer disabled his truck when he was 300 miles from home!