Start the engine, lock the doors and read recall alerts from your phone. Here is what Toyota says its app can do, and what you need before you begin.
Toyota answers the setup questions on its own app page: how to register and sign in, and how to add your vehicle to your account. Start there, because the steps are Toyota's and Toyota can change them.
The remote features ride on Toyota's Connected Services plans. Toyota says Remote Connect comes with every plan, and which plans a vehicle can take depends on the vehicle, so look up your own Toyota on Toyota's site.
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The features are Toyota's; your vehicle and its plan decide which ones you get.
The app can tell you something needs attention. It cannot take care of it for you, so a recall alert or a maintenance reminder is your cue to act.
For a recall, the recall page explains what to do next. For routine work, start from the service center page, where Express Maintenance is one of the options. When you call, read out what the app reported, so the conversation starts from the same facts.
Prefer Spanish? The same features, in Toyota's Spanish wording, are on our Spanish app page.
Treat an alert as a to-do, not as a fix.
Toyota names four jobs for the app. Each runs through your own Toyota account, and the remote ones depend on the vehicle and its plan.
Toyota says the app can find your Toyota in a crowded parking lot, start the engine or lock the doors remotely.
Toyota says the app can receive recall alerts and give you access to maintenance information.
Toyota says the app's remote services also work from a compatible smartwatch.
Toyota says the app can link to your online account with Toyota's finance company, so you can make a payment.
Toyota's own app for owners. Toyota says it offers remote control of some features, recall alerts, maintenance information and a link to your finance account for payments.
On vehicles and plans that support it, yes. Toyota says the app can start the engine, lock the doors and help you find your vehicle in a parking lot.
Toyota says the app's remote services can be reached from a compatible smartwatch.
Follow Toyota's own steps on its app page: register, sign in and add your vehicle to your account.
Note what the alert says, then see our recall page or contact the service department through the service center page.
Yes. The Spanish app page covers the same features in Spanish.
Follow Toyota's setup steps, act on alerts when they appear, and keep maintenance on schedule. Germain Toyota of Naples has been family-owned since 1947.
App features, plans and availability are Toyota's and vary by vehicle; Toyota sets and may change them. This page describes the app as Toyota presents it and makes no offer. Germain Toyota of Naples, 13315 Tamiami Trail N, Naples, FL 34110. Sales (239) 301-3156.