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Has Mazda made their remote start at all useful? My Mazda can only be started, I can't set the climate or control the seat or steering wheel heating. Some setti
by jshier 2y ago
Has Mazda made their remote start at all useful? My Mazda can only be started, I can't set the climate or control the seat or steering wheel heating. Some settings can be set before the car is turned off, if you remember, but some reset no matter what. And the few times I have tried remote start, it has stopped after a short while, as apparently the system requires continuous cellular connectivity to keep the engine running. So if the connection drops at all it shuts off the engine. And finally, if you do remote start, the engine shuts off as soon as you open the door, so you immediately have to start it again, which just seems bad for the engine.
- Clamchop 2y agoLots of ICE cars these days shut the engine off anytime they come to a stop, to conserve fuel, so I guess it doesn't amount to too much wear and tear.
- EasyMark 2y agoI’ve yet to see one where you couldn’t disable this “feature” though.
- floxy 2y agoWhat percentage of people use the app at all? And also interested to know how many people tried the app for a week or so, and then never again. There is no shortage of people over at /r/mazda, etc. recounting how they found the app so worthless, they tried it a couple of times, and then deleted the app.