How do I remote start my vehicle using FordPass®?
Before using remote start with FordPass, you must first:
- Have a FordPass Connect™ equipped vehicle.
- Add the vehicle to FordPass.
- Activate its FordPass Connect modem.
- Have a minimum battery charge of 40%.
- On FordPass, navigate to Home.
- If multiple vehicles are added to the app, select the vehicle you wish to start from the Vehicle Selector list.
- Press and hold on the Start button.
The vehicle will run for five, ten, or fifteen minutes, depending on the in-vehicle remote start settings.
Notes:
- Remote start is unavailable on manual transmission vehicles.
- To use remote start, the vehicle must be in Park and the bonnet must be closed.
- If you remote start the vehicle, someone cannot drive off in it, if a door was inadvertently left open. To take the vehicle out of Park, your vehicle will require either a proximity key and a press of the Stop/Start button, or a normal ignition key inserted and the ignition turned on (in lower series vehicles).
- Ranger and Everest have a default engine running time of 15 minutes, unless a proximity key is present and the start button is pressed, or a key is entered into the ignition and turned on (in lower series vehicles). Members can change the default duration to 5, 10 or 15 minutes, via the SYNC® system or the Instrument Cluster.