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Why did Ford use a fob without a remote start button?? We can remote start with FP. Departure times are basically a remote start event. Why no button?!?!? I wonder if you programmed a fob with the button to the MME if the remote start button would work? ? ?
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Why did Ford use a fob without a remote start button?? We can remote start with FP. Departure times are basically a remote start event. Why no button?!?!? I wonder if you programmed a fob with the button to the MME if the remote start button would work? ? ?
Hmm. I accidentally forgot to give CarMax my third Fusion fob (no, really - forgot it existed). I wonder...
 

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Because they knew If they gave you a fob with it, then you would complain that Ford Pass remote start doesn't work but the fob does and you want another free fob...
 

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Because they had an excess of 315 MHz radios?
 
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Why did Ford use a fob without a remote start button?? We can remote start with FP. Departure times are basically a remote start event. Why no button?!?!? I wonder if you programmed a fob with the button to the MME if the remote start button would work? ? ?
I see now that the remote start fobs are 902 MHz, so no chance of swapping one of those in. :confused:
 


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Not a Mach-E issue. Ford puts remote start in the app only because having the fob start also requires a totally separate module.
 
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Not a Mach-E issue. Ford puts remote start in the app only because having the fob start also requires a totally separate module.
That seems unlikely, but anything is possible.
 

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What is this "start" you speak of? In Teslas we just get in and go; get out and leave. Not sure why we have to push a button in the MME, but I do think it helps for those who are transitioning to EVs. My mother cannot fathom when driving my Tesla that she can just get in and drive, or get out and walk away.

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Hmm. I accidentally forgot to give CarMax my third Fusion fob (no, really - forgot it existed). I wonder...
The Fusion fob didn't work - got a programming failure message for it.
 

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The Fusion fob didn't work - got a programming failure message for it.
The Fusion fob is on a different frequency. I no longer have one so I can't look it up. Get the FCC ID from the battery compartment and search the internet for it. The specs for the fob will give the frequency.
 

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The Fusion fob is on a different frequency. I no longer have one so I can't look it up. Get the FCC ID from the battery compartment and search the internet for it. The specs for the fob will give the frequency.
honestly I don't really care about the reason or details. it was a binary - work or not?
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