Toyota Digital Key Failed

[dog]

I have solely relied on the digital key since day one of my LC (about 4 months). It’s been rock solid except a few delays caused by the Toyota app signing out/not running in background.

However, tonight it left me totally stranded. Reset app, logged in/out, reset phone, changed cell towers (AT&T and Verizon sims on phone), nothing worked. The app seemed unable to connect to Toyota’s servers to authenticate the key. I could remote start and unlock but it refused to go in drive without a key.

Fortunately, I was less than 30 minutes from the house, and the wife brought me a fob….but I will never rely on digital key again.

Just FYI for those also using the digital key. Seems bound to fail at some point so might as well be prepared. I will now put a key fob in sleep mode inside a faraday pouch somewhere in the vehicle…..

This is the issue I'm having with the digital key. It will remote start and most functions will work, but it won't let me go into Drive. I have to turn it off and then turn it on again even if I have the physical key with me.

Reading that reddit thread someone posted, I wonder if it's an issue in going from Wifi in my house to 5G as I'm getting into the car. I'm also getting a wifi interrupted error that may or may not be related.

 

[ChrisMA1B]

I don't think that the digital key is even available for my 1958 ed., but even if it were, I'd treat like a "nice thing to have access to in an emergency", but would never rely solely on something that required:

- my phone's network connection...yeah, even in 2024 there are still some areas out there where there's simply no signal, and those would likely be the areas I'd least want to be left stranded without a key

- Toyota's app being operational... even the most reliable and heavily used services go down from time to time

If the "digital key" was something I could program into my phone for offline use, maybe I'd then consider it (i.e. like something that could be added my digital wallet), but otherwise I'd only consider it as something that may get me out of a jam one day, and wouldn't intentionally leave my house without a physical fob.

I have it for my 1958 and I always carry the fob when away from home.