Remember the new car shortage two years ago, when it was hard to find any new cars for sale on dealer lots? That shortage is pretty much over in 2023, with a few exceptions. But a frustrating new ...

Toyota Motor Co. has warned that nearly 300,000 customers may have had their data stolen in the third data breach related to the company this year. The potential data breach was uncovered after it was ...

Toyota is the latest car manufacturer looking into the sharing economy, thanks to its development of what it calls a “mobility services platform.” The first product it’s experimenting with is a Smart ...

Dear Brad: We had problems with both of our wireless remotes for our 2006 Toyota Avalon. They stopped working altogether. We recently purchased two wireless remotes and were able to program them to ...

RICHMOND — The chips are key. And the keys need chips. So if you have a dearth of chips, you will have a dearth of keys. This sounds like “Alice in Wonderland” nonsense talk or some throwback to “for ...

You may know the signs of a key fob with a bad battery: having to press the button multiple times or getting close to the car for activation to kick in. Sometimes the functions engage, and at other ...

Anticipating more car sharing, Toyota develops the Smart Key Box, a device that lets people use their smartphones to access and start up a car, as long as they have the right codes. Wayne Cunningham ...

A key fob is a small device that helps you engage the security system on a car to gain access and, sometimes, start the car remotely. They come attached with an RFID chip & an antenna inside and use ...