The Drive37%
Stellantis Is Giving Away 10 Years of Remote Start and Everyone Else Should Too 85%
By Adam Ismail58%
7/17/2026, 3:44:05 PM
BS Summary: This article contains 26 faulty reasoning types, including Post Hoc (False Cause), Framing Effect, and Appeal to Authority, with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 33.6% saturation with 143 hits. Analysis detected 1,208 faulty-reasoning hits from 426 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 76.1% and a BS Rank of 85% (3,474 of 21,886 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 84.10% of the article peer group.
Many automakers provide a limited free trial of connected features on new models that would normally require a paid subscription.
In many cases, these freebies last for a year, and the rationale for offering them is simple: Live with a convenience for 12 whole months, and it becomes hard to live without it.
That’s why I pay $15 a month for remote locks on my GR Corolla.
Stellantis has been on a roll as of late , though, and evidently wants to continue that trajectory, so it’s promising to grant buyers of most 2027 models across all brands a full decade of features like remote start, locks, and automatic SOS calls before they’re required to pay up.
It’s all a part of a revitalized “Connect One” plan, which includes the following features :
Remote engine start/stop
Remote lock/unlock doors
Over-the-air (OTA) software updates
Monthly vehicle health reports
Vehicle health and recall alerts
Remotely clear personal data
In-vehicle games via the App Market
Connect One does not offer remote horn/flashing lights, stolen vehicle assistance, or connected navigation—those are available in the upgraded Connect Plus tier.
However, anyone who buys a 2027 Jeep Grand Wagoneer, Wagoneer S, or Alfa Romeo gets three years of that, too.
At that point, the only feature you’d have to add, if you wanted to, is a Wi-Fi hotspot for $13 per month.
But, back to the Connect One stuff.
For the life of me, I don’t understand why more automakers don’t try this.
These conveniences cost nothing to run, and while obviously giving them away for 10 years means losing out on some profit, it’s an easy freebie to throw in particularly if you’re not selling as many cars as you’d like, or when prices of vehicles themselves rise to deal-breaking levels for many consumers.
Now, when I shared this recent announcement with my colleagues, The Drive’s Joel Feder stipulated that Stellantis’ app for connected-car features—particularly in the Wagoneer S, as it turns out—wasn’t the most consistent or reliable in his experience .
You know what they say about getting what you pay for, though, and considering the price for 2027 model-year vehicles is “free,” if I were eyeing a Stellantis model, I’d be enthusiastic to take a punt on these luxuries.
And hey—perhaps having an even larger group of customers using this stuff will spur the company to address lingering issues.
Have any experience with Stellantis’ connected-car app features?
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