MyCar Controls

I got this because I was always forgetting if I locked my car especially when getting on a plane. When it decides to work it’s great and when it does respond it’s a accurate response but it’s getting the command to go through that’s the problem. It is not uncommon to need to send the command several times I rarely get the first attempt at any command to work. On average I think it usually takes at least 3 attempts. It also doesn’t seem to matter where my car or I am. At my home it’s in a nice area with tons of cellphone signal for all the carriers. (Verizon/ATT/T-mobile/Sprint/etc) This morning it just refused to start at all. I tried over 20 times in 30 minutes while I was getting ready to leave and I couldn’t even get the first confirmation tone that I think means the service got my request and they’ll try to contact the vehicle now. It just beeps once letting me know the App is attempting to send the command and then a few moments later the command icon turns Red indicating failure. I’ve moved the antenna around in the vehicle and it doesn’t matter. It’s still a nice to have when it works but my last vehicle had Uconnect and I never had any of these issues. I also wish it would work over Wifi as far as the App request. My vehicle is often left in areas with great cell signal but sometimes my phone is inside a structure that blocks cell signal but I have WiFi access still. This seems to only work when SMS is available.

Love this product. I am always second guessing whether or not I locked my car and this gives me piece of mind. I’ve put a lot of money and hard work into my car so this is definitely a great addition. I wish this app had more functions and a cooler look to it though. As I’ve seen in other comments, it would be nice if you could add a custom photo for your car. When is the next major update being released?

I think this app is getting a bad reputation not because of the app itself but because of the installation of the receiver in the car. The receiver has to be mounted with a certain side facing upward and away from metal objects. I installed mine myself and originally did not have it installed in the correct manner. Mine like many of the bad reviews here worked very sporadically. I thought the problem was in the app. After bad results for the first month or two I went back and redid the installation of the receiver per the instructions. I located it near the top of the dash, the correct side facing up and away from metal. This remote start system works 100% of the time now. If your system is working with limited success I can almost guarantee you receiver is installed improperly.

I install these regularly. I’ve installed around 15 in the past month. On DEI remote start platforms the run time is perfect on Fortin it reports the wrong run time. For instance when the remote start unit is set for 15 minutes it shows like 31 when it starts after a few to several minutes the run time corrects itself. Wonder if this an app problem? Units I installed last year worked perfect on both remote start platforms. Please advise

Vehicle: 2017 Jeep Wrangler with MPC Remote Start & MPC Smartphone app module Device: iPhone XS Max IOS 13.2.2 Had some issues with my initial installation of my MPC Smartphone app module when I tried to register it in the app. Something happened and I wasn’t able to interface with my Jeep. I could only use the GPS function to locate the Jeep however I was unable to unlock/lock the doors or start it. Turned out it wasn’t an issue with this app. The modules I had required “relearning”. I contacted MPC and they responded within 24 hrs so I could reprogram them. Once I did that everything worked flawlessly. Additional features. It would be much better if this app supported HomeKit and had a widget shortcut. Wondering if future release is in work?!