“Hyundai, please send me an update or a fix.”
An Arizona dad loves his 2025 Hyundai Palisade, but he has one major gripe with the vehicle: its remote start. Namely, that it shuts off shortly after opening any of the doors.
He says this becomes an unnecessary hassle when he tries to cool down his daughter’s car seat. The father, who goes by Bearded Mr. Mom (@beardedmom) recently took his gripe to the internet.
“It’s unreal that Hyundai did this, but it is what it is,” he begins. He adds that it’s a 2025 Hyundai Palisade.
“This thing just annoys the crap out of me and I don’t know why they did it this way. I have kids that live in Arizona, but, nonetheless, they did it and it’s frustrating. So, Hyundai please send me an update or a fix,” he says.
“But if you have a Hyundai or a Kia, and you know how to fix this, let me know, because I’ve looked at every setting and I still don’t know how to fix this and it’s driving me crazy. I just pre-started the car with my key because I want to cool the car off for my daughter. So now I’m coming up to it and I’m gonna open the door,” he says.
The dad then adds that his car gets so hot in the Arizona sun that he’s put ice packs on his daughter’s car seat in the hopes of cooling it down more quickly.
While he speaks, the Palisade shuts off.
“Now I gotta come back over here, and now it’s hot again and start it again,” he says. According to him, the Palisade isn’t fully cooled when it automatically turns off.
Bearded Mr. Mom says his Ram truck doesn’t have this problem. “Hyundai, soon as I open the door it turns off,” he says.
According to him, the Palisade’s auto shut-off has nothing to do with safety.
“I opened it with the key, so it should just work. It wasn’t getting stolen, I opened it. I had the key. It knows I had the key to open the door, and it still turned off while I was trying to put my daughter in the car seat. And now it’s 110 and we’re dying,” he says. “So please, send me the link, figure out what’s going on or get back to me and let me know how to do it because Hyundai, you got a great car but, you gotta fix that feature.”
While Bearded Mr. Mom takes issue with Hyundai, it’s standard for remote starts to have time limits.
According to Kelley Blue Book, virtually all carmakers have imposed time limits on remote start. These include Acura, Honda, Infiniti, Genesis, Hyundai, Kia, Lexus, Toyota, and Volkswagen. Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC, and some Infinite and Nissan models range between 10 and 15 minutes depending on the model, KBB states. Moreover, KBB says that BMW, Mini, Dodge, Chrysler, Ford, Jeep, Lincoln, and Ram models give drivers 15 minutes of remote start time before cars shut off.
Other Palisade owners on a Reddit thread have noted that vehicles started with remote start shut off around a minute after the door is opened.
The Korean automaker indicates that remote start is offered with its Bluelink subscription. This includes the 2025 Hyundai Palisade.
Some vehicles have key fobs that include remote start without a Bluelink subscription. Drivers must be within 32 feet of their vehicle and hit the button on their fob to use remote start.
Although, as one Hyundai dealership writes, there’s a 10-minute time limit for its remote start, whether it’s engaged via Bluelink or key fob. The dealership notes it doesn’t work if the car is unlocked.
If the time limit really is inhibiting, you can buy aftermarket products to bypass the cutoff time.
Motor1 has reached out to Bearded Mr. Mom via TikTok direct message for further comment.
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