Nissan is Either Ending Free Remote Access or Wants You to Pay Them Anyway

[LeftieBiker]

Nisan regularly sends emails to people with late model Leafs, trying to get them to pay for the initially free premium features of Nissan Connect. Today's email crosses a line, however. Under the heading "Stay Cool This Summer!" it mentions remote climate control access, and strongly implies that you have to pay for the premium services to get it.
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Enjoy 2 months of NissanConnect® Services for only $11* and take advantage of all of the benefits these services bring to your drive this summer.
ACTIVATE NOW
Offer Ends 5/31/23. Paid upfront plus tax.
See Offer Details* below.

RECONNECT WITH NISSAN

[LeftieBiker]

"Remote Climate Control
Begin the hot summer day with a comfortable cabin temp using Remote Climate Control3 .

Destinations
Find the fastest route to a patio dinner with our destination services.
Monitoring & Alerts
Set your alert notifications when you leave your Nissan with the valet.
ACTIVATE NOW"

[knightmb]

I can help.
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[GerryAZ]

All of the emails I have received trying to get me to subscribe to the "premium" service have been written to sound ominous, but don't actually say that the premium subscription service is required for the features I have used since 2011. I have no desire for remote door lock/unlock, valet monitoring, etc. so I never even activated the free trial of the premium service when I purchased the 2019 almost 4 years ago.

I just tried climate control remote start and remote stop--they both still work. The only feature I miss is email notification for charging status (which quit working during/after one of Nissan's server updates).

[LeftieBiker]

Thanks, knightmb. What I miss is being able to schedule the climate control activation in advance. If I know I'll be leaving for a medical appointment at a certain time, that's helpful. I wonder if 'Climate Control3' allows that, or if they are trying to scam people into paying for the same stripped-down function we all have.

[GerryAZ]

I tried remote climate control timer setting last night and it worked fine to set desired temperature and start time through the iPhone app. I also turned off climate control a few minutes after the timer activated without incident. I do subscribe to SiriusXM music and traffic, but not the premium services for door locking/unlocking, valet monitoring/blocking, etc. I doubt that I will pay for a premium subscription if/when the service through Nissan stops working.

[hjc212]

My Nissan Connect app (iphone) stopped connecting on August 2nd. Mostly missing not being able not to turn on the A/C here in NC.

Are there any third party apps out there?

[GerryAZ]

I just remotely activated climate control without incident. There was an update to the Connect EV iPhone app recently. I could not use it without updating to the newest version of the app.

[Learjet]

still working for me...as said update app

[fester]

Hills block my cell signal at home, so remote connect is essentially useless. Too bad no third party monitoring for newer Leafs...