Did basically the same thing. It was froze solid. I had to take vice grips to the point it bent the shape of the auger attachment. I also used water in the fire pot to leach back into the tube the auger sits in. Beat it with a hammer and just messed with it for hours and it finally came loose...
Been busy and haven’t tried to remote start since this was disabled. I use this all the time. Turn my grill which is in outdoor kitchen while prepping food. Leaving store and want to fire it up to burn off plates etc…
While it could/maybe should be disabled by default. There should (If...