There was some mail I left on my front seat and the car was locked. Instead of getting my keys and unlocking the car I reached in up to my elbow through a small opening in the window and then down to the handle. I nearly ripped the skin off my arm when I got startled by the alarm. How did the alarm know to sound off?
At what point did it go off? If it was when you pulled on the handle, that means that the alarm was working properly. If it was before then, that means that the glass sensor was working properly.
It saw your reflection in the glass. :-)
I was standing outside the car, reached inside and opened the door by the handle. How did the security system know the door was being opened by someone outside the car and not while inside?
mark_
No way! The car faces the street. There's nothing out there but a wood retaining wall.
Once the security system is activated, it will set off the alarm any time someone tries to open unlock the car without using the remote or the mechanical key.
Sit in the car, and lock it with the key fob; then try to open it without using the fob.
OK I will get back to you later on this because right now it's pitch black outside and I don't want to stir up the frogs. Their croaking will wake up the dead.
mark_
*ribbit*
I think most alarm systems do that. I know I've had my share of noisy surprises!
Mike
Mike, you really need to find some other way to support your habit. :-)
I locked the doors with the fob while I sat inside. Opened the door and the alarm didn't sound. I tried it again but this time I raised myself off a bit from the seat and the alarm still didn't sound. So, for the third time, how does the security system know if the inside handle of the door is being opened by someone in the car or standing outside the car?? Is there pressure sensors near the gas peddle or brake? Can it smell an occupant? ;) mark_
No: it knows how many times the doors have been opened. Toyota knows that lots of people lock the doors while driving. It would be silly to design the alarm to sound the first time the doors are opened after they were locked.
Roll down a window, then shut off the car and get out and lock it the usual way. Then reach in through the window and open the door.
Damn! Now why didn't I think of that?? Wait a minute. I did that already. So, what you're saying is the first time in counts as one and then open the door and lock it counts as two. So the alarm will sound off on the even number?
I smell fish. What if two people enter the rear seating with one door operation but leave separately with two operations of the same door?
You know what? I don't think I'm going to get an answer to my question.
Well, huh: mine isn't working as advertised either. Off to the dealer for diagnosis.
there was no weight on the seat of the door that was opened so the car knew it was being robbed
Are their pressure sensors in the back seat too?
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