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Toyota Security System Issue

One of my close friends purchased an 01 Camry XLE from a private party and is generally very pleased with the car; however, he's had it about ten days and the Toyota alarm (horn and lights) has unilaterally (that is, in daylight, without any provocation [large trucks, car thieves, etc]gone off twice and my friend, fortunately, was there to stop it with his key remote. He's concerned that the alarm will again go off for no cause while he is at work and distance from the car, out of hearing of the alarm.

  1. Is this a common flaw in the Toyota security system?

  1. I've heard that the alarm will eventually stop in 15 minutes or so. It tthat correct?

Reply to
Jim Mohundro
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No.

More like 3 minutes.

Reply to
Ray O

The "panic" button may be getting pushed in his pocket. This has happened to me before when a key in my pocket hits the "panic" button. The alarm in my '03 Corolla turns off after 1 minute.

Reply to
dc

Here's an up date to my original post:

We appreciate the suggestion about the key/panic button possibility and are mildly encouraged that the horn/alarm won't go on forever, but my friend really doesn't want to enrage the neighbors.

The Lexus dealer that sold the Camry claimed that no alarm incidents were witnessed durijng the week they had the car between trade-in and its sale, but suggested that spurious radio transmissions from a fire station within

1/3 to 1/2 mile from the car's driveway could set off the alarm.

The independent Japanese-repair place (which did the independent pre-inspection) suggested that the owner go to the nearest reputable Toyota dealer's service department to have the alarm system checked out. Toyota said the car would have to be kept on their premises until the event again occurred so they could troubleshoot the problem at the time of occurence. That could go on indefinitely and sort of ruiles that out as a solution.

Reply to
Jim Mohundro

Any really good alarm system has diagnostics built in - On the one I installed, if it had been tripped and then reset (or was still going off) the status light in the cabin would blink a code for the zone (or zones) tripped.

(Codes off the top of my head, because I don't feel like finding the instruction book) One blink would be the dome light circuit, two blinks the glass break sensor, three blinks the current sensing, four blinks the vibration switch, five blinks an aux input like the hood pin switch...

That info gives you a place to start looking. Bet it's something stupid like a door switch adjusted a bit too sensitive, and a passing truck sucks the door open a few millimeters...

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Bruce L. Bergman

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