Re: Disabling a Factory Car Alarm (1995 Toyota Corolla)

["Ray O" <rokigawaATtristarassociatesDOTcom>]

"Andrew Stephenson" <ames@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> In article <f32fb$453d1868$44a4a10d$4661@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>    rokigawaATtristarassociatesDOTcom "Ray O" writes:
>
>> "Andrew Stephenson" <ames@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:1161628826snz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>> > [re: Prius locking/unlocking characteristics]
>> >
>> > (Will _try_ to remember to check this, next time I can.)
>>
>> Let us know what you find out!
>
> Seems there was a communications failure and I misunderstood how
> the Prius' alarm and locking mechanisms interact.  Here's how it
> looks, after some brief experiments.
>
> The car can be locked and its alarm set, using either the key-fob
> remote or the mechanical door-key stored in the fob.  The remote
> allows "double locking", whose advantages I am not clear on.
>
> The car can be unlocked and its alarm disarmed, using either the
> key-fob remote or the mechanical emergency door-key.  IOW, if the
> fob's battery fails, one can open the driver's door with the key
> without the alarm throwing any fits, then stick the fob into the
> dashboard hole and drive the car in the normal way -- perhaps to
> the nearest place selling fob batteries.
>
> Is it safe to assume the new Yaris works the same way?
>
> HTH.
> --
> Andrew Stephenson
>

Probably, because other than the double-locking, that is how every other
Toyota factory security system I've seen works.
--

Ray O
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