Factory Alarm Issues

[pulse98]

My alarm chirps sometimes but most of the time does not. It even "half" chirps sometimes...likes its trying to chirp but the wiring is making it cut out in the middle of a chirp.

Of course, when the car was on the dealership lot two months ago the chirping worked flawlessly.

 

[drohweder]

Ditto on most the posts above.

The yota man made a great car but seems his alarm is not "trail rated"

What I hate is the range....I get further than 15 ft away and it won't work.

 

[XXXR]

Boy.. talk about timing. My alarm has been chirping not chirping for a year now and finally went out. Electronic Control Unit huh? 180 boners... well I'll check the wires first...

 

[XXXR]

desertdude.. I see that pages 8-14 are missing...

 

[Beowulf]

There are several "factory" alarms for the 80-Series. Most common is the RS3000 alarm installed at the port/dealer by TMS USA. Next would be the TVSS alarm installed by TMS USA on earlier 80s. There are also a variety of alarms installed by Gulf States Toyota and the Toyota distributor on the East coast.

Several of the owner's manuals for these alarms are on my web site. I also have a couple of Gulf States manuals that I haven't scanned and posted yet.

The piezo is failure prone and I hear it is easily replaced. Mine has never worked and I prefer it that way. The piezo is under the bonnet; approximate location is shown in the install manual available above.

FYI, I sent those files to Christo a few years ago and he has graciously hosted them for me. If someone else confirms they are corrupt then let me know and I will try to get them replaced on his site. In the meantime, you should be able to dl the files from my new hosting service that allows for larger file sizes.

-B-

 

[Bob_Garrett]

If you have the TVSS alarm, I have the installation manual for that one which has more info than the operational manual.

 

[desertdude]

desertdude.. I see that pages 8-14 are missing...

they appear to be up there [edit] just not in order

 

[landtank]

I had the intermitent chirping when I got the truck. Seems the wires on the piezo are quite a bit larger than the ones on the module. They used those common splices and with the wire diameter difference the smaller module wires would not always make contact. The solution was to remove the splices and hard solder the wires together. The connection is in the DS foot well, just follow the piezo wires back through the firewall.

 

[hoch]

I have a 4Runner that had the same intermittent chirp. The problem is the Piezo chirper itself. You can actually get one at Radio Shack for about $5-7, depending on the db level. It a SUPER simple fix, once you locate the chirper. On the 4Runner, it was located on the driver's side of the engine bay, near the firewall. Click on this thread and about 9 posts down.

http://www.yotatech.com/showthread.php?t=17463

Basically, it's a cut and splice job. My chirper has worked EVERY single time since then. And I like hearing the chirp, because then, I don't have to actually look at the door locks to see if they've locked or not when I use the keyfob.