To All,
Hope you all had a great day.....
This morning I started my truck to get it warmed up before I head to work, I had it locked from the night before, so I proceeded to unlock it and get it started.
When I came back to enter the truck I found out that the truck had locked itself, or the Theft deterrent system had locked the truck and I had no other means to enter the truck while it is running (idle), luckily I had the driver side window down as I would normally do during the summer times, so I reached to key and turned off the ignition and pulled the key from the ignition.
Still the theft deterrent system did not unlock the truck, so I presses the first button on my fob key, and all it happened was the truck unlocked then locked again within a fraction of a second, so again I tried and the same happened again.
I reached in to ignition and stuck the key in, then started the truck again then turned it off and the same happened again, ( no go) still locked all this happening while I am reaching in through the window, could not open the door period.
Called the dealer, they said: place the key into the door lock outside the vehicle and turn it right or left to help unlock it, all it happened the alarm sounded loudly, so I presses the fob key button and that worked, so I tried again with the fob, and everything seemed fine.
Got into the truck and proceeded to work, 2 miles down the street the truck locks and unlocks itself like someone is standing outside the truck with another fob key and doing it, but after few seconds it stopped and it stayed in the lock position, I reached into the lock function on the door near the window keys and that did not help, every time I unlocked it locks again by itself.
Pulled off the road called the dealer and they advised me to drive over to them, I did, when arrived I could not get out of the truck until a technician arrived and asked me to turn the ignition off, so I did and I handed him the key through the open window he tried with the fob and by locking and unlocking the vehicle through the door lock by the window functions as I am sitting inside the truck but without luck.
Then he proceeded to unlock the truck from outside through the door and the alarm sounded as it happened to me at home earlier but by pressing the fob key the alarm stopped and the doors were open, so I got out and they took the truck in and they told me that the Theft Deterrent System Brain is screwed up and I need a new one.
Coast: $575.00 including labor.
The part had to be ordered, so they operated the truck locking mechanism manually through the outside door locks and asked me to come back with it next week.
Long and behold 500 feet down there side road, the truck locks itself again and I am in the same pair of shoes again when I pulled in.
Drove back again and they told me keep your windows open never put them up after exiting the truck and always try to use the door locks to enter it.
Drove home, swapped cars, left the truck in the garage and headed to work.
My truck as some of you know if a 97 LX450, 93K miles.
Is there and better solution to over come this issue instead of spending $575, like an after market system that can function the same way, or a simple fix that the dealer did not want to do or know off.
And is it really hard to disable the system and operate the truck without the deterrent system until fund # 6 is full again ?
Please advise of any ideas that can help me avoid the hefty $$$.
Thanks for your help.
Al
Hope you all had a great day.....
This morning I started my truck to get it warmed up before I head to work, I had it locked from the night before, so I proceeded to unlock it and get it started.
When I came back to enter the truck I found out that the truck had locked itself, or the Theft deterrent system had locked the truck and I had no other means to enter the truck while it is running (idle), luckily I had the driver side window down as I would normally do during the summer times, so I reached to key and turned off the ignition and pulled the key from the ignition.
Still the theft deterrent system did not unlock the truck, so I presses the first button on my fob key, and all it happened was the truck unlocked then locked again within a fraction of a second, so again I tried and the same happened again.
I reached in to ignition and stuck the key in, then started the truck again then turned it off and the same happened again, ( no go) still locked all this happening while I am reaching in through the window, could not open the door period.
Called the dealer, they said: place the key into the door lock outside the vehicle and turn it right or left to help unlock it, all it happened the alarm sounded loudly, so I presses the fob key button and that worked, so I tried again with the fob, and everything seemed fine.
Got into the truck and proceeded to work, 2 miles down the street the truck locks and unlocks itself like someone is standing outside the truck with another fob key and doing it, but after few seconds it stopped and it stayed in the lock position, I reached into the lock function on the door near the window keys and that did not help, every time I unlocked it locks again by itself.
Pulled off the road called the dealer and they advised me to drive over to them, I did, when arrived I could not get out of the truck until a technician arrived and asked me to turn the ignition off, so I did and I handed him the key through the open window he tried with the fob and by locking and unlocking the vehicle through the door lock by the window functions as I am sitting inside the truck but without luck.
Then he proceeded to unlock the truck from outside through the door and the alarm sounded as it happened to me at home earlier but by pressing the fob key the alarm stopped and the doors were open, so I got out and they took the truck in and they told me that the Theft Deterrent System Brain is screwed up and I need a new one.
Coast: $575.00 including labor.
The part had to be ordered, so they operated the truck locking mechanism manually through the outside door locks and asked me to come back with it next week.
Long and behold 500 feet down there side road, the truck locks itself again and I am in the same pair of shoes again when I pulled in.
Drove back again and they told me keep your windows open never put them up after exiting the truck and always try to use the door locks to enter it.
Drove home, swapped cars, left the truck in the garage and headed to work.
My truck as some of you know if a 97 LX450, 93K miles.
Is there and better solution to over come this issue instead of spending $575, like an after market system that can function the same way, or a simple fix that the dealer did not want to do or know off.
And is it really hard to disable the system and operate the truck without the deterrent system until fund # 6 is full again ?
Please advise of any ideas that can help me avoid the hefty $$$.
Thanks for your help.
Al