Fido
Club Member
Posts: 63
Primary Vehicle: RAV4
Year: 2006
Model Spec/Trim: VVT-I XT3 5 door Auto
Engine Capacity: 1998cc
Fuel Type: Petrol
Transmission: Automatic
Drive Type: 4WD/AWD
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Alarm
Feb 21, 2019 9:30:07 GMT
Post by Fido on Feb 21, 2019 9:30:07 GMT
I recently set off the alarm in my 2006 auto RAV4. I can find no reference to an alarm in the manual. Made me wonder if it was fitted after the car was bought. But no leaflet about an alarm among the documents passed on to me. Can anyone point me in the right direction to understand how the alarm works?
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Alarm
Feb 21, 2019 11:12:36 GMT
Post by philip42h on Feb 21, 2019 11:12:36 GMT
I'd have thought alarms were fitted as standard by then, along with central locking and that sort of thing, but, according to Thatcham, category 1 alarms were fitted to the RAV4 XT4 and XT5 models (only) between Oct '03 – Feb '06 and to all RAV4 models from Mar 2006 onwards. So the exact answer will depend on the production date of your car ... Here's a link to How Car Alarms Work. You don't say how you set the alarm off (?) but among other sensors there is generally a pressure / movement sensor that will detect when someone breaks a window or someone or something moves inside a locked and alarmed car. There is usually a little flashing light somewhere on the dash to indicate that the interior sensor is active and often a switch somewhere to optionally disable that sensor ...
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Fido
Club Member
Posts: 63
Primary Vehicle: RAV4
Year: 2006
Model Spec/Trim: VVT-I XT3 5 door Auto
Engine Capacity: 1998cc
Fuel Type: Petrol
Transmission: Automatic
Drive Type: 4WD/AWD
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Alarm
Feb 21, 2019 11:56:54 GMT
Post by Fido on Feb 21, 2019 11:56:54 GMT
Thanks for that. Toyota told me I would trigger the alarm by putting my arm in through an open window when the car was locked. It didn’t. When I tried to open the door by inserting the key in the lock it did trigger the alarm. I switched it off by using the remote to open the door. I have sometimes been sitting in the car in my garage and triggered the alarm without knowing the cause.
Further research will continue.
My XT3 model was first registered in June 2006. To
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Fido
Club Member
Posts: 63
Primary Vehicle: RAV4
Year: 2006
Model Spec/Trim: VVT-I XT3 5 door Auto
Engine Capacity: 1998cc
Fuel Type: Petrol
Transmission: Automatic
Drive Type: 4WD/AWD
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Post by Fido on Feb 21, 2019 12:49:21 GMT
Cracked it!
Page 447 of my owners manual index under T is Theft deterrent system which is described on page 59. It describes what triggers the alarm and how to stop it.
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