Dumb Question from a Brand New Owner

I don't have mine yet - but I think this has been discussed before - and others correct me if I am wrong, but I believe that is perfectly normal for it to blink - it is letting you know that system is active.

 

Welcome to the club and congrats on the purchase.

Yes, this is normal. It is the vehicle immobilizer/theft deterrent system showing it is active.


from page 20 of the manual:

The system is automatically set when the
key is removed from the key slot. The
indicator light will start flashing to show
the system is set.
If any of the following indicator conditions
occurs, contact your Toyota dealer.

The indicator light stays on except
when the theft deterrent system is setting
or activating. (See “Theft deterrent
system†on page 44.)

The indicator light does not start flashing
when the key is removed from the
key slot.

The indicator light flashes unsteady.

 

I'll bet this is your first car with an alarm system?

Every car I've ever had used some sort of visible warning sign to alert thiefs that the car was alarmed. I guess it makes the more skitterish crook think twice and move to a less secure target.

And Tony... Morse code? I thought everyone who knew that got killed off during the beach scene in Saving Private Ryan?

 

**SIGH** Does anyone ever read Manuals anymore?

Theft Deterrent System: 2004 Owner's Manual (probably near same in current manual): page 6 and Pages 20, 44 ,45.

There's a wealth of helpful information in the Owner's Manual.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(paflyfisher @ Apr 20 2006, 09:46 PM) [snapback]242927[/snapback]</div>

Don't feel bad, I had the same reaction when I got my new car home 1/2/06. The first thing I did was call the salesman to find out what was going on. I never had this on prior cars so it spooked me. The salesman was very good about explaining everything else on the car - I guess he figured because this is not unique to the Prius I would have encountered it on other cars.

Since you mentioned you live in PA - did the dealership mention the $500 cash rebate you can get directly from PA? The rebate program I believe ran out of money the end of March 06, but, they expect to receive more funds in July 06. As soon as they receive more funds they will be accepting more requests for rebates. You have 6 months from date of purchase to apply for the rebate ( but, they will not accept applications for the rebates until they announce that they have funds available.) So be sure to visit their web site regularly to see when the additional funds become available.

Springtime

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Charles Suitt @ Apr 21 2006, 12:06 PM) [snapback]243153[/snapback]</div>

What a nice, smug response. As paflyfisher said (quoted below), (s)he was confused about the description of the manual. In fact, I would argue that paflyfisher did exactly what I would hope everyone would do: was concerned about something, looked in the manual, couldn't find information that answered the question to their satisfaction, so posted a very polite question on the board asking for help.

After all, why are we all here if not to help each other out?

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(paflyfisher @ Apr 20 2006, 10:38 PM) [snapback]242958[/snapback]</div>

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Charles Suitt @ Apr 21 2006, 11:06 AM) [snapback]243153[/snapback]</div>

LOL! You're so rude it's funny.