After-market Alaram Question/Experience

There's really no reason for an aftermarket alarm in the NA market. Car already has one. It arms when you lock the car, it disarms when you unlock the car. I'd get rid of the aftermarket, unless you can give me the benefit to having it.

You can set passive mode on, which will arm in 30 seconds after doors are closed after car is turned off. Downside to passive is that it arms even with doors are unlocked, and does not lock them. re-unlocking the car with remote (SKS won't work if car is already unlocked), or starting the car.

 

I had the same problem with an AM package Prius. Dealer forgot to get
the alarm. Then they threw in an aftermarket piece of junk called "Automate" and chewed up my wiring in the process!

I never went back to complain because I was just too angry. After setting
the alarm off every few days by accident I finally ripped the thing out.

Now I am trying to get the origingal one I ordered and will install it myself
if my scanner can set it up.

The Automate thing would work to some extent. If I opened the driver's
door it disarmed. OK. Any other door and the alarm would start honking.

But in cold weather it would get out of sync somehow, so when I set it off
accidentally I had trouble getting it to turn off without several tries. This
was super annoying. Not to mention there was a button you had to push
for this that they put right in the spot that belongs to my EV button!

And most bothersome of all was if I sat in the car and locked the doors
but did not start the engine. Just put on the accessory mode and turned
on the radio, etc, the thing was armed again and would honk the next
time I got out of the car.

 

Sure. Leave the window open, power off the car, get out, lock the car, leave the fob away from the car.
Wait 1 minute, then open the door (you did leave the window down right?)

Alarm should go off. Now run and get the fob so you can shut it off.

If you Turn off SKS, then you can lock the car with the remote, wait a minute without having to move the fob away, then open the door. Use fob to unlock and disarm the now screaming alarm.

 

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Did that test on my car and no alarm. When I complained that is when
the dealer put on that Automate thingy. They mounted it down at my feet
so I had to just about stand on my head to get it out. Good I guess if
it was useful! And they spliced into a lot of wires to make the thing go in. Lots of time and effort for nothing!

Why when my impression is the factory accessory should just pllug in
and require a few scanner settings?

 

The wiring diagram is not showing the alarm as an option. Really, it's all in the body ECU, with the only component exclusive to the theft deterrent is the alarm horn. I am having difficulty finding the alarm horn.

There is a customized setting to enable the alarm to sound the horns, that might be off.

Does the panic button work? It has to be held for 2 or 3 seconds for the alarm to go off.

Of course, the dealer could have messed it up.

 

Yes, my panic button does work.

I just assumed there would be another ECU for the alarm, since toyota
shows the alarm as an accessory for the cars not having it in the package.

Can it be as simple as just turning on the body ECU function?

 

I bought a used Prius that has the Automate alarm that was installed when the first owner bought it. My wife refuses to ride in it since the alarm went off after church when I opened the passenger door for her. Couldn't turn the D... thing off till we both got out of the car and I used the remote. How do I remove the thing without destroying the wiring?