Alarming Question

I bought my 2006 Tacoma just a couple years ago and was told it had an "upgraded" alarm. It has this blue light under the dash uses and the alarm key fob. Can anyone help me identify if it's any kind of an "upgrade"?

Seems like every so often I'll hear my truck alarm from the house do a rapid succession of horn honks. I'm guessing some sensitivity thing needs backing-off. Well now I notice the blue light really bright all the time.

Anyone know what's going on and how to deal with it?

RZ Rob

 

Looks like the stock key FOB to me.

 

So any idea what's going on and how to fix it?

One last observation: Alarm used to honk once on Lock, and twice on Unlock. Now it's once either way.

RZ Rob

 

The fob is stock, but the alarm system could be tied in to use the stock fob. The stock system has no blue LED.

 

Do you have a good battery? In the truck that is. I dont know about the light but I had an after market years ago and when my battery started going bad it would chirp occassionally. I didn't know why at the time but later learned it was a warning about the low voltage on the battery.

 

If I were in your shoes I would look for the alarm control module, Its most likely going to be a black box. See if you can find a serial number or manufacturer or something and search google for an online user manual.

 

x2 if possible follow the wire from the blue light to the box.

 

That alarm is one of the systems the dealership installs on every single one of their new cars that come in. I think the brand name is KARR. It is actually worthless and just is an addition to factory systems. I may be to harsh....sorry! The dealers use one general master fob that works with that system. It allows them to open the doors and gain access to any vehicle on the lot without having to tell the customer to wait while they run inside and try to find the keys.

 

i have the same kaar system from the toyota dealer....honks a series of short burst if the truck gets bumped or somebody pulls the handle and it has a blue flashing led under the driver side of the dash i can see flashing during night hours.​

 

Exactly! except it seems to be more prominent lately. Something's gone awry.

RZ Rob

 

maybe the only thing going awry is.....somebody tampering with your truck?

 

My guess is that it was set too sensitive and since it was sending warnings so many times it's changed to a greater level of alerting me. I just need to figure out how to reset it and desensitize it.

RZ Rob

 

If you push the button near the blue led once it should make the light flash. This makes my doors chirp when locking and unlocking. If you hold the button down for a few seconds the chirping happens when i shut the truck off and it disengages the alarm but the light stays lit up all the time in this setting.

I sometimes turn the alarm off when I know I am going places where there are lots of loud cars going by because that sets off the warning chirps because yes the alarm is extremely sensitive.

Hope thats some help.

 

X2... I had several aftermarket alarms, and noticed erratic behavior when the battery starts dying off... Might be your culprit.

 

Exactly. Really pisses me off, on a previous Tacoma I bought, they installed this alarm, and they did a hack job on all the wiring, mickey moused everything to try and squeeze a few more dollars out of customers.

 

OK, I did some investigating. Seems the brand is an Audiovox Pursuit. I can't make the alarm trigger though. Also this blue LED (actually it has 2 LEDs & a button). I can't seem to affect a change though. I also couldn't determine the model of it. These things scare me though as usually blind bozos with wire cutters do the install. If I could identify the model (not seeing it on unit) I might be able to make progress.

Thanks for the input folks.

RZ Rob

 

Couldn't have said it better! We bought our Rav4 sport while it was still on the truck and specifically told them NOT to install their alarm. They did and we refused to take delivery until they ripped it out and replaced all of the hacked wires. I actually inspected it to make sure that it was done correctly to make sure that they didn't just remove the alarm and also are having them replace some plastic that they jacked up! Good alarms definitely have great value but this set up is a joke! I could direct everyone here to some other forums where there must be at least 40 different threads on it! I am just surprised to see this coming up now here as most toyota dealers use this system.

 

PROBLEM SOLVED!!!

The alarm appeared to be "Valet" mode. Although it was an Audiovox Pursuit alarm, its Valet switching instructions didn't seem to apply. I went sifting through my file cabinet because I seemed to recall seeing some paperwork on the alarm. Among my papers was a sealed plastic bag with Rockledge PROPLM Keyless entry Owner's manual. Inside were instructions including how to trigger Valet mode (cycle key power 3 times).

Viola! alram works again.

Thanks for all the ideas folks. You really helped.

RZ Rob

 

Thanks for posting this....I've been searching the net for hours to find this "fix"!!! PM sent as well. Thx.

 

I found out mine had the Rockledge Security System dealer installed. It got put in Valet when I had it in for repairs and the blue light was on steady(not flashing like it used to when I armed it). All I had to do was (Key on ,hold the valet button until the blue light goes out) Printed a Rockledge Manual(Blue) on their website. 24/7 Rockledge Tech Support 1-888-600-1440 2012 Tacoma Prerunner