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What keyless entry are you running?

Discussion in '1st Gen. Tacomas (1995-2004)' started by Cutter_, Oct 29, 2019.

  1. Oct 29, 2019 at 6:35 PM
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    Cutter_

    Cutter_ [OP] I probably could have googled this

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    I have a dealer-installed Karr alarm system and I hate everything about it. What system do you guys run and how hard is removing/installing alarm systems?
     
  2. Oct 29, 2019 at 6:51 PM
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    What is so bad that you "hate everything about it"?
     
  3. Oct 29, 2019 at 7:11 PM
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    Cutter_ [OP] I probably could have googled this

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    My Karr alarm requires that I push the unlock button twice before it unlocks the door. The range is terrible, today I pushed it once and when I pushed it a second time the battery died. Every time I opened the door the alarm would go off and it automatically killed the ignition. Every shop I talk to says Karr is the cheapest alarm system out.
     
  4. Oct 29, 2019 at 7:55 PM
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    That's because it's a glorified keyless entry. You can barely call it an "alarm".

    Which battery died? The car battery or the remote battery?

    But sounds like all you need to do is replace the remote battery. Did that on mine and the range tripled. The alarm goes off because you're probably opening the door without disarming it (probably because the battery died).

    pushing mine twice unlocks all the doors, once just unlocks the driver door. So if you need to push it twice to even unlock one door, that may be another sign of a dead remote battery.

    So I'd try a new remote battery before you go spending several hundred bucks on a new alarm system.
     
  5. Oct 29, 2019 at 8:09 PM
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    Cutter_ [OP] I probably could have googled this

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    the remote battery. It happened before. The range did increase slightly, but one click is lock and two is unlock. That is how mine has always worked.
     
  6. Oct 29, 2019 at 8:35 PM
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    hmm, that's weird, so your remote only has 1 button? Never seen that before.

    Ones I've seen always look like this:
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    I used to have a Viper on my 1st gen 4Runner, but that was nearly 2 decades ago... It ended up eventually malfunctioning and I had a shop remove it.

    Crutchfield.com has several alarms and remote start systems, and they include pretty detailed DIY installation instructions. They have Vipers (and some other brand) as cheap as $99, but I would avoid anything that cheap, although that would likely be an improvement over your 1 button remote system, lol

    Just kind of depends on your budget and why kind of features you want. I'd probably plan to spend like 200-300 or so on a decent system.
     
  7. Oct 29, 2019 at 8:37 PM
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    I just use a key. They're $4 to replace and they last roughly a decade. But I'm a weirdo.
     
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    I've got a Viper #5706v 2way keyless remote alarm with a Viper #vsm 250 smart start with GPS added on
     
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  10. Oct 30, 2019 at 12:44 AM
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    Cutter_ [OP] I probably could have googled this

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    Anyone else with a Karr alarm, do you have to push it twice for it to unlock?
     
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    You have to push a button twice? Geeze, I thought v working in the salt mines was tough... :)
     

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