does all xBs come wid tha scion security light on their dash??...shouldnt all of them have em 4 tha keyless entry??...cuz 4 sum reason i dont have dat scion security light

 

The light is not on the dash, it is mounted in the switch panel next to the cigarette lighter when you purchase the security system. It wouldn't serve any purpose with keyless entry.

Could you please try to type a bit clearer? When you say things like "dat" and "sum" it makes people not want to answer your questions.

 

 

mikkbox, I vote you keep your lingo. I understand very clearly. It does not annoy me at all. I think it's great fun!

dat you be you and you r brave
enuf to tawk like dis and dat
is ok bro, and keep it up, like...
well, also like you keep up trou
and do not pay Olde English rent
as long's ur pole stays in ur tent
it iz ur choice to dat or dis but you'll
get teezed but this ain't that

 

I had to think and remember when I was a teen: about the best underground cartoonist was Vaughn Bode (bo-dee) His principle character was named Cheech Wizard.

MikkoxB has somehow shown himself to be Cheech Wizard reincarnated. He talks just like Cheech.

Today's artists recall Bode. This is a tribute to Bode (d. 1975) found by Google Imagesearch.

keep the lingo, michael.
crew: let the dif'rent fuzzball cruise along here in peace, right? i see your points but let him be a teen spirit of his own style, esp as his postings are all short and to a point very clearly made.

 

o so u have 2 buy tha scion security??...then what exactly does it do??

 

it protects your car from potential theft by sounding your horn and blinking your headlights/taillights when the alarm is triggered. it also supposedly goes off when someone or something taps or knocks on the window. other options but i forgot.

 

not up to speed on that scion security option myself but I seem to recall it is costly and was a bit bugged (early on anyway)

could be just as well done by aftermarket security, I recall.

enough. I need to read up that thread above!


BTW: Do any of you know of ANY stolen xB's? My insurance co (progressive) does not rate the xB as any kind of theif-magnet.

Having a stock car with no goodies inside I don't feel need for security alarm
Having a yellow car with yellow wheels and other rare features makes it sort of stand-out in traffic.

I do not expect that many yellow boxes or lava boxes, esp. would get -stolen-

just gotta protect your -gear- subs and stuf. Have none of that meself

 

Well, I decided to buy the Scion security when I bought the car. Since the dealer did'nt have the system in stock, I had to bring the car back five days after my purchase. What was supposed to be a routine alarm istallation, took them 6 business days to install. The gave me a loaner for the week they had my car but c'mon, a week to install an alarm? They had all kinds of electrical problems and bad connectors and could not figure out how to get the damn thinh to work. They ended up calling a technician in Japan who diagnosed it over the phone.

Anyway, they ultimately ended up putting two very small scatches in my dash. When I went to pick up my car, I went ballistic. They offered to replace the little plastic piece of dash they scratched but said they would need my car for the day. I said, after having my car for over a week, I said forget it. I went home and found that if I armor-all the piece, the scratches dissapear. The dealer called me back the next day and asked how the can make it up to me. I said a free AEM cold-air intake instaaled would make me feel better. They put that in last Saturday (while I waited).

My opinion...about the alarm.....go aftermarket!!!!

 

I agree with your opinion about go aftermarket, but not due to the service you received from the dealer. I just think that a lot of dealers are not use to install the options to the car yet. I notice when I brought my Scion in November that this was the first time the dealer had to install options in a Xb. It first took them a week the find a car in my color, then a couple of days to install the under dash LED, Alarm System, Upgraded radio (which was set for an Xa) and Spoiler. I had to return a week later to have them install the TRD quick shifter which was back ordered which I still wonder if it was installed completely since the dust over does not meet the shifting ****.

But as far as the alarm goes, the only special feature that the Scion alarm may have over a third party system is next to the Scion Security LED, is a high pitch sound sensor. This sensor detects glass breakage.

Now for the things that could be better. I don’t like the fact that you have to manually lock all the doors once the car is started. With my other cars, the alarm system will lock the doors automatically. I also don’t believe that the Scion Alarm has a motion sensor or if it does, it’s not very sensitive. I like to know when someone bumps into my car. I got a copy of the Xb alarm system installation manual from another ScionLife user because I didn’t think they adjust my sensitivity correctly and the manual did show me where the alarm is installed and how to adjust the sensitivity. I also realize that the dealer was suppose to place a Scion Security Sticker on the vehicle but didn’t according to the installation manual.

 

the sticker i had to put on the windows myself came with the manual but still confused about the whole sound sensitivity thing. no idea how to adjust.

 

you can add glass breakage sensor to an aftermarket alarm as well, i can install an aftermarket alarm in a scion in about 2 hours (and thats pretty slow)

 

PM me and I can send you the installation manual.

 

It sucks they broke in to my ride and it didnt go off wast of money

 

The door must have not have been locked because even if they did break in they couldn't start the engine, if the door was locked, because of the immoblizizer. If the door WAS locked then they must have really tried super hard to steal your car if they took the time to go through the immobilizer.