hay all,

i just got my new tc on thursday & i love it. i am noticing an odd behavior however. if i lock the car with the button on the key, it locks & beeps. i can push the button again and it locks and beeps again. ok, normal so far. if i hit the lock button a 3rd time the panic alarm goes off!?

seems weird to me. is this normal? i do have the scion security installed.

thanks in advance, and thanks for letting me lurk on your site while i was doing all my research ;)

 

I dont know about tCs but you really dont need to worry about pressing the lock button three times lol

unless it is resulting from some problem with your car

 

wait your tC beeps when you lock it? how come mine doesnt?

 

i just was being **** and kept going. "is it locked? let me make sure." just seemed crazy that it would all of a sudden panic on the 3rd press.

 

upon further inspection & research it doesn't even matter, i have been screwed and i do NOT have scion secutity. i have some cheap ripoff because it does not say "scion security" it is just a generic blinking light.

i am going to go in there and raise hell monday morning.

 

whoa wait...

if you only have the stock system, then it should NOT be beeping in the first place

the blinking light below the HVAC **** on the left is for the engine immobilizer

good luck with the dealer. Also, yea, why pressing it 3 times anyways? Once is enough. One press, one flash of the lights.

 

yeah.. not scion security.

 

Wait, mine's stock and it DOES beep. Every tC beeps when locked with the beeper.

 

.. NO.

scion security NO BEEP.... stock NO BEEP.

how many times do we have to discuss this again?!

 

my tC is stock and does not beep when locked.

 

MINE DOES! Then why?

 

mine beeps, it came with the car but its not the scion security its the dealer secuirty system

 

some security system that's NOT scion security can make it go beep...

just like summx mentioned

or you wire some stuff up yourself.

 

No beeping here. I like the Acura beep. Its nice!!

 

Alot of dealers do not install Scion Security.

They install alarams through SouthWest Dealer Services and it is usually a KARR alarm.

This alarm beeps as well as many other aftermarket alarms...just like with other cars.

Scion Security does not beep and if you don't have an alarm, then all I can say is duh.

From my experience, only crappy car manufactuers, like ones that like to wire things to the stock head unit so that you can't get an aftermarket radio, have no alarm and it still beeps like there is one i.e. Ford Mustang

 

But I'm in Puerto Rico, and I never bought an additional alarm from the dealer, also I use my tC's key to activate the alarm.

 

i have some aftermarket (probably cheaper) security system that the dealer installed and neglected to mention it was NOT scion secuity. i didn't notice until my 3rd day with the car. has this happened to anyone else??? that is probably why it beeps (it beeps twice when i unlock and once when i lock it).

i know, i know, i only need to press the button once, but i would say i am somewhat ocd and i used to repeatedly lock my golf all the time too.

 

^^ Did you pay for scion security? If so, go back there and get that manager out there on the floor!

haha, its alright, sometimes I'll lock my car twice "just in case"... yea I'm weird sometimes

 

i sort of like the beep that come on toyota's.. if u really wanna change it then just go back to the dealership and he HAS to change it, but i "guess" scion security is the same thing just without the beeps... instead maybe u should get the difference between the alarms

 

Yeah he probably has the Karr security system. It actually has more features for the money. All those settings are configurable like if you want it to beep when arming or unlock the doors when you turn the key off. Find out if there is a manual in your packet of stuff in your owner's binder. If not, just go talk to the dealer and they can put you in touch with the right people or get you the manual.

"When all else fails, RTFM", know what I'm sayin'?