Toyota Trucks: Enabling the 4Runner factory alarm system

DarrylR wrote: 
Daryl. if you already have the keyless, you just need the alamr upgrade,
its not nearly as much $$$. Price one from the dealer. Its not just a
missing use.

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You can buy the OEM VIP RS3200 Plus for about $225 online (08586-3D870) --
try www.TOYOTAPARTS4U.com or www.toyotaparts.com or http://www.partznet.com.
It also has the glass breakage feature. No wires have to be cut like
aftermarket.

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Hi Darryl R.:
Check out this website
http://www.customtacos.com/tech/index.php?page=index_v2&id=12&c=6
It works on a 2003 Tacoma, but who knows, it might work on other years and
models. Fred
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Wolfgang,

Thanks for the URLs. I'm going to try the process that "Fred" sent in his
posting. It's specific to the Tacoma, but who knows, it may work on the
4Runner also. In case it doesn't, if I purchase the RS3200 Plus online, does
it come with instructions that will enable someone like me (who's very handy
around the house and familiar with vehicle wiring, but hasn't installed a
car stereo in about 20 years) to install it?

Darryl R.

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http://www.partznet.com. 

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Darryl,
I bought the RS3200 upgrade kit on eBay for $70. Here's a link to a current
auction from that seller:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2454847946

The only thing it does differently from the "free alarm" modification is
give you the glass-break sensor and the flashing LED. Installation was
simple; the hardest part was taking off the plastics to get to the wiring.
It's as easy as unplugging one connector and plugging in another.

- Erik

Depending which dealer you buy from - it may or may not have copy of
instructions. Mine came from Jay Marks (TX) and they gave me a Fujitsu 10
FAX-Back number for install on my Camry. A 25 page FAX was the result.
Very detailed but on the Camry you have to gut the whole dash and center
console to install -- believe on the 4Rnr its only the passengers side. It
was a 4-5 hour job. Ya might want to pull the instructions down before you
buy. Its 310 327-9905 and it would be document #10032.

Did you try the FREE approach yet? Results?

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Fred,

Thanks for the URL. I just went out and checked out the wiring under my dash
and it looks nothing like the 03 Tacoma's. I only see one single-pin
connector (with a red and black wire), and it isn't very accessible. I don't
have a problem removing the lower dash to access the wire, but I'd like to
be sure it's the correct wire. Has anyone successfully done this on a
4Runner?

Darryl R.

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Might I suggest looking at http://www.tundrasolutions.com search for RS3200
on the site or look in the 4Runner section. There have been many posts
about the fact that the keyless entry is part of the alarm system and that
you enable the whole alarm system by switching the connectors. Toyota ships
it with the whole system but they only enable the keyless entry. They turn
around and then charge you more for the alarm. All they do is switch some
connectors, install a glass breakage sensor and flashing LED.

I know the work-around works for the Tundra. I have an 02 Tundra and it
works.

"DarrylR" <com> wrote in message
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I just purchased an '04 4Runner SR5 without the anti-theft alarm system
option. I decided to forgo the $400 factory alarm system to save money,
figuring that I would purchase an after-market alarm for about $200. After
reading the manual, though, it occurred to me that the only difference
between the anti-theft system that came with my truck (keyless remote entry
and a panic button on the remote that sounds the horn when pressed) and the
factory system is that it doesn't sound the horn if the doors are opened
without the key.

Is there a cheaper way to enable this feature than purchasing a third party
alarm? For example, is it simply a matter of installing a fuse that they've
omitted?

Thanks,
Darryl R.




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