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JHSmith · #10 (**permalink**) 11-04-2006, 12:41 PM

Will the SKS RF interfer with pacemakers? It depends on the pacemaker itself, also on the individual patient. (Some patients very seldon need the pacemaker to "kick-in", while others rely on their operation frequently.)

After I got my TCH home, I spent quite some time pouring over the owner's manuals (yeah, I'm strange in that way

). I was concerned about the warnings about pacemakers since both my parents have pacemakers.

I visit them about once or twice a year.

I asked the service department if I could disable the SKS system myself or would they need to do it since it would only need to be disabled when I went "home". (I couldn't see paying them to disable then enable it just a week later). They said they didn't know and would have to check. (They were ready to let it drop right there. I wasn't going to. I wanted an answer!)

Two weeks later, after several calls, I got the answer. It CAN be disabled without using Toyota's IntelliTester. They then disabled the system. I asked them for the directions and they acted like "Oh, YOU want to know how to do it?". After finding out that the information was not widely distributed, I told them that I wanted to know how to disable and enable the system, unless they (and every other Toyota service department) were going to do it for free whenever I needed it done. They finally gave me the print-out saying how to do it.

After The SKS system has been disabled, the car has to be unlocked like a "normal" keyless remote control. Then the key fob needs to be held next to the START button (as if the fob's battery is dead).

Let me know if you wish to have the instructions posted.