does have TCH console compartment lid?
#11
Re: does have TCH console compartment lid?
Yep! I just tried it in the driveway...started the car, put the key out on the sidewalk and then drove down the driveway. Car kept flashing KEY NOT FOUND (or something similar) and flashed the red triangle...
So, does this mean that these cars a much more difficult to hotwire???
So, does this mean that these cars a much more difficult to hotwire???
#12
Re: does have TCH console compartment lid?
Originally Posted by spiff72
belbe: The car should have beeped at you 3 times as you walked away with the fob in your pocket.
#13
Re: does have TCH console compartment lid?
Originally Posted by belbe
Yep! I just tried it in the driveway...started the car, put the key out on the sidewalk and then drove down the driveway. Car kept flashing KEY NOT FOUND (or something similar) and flashed the red triangle...
So, does this mean that these cars a much more difficult to hotwire???
So, does this mean that these cars a much more difficult to hotwire???
#14
Re: does have TCH console compartment lid?
Maybe that's why Toyota calls it "Smart Entry/Smart Start" and not "Smart Run"?
Think about it. Would you want the car to stop just because the key fob battery fails?
Might cause a bit of a nusance if you were crusing down the expressway and that happened and the car "just stopped".
Makes perfect sense to me the way it works.
J
Think about it. Would you want the car to stop just because the key fob battery fails?
Might cause a bit of a nusance if you were crusing down the expressway and that happened and the car "just stopped".
Makes perfect sense to me the way it works.
J
#15
Re: does have TCH console compartment lid?
Okay - Since I've not yet taken delivery of my car (picking it up on Tuesday night) I am really curious what I'm going to do if the FOB cr@ps out altogether.. Can I unlock the car with the key? Is there a conventional slot / ignition switch to insert the key to start the car?
Sorry for such n00bie questions, but I still am a n00b!
Sorry for such n00bie questions, but I still am a n00b!
#16
Re: does have TCH console compartment lid?
1. There is a mechanical key inside a slot in the fob to gain entry.
2. Holding the dying fob near the "POWER" button should allow starting.
Note: Keep fresh batteries in the console bin - just in case.
2. Holding the dying fob near the "POWER" button should allow starting.
Note: Keep fresh batteries in the console bin - just in case.
#17
Re: does have TCH console compartment lid?
Also you will get a warning message on the MFD when the FOB batteries begin to weaken so an actual battery failure would be unlikely. Unless, of course, you choose to ignore the warning message.
#19
Re: does have TCH console compartment lid?
Originally Posted by vioarc
2. Holding the dying fob near the "POWER" button should allow starting.
Note: Keep fresh batteries in the console bin - just in case.
Note: Keep fresh batteries in the console bin - just in case.
This will work with a completely dead fob, as it uses a separate non-battery powered RFID chip inside the fob. It gets the power it needs from the car (but only works within inches of the power button).
Keeping fresh batteries in the console bin will only increase the number of batteries that go bad! (The shelf life of the batteries is not much longer than the in-use life.)
-- Alan
#20
Re: does have TCH console compartment lid?
Originally Posted by alan_in_tempe
Good points, but for the sake of technical accuracy...
...(The shelf life of the batteries is not much longer than the in-use life.)
-- Alan
...(The shelf life of the batteries is not much longer than the in-use life.)
-- Alan