Toyota Avensis 5 door estate - Disabled alarm | Technical matters | Back Room Forum

Wed 19 Oct 2011 18:14

Toyota Avensis 5 door estate - Disabled alarm - ChrisSomerville

I have a 1998 Toyota Avensis. I had a problem whereby the key fob would lock the car and prime the alarm, but would not unlock the car. I could manually unlock the car with the key, but that triggered the alarm.

I have disengaged the alarm by removing the hazard lights fuse, and am now simply using the key to lock and unlock the vehicle. However I understand that the hazard lights are part of the MOT and therefore this can only be a temporary fix.

Is there a way of disengaging the alarm without removing the hazard lights fuse?

Any suggestions welcome.

Thanks.

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Thu 21 Nov 2013 09:37

Toyota Avensis 5 door estate - Disabled alarm - ankur007

Did you find any solution for this, I am having the same exact problem with my Toyota Avensis...

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Thu 21 Nov 2013 09:52

Toyota Avensis 5 door estate - Disabled alarm - RT

If it only happens in certain places, it's likely to be Radio Frequency (RF) Interference caused by local equipment, could be residential or business, intermittent or fulltime - if other neighbours have the same issue you can get Ofcom to investigate.

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Sun 24 Nov 2013 12:18

Toyota Avensis 5 door estate - Disabled alarm - Big John

I had this on my Skoda Superb a while ago - fixed by changing the battery on the key-fob

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