Faking The Alarm System

[BernardTamHK]

Anyone know if its possible to fake the alarm system into not enabling itself when lockin the doors? I tried every combo possible from lockin the doors from the back seats/ locking using the indiv locks etc etc. ....

in all tries, the alarm still seems to activate itself no matter wat (constant red LED on the dash for a while, before flashing again).

I sometimes dont drive my IS200 for a week or 2 .... and it just kills my Battery. Although it may be good idea to consid changin it cos of its age, I wanna get the most out of it first ... hehe.

These things are just gettin too smart!

Bernard

[Bob King]

I only use my car every other week, and have had no problems, sounds like a BIG new Battery is needed :) .

[Rob]

if it is killing your Battery in 2 weeks the simple answer is that your Battery should be in the bin. get a new one.

[SHAHZ]

Most alarms will drain your Battery even if its not armed - so your better off arming it, as said before get a better Battery, ive left my car for over a month and on my return it started first time(not the lex) ...but i have left the lex for 3 weeks and had no probs - try a heavy duty batt

[ColinBarber]

If you don't want the alarm on then lock the car with the key and not the remote.

However the alarm will not drain a fully working Battery in two weeks.

[Bob King]

You could add a trickle charger to your Battery.

[lextcy]

If you don't want the alarm on then lock the car with the key and not the remote.

However the alarm will not drain a fully working battery in two weeks.

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the alarm will still arm itself

what i do is leave the car unlocked and stow it in the garage

[Rob]

the imobiliser will arm but the alarm will not unless u use the key fob.

[IS300KK]

On the same theme, does anyone know if the car will still lock itself if the keys are left in it, eg on the seat, by accident?

Amanda

[Rob]

in theory no it should not lock but both mat and I have had the car lock when the keys are not in the ignition and no button was pressed , in mats instance it was when his keys were on the seat.

[BernardTamHK]

in theory no it should not lock but both mat and I have had the car lock when the keys are  not in the ignition and no button was pressed , in mats instance it was when his keys were on the seat.

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Thats never happened to me regardless if the keys were in the ignition or not.

I've only seen that happen to cars with aftermarket antitheft.

Actually, my friend who has a kinda "souped" up IS straight from the dealer (a demo car), has this problem of autolocking. But I blieve he has an enhanced version of anti theft. He uses an external lexus fob to arm and disarm the anti theft.

BTW, i finally had to change my Battery .. :D ... so no need to fake the system anymore ...