Alarm going off in middle of night

[kdub627]

I have a 2008 sport edition and my neighbors have told me that my alarm is going off in the middle of the night. Has anyone else had a malfunction with their alarms and if so whats the fix :sadwave:

 

[slprice1631]

I'm having similar alarm issues did you ever resolve yours?

 

[randy88fj62]

I remember messing with my alarm (dealer installed) and there was a sensitivity setting. You may have one with the sensitivity really high.

I can't find the manual for the alarm but you can pull the kick panel, look at the model, and download the manual for it.

 

[jptorny]

Did you ever get this sorted out? My alarm started malfunctioning around 11 PM last night...my only "fix" is has been to disconnect the battery so I don't lose my mind.

 

[OopsIBrokeIt]

Check your battery, I had it going off every few minutes for absolutely zero reason for several hours and dropping in a new battery fixed it immediately.

I haven't specifically encountered this with the 4R, but I have with some other early 00s toyotas.

 

[rdruss]

We have a KIA Optima that started doing this a few months back and it was a low battery charge. Put charger on for a few hours and got battery fully charged and no more problems.

 

[stopthefury]

Check your battery, I had it going off every few minutes for absolutely zero reason for several hours and dropping in a new battery fixed it immediately.

I haven't specifically encountered this with the 4R, but I have with some other early 00s toyotas.

THIS is the answer.

I have an 06 SE, and the damn alarm would go off practically every night, my battery died and I replaced it, problem solved!

 

[Bluesky 07]

THIS is the answer.

I have an 06 SE, and the damn alarm would go off practically every night, my battery died and I replaced it, problem solved!

A weak battery can cause a lot of seemingly odd, one-off symptoms like hatch motor issues, rear wiper runs by itself, etc. First step when something weird happens without an obvious root cause should be checking your battery.

 

[VickiT]

This happened to me when the battery in my fob started dying. Always in the middle of the night.