Highlander Alarm Locks The Doors

For vehicles with an alarm.

Highlander alarm locks the doors.

When the transmission is pulled from park all the doors will automatically lock. When the transmission is pushed back into park the doors will unlock in the same fashion. Once the door panel is off you will notice an electrical wire connecting the power door locks to the inside of the door. The doors cannot be unlocked for 3 seconds after the doors are locked.

Swap the power and ground on the terminals and then see if the door locks move the opposite direction. Went off 3 times last night and then again this morning at 10 30 if i press the red button to stop the alarm it stops then goes off again start car turn off leave unlocked. The toyota highlander s auto lock function is designed as a safety precaution while traveling so that no doors are opened accidentally and no one can get in from the outside. Alarm goes off when car is locked with remote alarm didn t go off at all while at the beach locked on door handle not using the key sounds again randomly in our garage.

You will hear plastic clips clicking as they release. Deactivating or stopping the alarm. Press the lock button to lock all the doors. Next you will should see a plastic shroud protecting the inside parts from the weather.

Vehicles without a smart key system. Jump power and ground to the terminals and see if the door locks operate. The system will be set automatically after 30 seconds. If they will lock and unlock as the power and ground is supplied then the circuit is good and the main body ecu would be at fault.

Carefully undo this connection. Setting the alarm system. Touch the lock sensor indentation on the upper part of the door handle to lock all the doors. Do one of the following to deactivate or stop the alarms.

Press the unlock button to unlock all the doors. If a door is not opened within 60 seconds after is pressed the doors will be locked again and the alarm will automatically be set. The indicator light changes from being on to flashing when the system is set.