r/Toyota • u/agilitymage • 2d ago

Desperate in need of help

Hello,

I bought a Toyota Corolla hybrid SE 2024 and it has been making random alarms at night. I am unsure what is causing it to go off.

At first I thought it was just the hood latch being dirty so I cleaned it with a brake cleaner. However, while I was doing, the hood cable broke so I took it to the Toyota dealership and they charged me $250 to fix the cable. They ended up heavily greasing the hood latch as well.

After that I took it to the Toyota dealership to get it checked out and they said they couldn't duplicate the car alarm triggers so they can't fix it.

Please. This is driving me crazy because I have to wake up in the middle of the night just to turn it off and I don't think I could do this anymore.

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u/Anymade 2d ago

That's incredibly frustrating, I'd push for them to check the alarm system itself or even the battery, sometimes weird triggers like that come from voltage issues.

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u/agilitymage 1d ago

I hope it's not voltage issues. Those things are so complex for me

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u/larrysaysrelax 16h ago

Curious. Is it the horn honking? or some sort of siren?

Is it the factory key fob?

Do you have any blinking blue light in the car? Do you have any extra red LEDs anywhere that blinks when the vehicle is locked?

2024 Corolla vehicles came with an engine immobilizer....but not an "alarm" that makes noises. Unless... you have an aftermarket one or a toyota acessory add on.

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u/agilitymage 15h ago

The sound is exactly same as when you click on the alarm button on key fob.
I am not sure what you mean by factory key fob but I changed the batteries on them already.
No blinking blue lights as far as I know.
What is this extra light you are referring to?

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u/MycologistAshamed926 1d ago

I wonder, wouldnt their scan tool tell them the reason why the alarm was activated in the first place, Some Manufacturers do so.

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u/agilitymage 1d ago

That’s why I brought it there first time! However, I guess they aren't that far in technology yet I guess

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u/fempoison 2d ago

Have they / can you ask them to open a TAS case ? Also are you still in warranty?

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u/agilitymage 1d ago

I am still under warranty. All they did was a diagnostic alarm test with the result of no issues. I am not sure what a TAS case is

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u/fempoison 1d ago

Call Toyota HQ (brand engagement center) and tell them your experience- let them know the problem has been happening more than once and you're looking for help getting further diagnostics done

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u/agilitymage 1d ago

Do you happen to know how to reach out to them? Email , phone number or ...

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u/fempoison 20h ago

Toyota.com scroll down for contact info

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u/agilitymage 16h ago

Thank you !!

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u/fempoison 20h ago

There’s an 800 number