key in ignition beeper removal

[roly]

disabled the key in ignition beeper

peace at last!

[Doug67]

You shore your not a woman, you teaser:evil:

[Brett B]

How di you do that ?

[roly]

ok

under the steering wheel colum is 1 screw holding the plastic on, remove it


then turn the steering wheel 1/4 turn left, remove thr screw behind the wheel, repeat for 1/4 turn tot he right

remove lower column cover

on the ignition barrel is a white plug with only 2 wires, one is green and 1 a cream / beige colour from memoery

unplug this, and replace the column cover.

i have found no issues after doing this as it is just a loop wire that detects key in lock barrell

the headlights etc still beep

[chaser]

toyota has told me that the beeper is conected to the air bags and will make them not work by playing with the beeper(dont know if this is right?)

[roly]

how can it? it's a loop wire for the beeper. if it interferred with the airbags in anyway, the airbag light would come on

[chaser]

yes i know. toyota may have just not wanted to do it or they didnt know how. anyway i have done it now and all seems good thanks roly mate

[T.C.]

I was told by a Toyota dude the same thing about the Key in Beeper and airbags !

[JohnR]

I have made the above 'modification', and also unplugged the seat sensor to stop the seatbelt beeper, under direction from my dealer who assures me it will not affect the air bags.

[hound]

There is a sequence to turn the beep off through the computer, using the odo button. Once done beep off is shown on the dash and doesn't harm the airbags etc.

[roly]

(1)turn the car on , do not start engine(leave you foot off the
brake).cycle your trip reset knob until you it reads odo. turn the
ignition back off. wait a couple of seconds

(2) make sure seat belt is not fastened

(3)turn the ignition back on ,do not start the car(leave your foot off
the brake) as soon as you see everything light up, press and hold the
trip reset knob and do a long 12 second count.

(4)keep your finger on the trip reset knob. fasten your seat belt, as
soon as you fasten your seat belt, you should see the odo display go
from xxxx ks to "b-on". at that time take your finger off the trip
reset
knob and press it again. it should cycle to "b-off". you should be all
set turn the ignition off and unfasten your seat belt.

-- Thanks to Roly for finding this tech sheet.

[Rich]

does this procedure turn both the seatbelt and key in ignition beepers off?
and if so, is there a procedure to just turn off the key in ignition beeper? The seatbelt beeper is a good reminder sometimes.
Rich

[roly]

both beeper removal prodecures are stored in the technical area under "articles by members"

[TOMUCH]

I was told the same thing by Toyota...was getting pretty jacked of at this stage...was told it would affect the airbags...so I asked to see the WKSP Manager... I then asked him to explain to me how it would affect the bags... he couldn't... he then recanted his statement and said it would affect the seatbelt pretenioners...again I asked him to prove it to me... I asked to see the wiring diagram...he refused that also...I have done the mods as described above...with no detrimental effects at all... Cheers TOMUCH

[Falky]

thanks again roly
no more annoying beeping sounds

Adam

[Janc]

Hey - heard word & mouth about the key in ignition beeper removal and have just tried the method of the odo/seat belt - tried this probably 4 times to the letter and it didn't work - i.e. when pressing the button for 12+ seconds, the "ODO" did not change. Can you suggest what else can be done or if there is another method other than removing wiring?

[H20PRF]

Finally did this today what a Relief ! too easy !

[mikebooy]

Hey - heard word & mouth about the key in ignition beeper removal and have just tried the method of the odo/seat belt - tried this probably 4 times to the letter and it didn't work - i.e. when pressing the button for 12+ seconds, the "ODO" did not change. Can you suggest what else can be done or if there is another method other than removing wiring?

I just tried it and it works OK as long as you press the ODO button quickly after it lights up for the 12 second reset (makes a beep). This only gets rid of the seat belt warning beeper though - not the door open with key in ignition beeper.

[Diegothecat]

just tried it and it works OK as long as you press the ODO button quickly after it lights up for the 12 second reset (makes a beep). This only gets rid of the seat belt warning beeper though - not the door open with key in ignition beeper.

yea i got the same prob,

oh well back to pullin the plug on the rear of the steering wheel coloum.

[BundyBoy]

Tried the odo thing a few times - didn't work at all. The display says "b-off" but the beeper stays on...