Has anyone experienced this Toyota problem?

[cyrus buelton]

You'll be make the beast with two backsed if you lose the coding, they'll have to take the head unit out to get the serial number and then hook the car up to the internet and jump through a bunch of hoops to get the code back.  I used to hate doing it when I worked on Audi's

So why not just use the old system of giving the user the make the beast with two backsing code?

[mitt]

So why not just use the old system of giving the user the make the beast with two backsing code?

Do people really steal factory stereos anymore?

mitt

[metallimonster]

So why not just use the old system of giving the user the make the beast with two backsing code?

You should have got at least 2 different cards with the radio serial number and the code care when you bought the car.  I was inferring that since you don't have them you're out some money.  If you bought your car from a good dealer they should have a copy of this on the checklist when they prepped it after delivery.

[ducatiz]

yeah, i'm not buying that dude's story at all.

i hope Toyota pulls the black box and shows he had the gas floored the whole time.

[NAKID]

You should have got at least 2 different cards with the radio serial number and the code care when you bought the car.  I was inferring that since you don't have them you're out some money.  If you bought your car from a good dealer they should have a copy of this on the checklist when they prepped it after delivery.

Didn't get any with the last few brand new VW's we've bought...

[metallimonster]

Well, I haven't worked on Audi/WV's for about 3 years now so it could be different now but I doubt it.  A lot of dealers cut corners when prepping new cars.  We got paid basically nothing to do them and they took about a half hour a car.

[mitt]

i hope Toyota pulls the black box and shows he had the gas floored the whole time.

The black box only shows what the sensor on the pedal was outputing, not the position of the pedal   


mitt

[ducatiz]

The black box only shows what the sensor on the pedal was outputing, not the position of the pedal   


mitt

and it would show if he was pressing on the brake too, no?

[cyrus buelton]

You should have got at least 2 different cards with the radio serial number and the code care when you bought the car.  I was inferring that since you don't have them you're out some money.  If you bought your car from a good dealer they should have a copy of this on the checklist when they prepped it after delivery.

I don't recall ever seeing a key card in there. Ever. I've even been told by VW that I'd have to take it in if that happened.

Mine is a 2004.

Who knows.

Do people really steal factory stereos anymore?

mitt

Seriously.

If someone wants my VW Monsoon tape/cd player, they need it more than me...............

[ducatiz]

I believe there is a drop in repl for the Monsoon with MP3 cd and HD radio.  I should find it again and pick it up.

[acalles]

You'll be make the beast with two backsed if you lose the coding, they'll have to take the head unit out to get the serial number and then hook the car up to the internet and jump through a bunch of hoops to get the code back.  I used to hate doing it when I worked on Audi's

not that big a deal, it took 10 minuets to get the code. jump threw hoops? shit I used to do it when we had to use the satellite system.

then when the vehicles had address 19 (different years in different cars) they stored the code and the radio presets in the instrument clusters non volatile memory. radio codes are pretty much a non issue.

I don't recall ever seeing a key card in there. Ever. I've even been told by VW that I'd have to take it in if that happened.

Mine is a 2004.

Who knows.

Seriously.

If someone wants my VW Monsoon tape/cd player, they need it more than me...............

yours is stored in the instrument cluster. by about 2002 most vw's were at this point, it varies greatly in audi's depending in who the radio suppler was (bose was the last to catch up, some cars as late as 2005)


anyway, on to toyotas problem.

they make one funky difficult and non responsive shifter, the start button is a bad idea and some of them had sticky throttle pedals or the floor mat issue.

now they've got hundreds of whiney criers who don't want their car and more because of the bad publicity and their lack of understanding the issue. toyotas real problem to deal with is the hords of idiots who bought the car thinking of it as a investment, and now the value is in the toilet so they want out.. I've got some news for these people, your prius isn't a f'n investment.

[mitt]

and it would show if he was pressing on the brake too, no?

It would show what the sensor on the brake pedal was outputting - again - you would assume it shows what the driver is doing, but there are a lot of documented cases in engineering where the sensor was outputting a faulty signal.

mitt

[ducatiz]

Meh

[ROBsS4R]

I was reading... not sure if its true but people were saying you cant put the car in neutral or turn the car off when the car is going a certain speed. maybe turning the car off makes sense but why not neutral if that is true.

This is one of the many reasons why I drive a Manual =)

[Howie]

TRUE. I work for a used car reconditioner, and we have to send all of the locked out VDub's to the dealer so they can do it. No other way. We've tried it all. LOL

If you have the code you do it yourself for free, if not, the dealer has to pull the radio to get the serial number then go on line to VW to get the code.