Dealer installed option: Complete Theft Protection ??

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  1. Inthewind1962

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    Does anyone else have this or has anyone even seen/heard of it? I purchased from dealer stock and it was on an addendum. However, no one at the dealer could tell me what it was! Crazy, I know. Suggestions? And if it's what a previous poster described, I'm going in there Monday and getting my $ back for it.
     
    #1 Inthewind1962, May 23, 2010
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    You have a sticker which says burglar protected?

     
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    Any chance it is the KARR alarm system? I have it too. It doesn't do much over the OEM one except to cut off the fuel feed, disable the engine and if someone bumps your car, there is a brief warning before the motion detector alarm goes off. There would be a small button and blue flashing LED on the lower left of the dash above the parking brake.
     
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    How much? Southeast Toyota Distributor has VIN etching on the windows as one part of their ToyoGuard package, any chance it's that?
     
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    No small blue LED, key is a stock key. Dealer installed option addendum saya:
    "Complete Theft Protection Package $349.00"

    The windows are etched with: NICB Traceable, A0XXXXXXXX, and then a 1800 number.
     
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    Funny Ogo...LOL
     
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    Nope - you don't have the KARR system (BTW it's a rip off). The KARR system is a dealer added alarm that further enhances the OEM system, but it costs around $700. Mine was tossed in with the deal after I complained since it was put on before I purchased my Prius.
    If anyone here has the KARR system, you cannot change the remote to "one click opens all doors". I had the dealer do that and the KARR system messed up big time. I had to have it reverted to get it working properly again.
     
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    I think the $349 cost is for the window etching. It is a waste of money, does not deter theft of vehicle..
     
    #8 bedrock8x, May 23, 2010
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    Wow...$349 to etch the windows?? How is that a "Complete Theft Protection System"?
    I guess Toyota has to pass their losses on one way or another! ;-)
     
    #9 Inthewind1962, May 23, 2010
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