Installing Toyoya RAV4 alarm system is a useful skill to save money, or just to keep other people away from your car unnecessarily. Here are detailed instructions on how to connect the car alarm system.
Preparing to install the alarm system on the Toyota RAV4 2012-2016. Disassembly of the interior. What you need to do so that the cabin was completely ready for work:
* Unscrew the two screws in the lining, which is located above the pedals and remove it.
* Dismantle the cover of the fuse box.
* Remove the dust cover between the steering column casing and the dashboard cover - it is riveted and easy to remove.
* Remove the cover from the dashboard in the same way.
Remove the steering shaft cover. It is riveted, so it will be a little more difficult. The easiest way is to pry the latches in the left and right ends of the steering column and unclip first the bottom and then the top, slowly moving along the perimeter. Remove the dashboard by unscrewing the two self-tapping screws that hold it in place. Behind it you can locate the central alarm unit. Lead the wires under the hood. You can do this through the OEM seal, which is located just to the left of the pedal assembly. Preparation is complete, now you can move on to the next step.
Installing the alarm system on the Toyota RAV4 2012-2016
It is necessary to connect the mass of the alarm to the car. To do this, you can choose any convenient place and use a nut or regular bolt. Then you need to connect the device to the CAN-bus so that the alarm system receives information about the current state of the car and was able to control it. This connection is made through the diagnostic connector OBDII. You will see two wires, black is CAN-H and white is CAN-L. There should also be two thick wires on the BCM block - blue and white, through them connect the power. Autostart circuits are connected in the ignition switch harness.
Next, you need to connect power to the transponder immobilizer in the way that is specified in the manufacturer's instructions. Place the siren and the engine temperature sensor under the hood. Install the hood pushbutton there, if necessary. Connection points will be slightly different for models made in certain years.
Connection points of car alarm system on Toyota RAV4 1999
On the steering column:
* The ignition is connected through a black and white or black wire.
* Starter - through red wire with silver flecks, or white.
* Ass - red and blue.
* Heater - black and yellow.
The engine interlock is set through 4 black and white nozzles included in a box under the hood.
At the top of the driver's side you can find a white connector that contains as many as 3 connection points:
* Green wire (+) - lights
* white and red (-) - possible place of front door limit switch connection, can also be connected through the red/yellow wire on the driver's side pillar
* White and green - brake lights
There are two options for connecting the tachometer:
* Black and white on the coil on the bulkhead of the engine compartment on the driver's side
* Red and black (-) injector wire on the 26-pin connector of the engine control unit. It is located in the front of the center console.
The rear door and trunk release is installed through the white-red (-) wire in the white connector at the bottom of the driver's side or through the red-white one on the driver's side pillar. For the central lock you need to find the wires in the blue connector on the driver's side - white-blue for locking and yellow-blue for unlocking.
The window lifters are connected on the control buttons:
* Front right window - green
* Front left window - red and green
* Rear right window - yellow and red
* Rear left window - blue and red
Connection points of the car alarm system on the Toyota RAV4 2000
On this model, you will need to unscrew the fuse box additionally. Behind it are connected:
* Black and yellow wire - ignition
* White - +12V
To the right of that block will be the turn signal relay, black/green and yellow/green wires are responsible for the turns.
In the harness on the driver's side under the hood:
* Starter - black and white wire
* Fuel pump - black and white, or black and silver in left sill
* The door and trunk release is connected through one of the white wires in the left connector on the dashboard. You need a third from the bottom.
* Central locking is connected in the door connector on the driver's side, near the left leg. Unlocking is blue and yellow, locking is blue and orange.
Connection points of car alarm system on Toyota RAV4 2001 automatic transmission
The ignition switch has the following wires we need:
* White and black/red - +12V
* blue and red - ahs
* Black and yellow - ign 1
* black - ign 2
* Red - starter
Turn signals are connected through the turn signals relay on the right side of the fuse box - green and black and green and yellow wires. For the central lock, find the blue and yellow and blue and orange in the lower white connector in the driver's panel kick.
Door and trunk release - the third from the bottom white wire in the left dashboard connector.
That leaves only 3 positions:
* 9th pin in the OBD connector, black - tachometer
* Green and white on the brake pedal - stop
* Ring on the ignition switch - bypassing the immo.
* Connection points of car alarm system on Toyota Rav4 (left hand drive) 2006
In the ignition switch (only with positive polarity):
* Blue - +12V.
* Thin pink - ignition 2
* Thin white - starter
* Thin yellow - starter 2
* Thin red - power
* Thin white - ignition
Central locking is connected through the pink and blue wires in the driver's door.
In the driver's sill are connected:
* Driver's door release - white
* Clutch for left tailgate - blue
* Rear door release - blue
* Turn signals - yellow and blue
* Gas pump - yellow
* Stop - blue
The brown wire on the top right in the fuse box is for the front right door release. Next to that, the right rear one is connected through the lettuce one. Charging is via the blue wire of the alternator.
Connection points of car alarm system on Toyota RAV4 2012, left-hand drive, automatic transmission
In the ignition switch:
* Blue - +12V
* Thin red - ace
* White - ign 1
* Thin pink - ign2
* Yellow - starter
* Thin white - starter 2
In the harness to the fuse box, upper left connector:
* Thick yellow - gasoline pump
* Thin yellow - trunk
* Thin white - front left door opener
* Harness over glove compartment (big one):
* Thin brown - front right door opener
* Thin brown - right rear door deadbolt
The harness to the second top left connector on the fuse box:
* Blue and yellow - turn signals
* Thin blue - brake pedal
The thin blue wire on the upper left connector at the driver's left leg is for the rear left door contactor, the gray wire in the harness to the diagnostic connector is for the tachometer. The opening and closing of the central lock is connected through the black and pink wires in the harness from the driver's door, respectively.
Car alarm connection points on the 2013 Toyota Rav4
In the ignition switch:
* Blue - +12V
* Red - power
* Thick white - ignition
* Pink - ignition 2
* Yellow - starter
* Thin white is starter 2
In the harness going to the driver's door black and pink wire connect the opening and closing of the central locking.
In the driver's sill:
* Yellow, blue - turn signals
* Blue dotted stop
* Yellow - gas pump
* White - front left door limit switch
* Blue - left tailgate limit switch
