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Re: 2009 could be the glorified year for Japanese-made Camry... [kevlight] by dmathews3
Apr 08, 2009 (8:54 am)
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Replying to: kevlight (Apr 08, 2009 8:23 am)

Your answer may be the last words in your last sentence. In a heart beat =Chevy. Seriously, on all the cars I have owned with heated seats they all stay on until I shut it off. Most were either 2 or 3 settings for heat so yours shouldn't shut off after a minute. Also same on remote starters. They all stayed on about 10 min. before shutting off with the option of 2nd start either after the 10 min for another 10 min. or if used during the orginal 10 min. whatever time was left would reset to 10 min. As far as radio goes that may have been an option that you don't have. Don't know what you are refering to by charger. Sounds like you have some problems with your car that a good dealer should be able to fix as they sound like they are all repeatable problems that can be duplicated everytime. The problem is finding a good dealer. I think Toyota is going down the road GM traveled in the 80's where they sold so many cars they couldn't keep up with them and sent them out the door hoping the dealer would find and fix any problems before the customers found them. I think GM has fixed their old problems and now build some of the best cars out there and Toyota may or may not wake up before they aquire the reputation of building shoddy cars. Even in these down times of most car companies sales being down 40% or more I see GM outsold Toyota by 20,000 cars in March. Its to bad all car companies are suffering from the greed of Wall Street and the Insurance companies. I sure hope GM doesn't have to resort to filing Bankrupsy as I'm afraid we will all end up in a depression from our current recession and millions more end up on welfare or unemployed.
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Re: 2009 could be the glorified year for Japanese-made Camry... [kevlight] by kiawah
Apr 08, 2009 (10:46 am)
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Replying to: kevlight (Apr 08, 2009 8:23 am)

I don't have electric seats on my Camry, but my other vehicles with electric seats stay on until they are turned off. Did you have the dealer look at the seats, I'm betting something is defective with them.
 
I just pulled out the electrical schematics for the heated seats. There is no timer circuitry or anything like that, which would turn them off. The regular illuminated seat heater switch is to turn them on and off. There are two little unmarked things that look like a mini-switch which is in the seat cushion (two on the passenger seat, two on the drivers seat), which aren't clear what they are. They may be pressure switches, or thermal switches. For instance if it was a pressure switch, perhaps it won't turn on unless someone is sitting in the seat. If it was a thermal switch, it could make connection only when it's cold, and when it heats up it opens up to keep the seat from overheating.
 
I'd take it back to the dealership, they'll fix it for you.
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Re: 2009 could be the glorified year for Japanese-made Camry... [kevlight] by wwest
Apr 08, 2009 (4:32 pm)
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Replying to: kevlight (Apr 08, 2009 8:23 am)

These days EVERYTHING gets counted insofar as fuel conservation is considered.
 
These days most seat heaters either have a thermistor for controlling the seat heating level or they have two thermostatic switches. The heating elements get MAXIMUM power only until the desired/designed surface temperature is reached. In the case of the thermostatic switches once the design temperature is reached the system goes into 1/4 power mode and even that will be shut off if the seat surface temperature rises above the temperature setpoint of the second switch.
 
With the thermistor once the design temperature is reached the power is simply switched on and off electronically to hold the seat at the design temperature.
 
The remote starter "feature" is perfectly understandable.
 
I've never owner a car wherein the radio didn't shut off when I turned the ignition completely off, didn't leave it in the accessory position.
 
Charger = power to the cigarette lighter plug...SOP.
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Re: 2009 could be the glorified year for Japanese-made Camry... [kiawah] by wwest
Apr 08, 2009 (4:38 pm)
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Replying to: kiawah (Apr 08, 2009 10:46 am)

"..or thermal switches..."
 
Thermostatic switches, when the design temperature is reached one of these opens to put the heating element into 1/4 power mode. The second switch has an "overtemp" (discomforting) setpoint and therefore depowers the heater altogether. If/as the seat cools the switch will turn the power will come back on.
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Re: 2009 could be the glorified year for Japanese-made Camry... [wwest] by dmathews3
Apr 09, 2009 (4:58 am)
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Replying to: wwest (Apr 08, 2009 4:32 pm)

I've never owner a car wherein the radio didn't shut off when I turned the ignition completely off, didn't leave it in the accessory position.
Lots of cars have this feature where a lot of the power is available for up to about 10 min. after turning the car off and goes off when a door is opened. You need to brooden your horizens as I had a number of cars with this feature.
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Re: 2009 could be the glorified year for Japanese-made Camry... [dmathews3] by wwest
Apr 09, 2009 (8:23 am)
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Replying to: dmathews3 (Apr 09, 2009 4:58 am)

Yes, for some 20 years now windows and headlights remain powered until the driver's door is opened, but I have never known (noticed??) that the radio did/does.
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Re: 2009 could be the glorified year for Japanese-made Camry... [wwest] by dmathews3
Apr 09, 2009 (10:33 am)
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Replying to: wwest (Apr 09, 2009 8:23 am)

If windows remained powered you can bet the radio does too and I have had a couple cars where even the wipers work too. Headlights on all cars work even if key isn't in the ign. Hence, why so many car batteries run down.
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Re: 2009 could be the glorified year for Japanese-made Camry... [dmathews3] by wwest
Apr 09, 2009 (11:55 am)
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Replying to: dmathews3 (Apr 09, 2009 10:33 am)

Yes, if I turn the headlights right back on then they definitely come on.
 
The point is that the window power delay and the headlight delay seem to be the same, turn the ignition off, the power stays on...open the driver's door, power off.
 
Some vehicles have a "like" system but if you open the driver's door first and then turn off the ignition the headlights remain on.
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Is it possible to remove scratches from front glass? by bourne1
Apr 11, 2009 (3:47 pm)
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i've got some deep scratches on my windshield due to my wiper blade not in place. it was raining heavily and i had no choice but to keep it on throughout the night.
i haven't talked to my dealership yet. i just wanted to know if there's any reliable DIY scratch removal stuff that anyone ever used?
 
thanks in advance
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Programming door lock/unlock by jbhansen
Apr 13, 2009 (4:11 pm)
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I'm hoping someone here can help. Toyota customer service is tracking this down too.
 
I can't seem to program the door lock/unlock using instructions on page 45 of the owners manual. I wanted to set the doors to lock at 12+ mph and couldn't do it. Neither could my sales rep or the service consultant. The guys in the garage had to use "Scan Tool" to set the option. Now, the doors still lock when I shift out of park, and again at 12+ mph (if I unlock the door manually). How do I turn off the "shift out of park" option? Are the instructions in the owners manual wrong?

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