I was sitting in the driver s seat.
2017 toyota sienna key detected in vehicle.
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Early this morning i heard the beep and i saw the caution sign and the words key not detected for a second when i had my smart key in my pocket while my car was idling.
Got back in vehicle with key on start button and key not detected light cleared.
It has been regularly serviced at 10 000 mile intervals but within the past 4 weeks or so while driving i ve been getting an intermittent key detected in vehicle message on the dash the master warning light comes on triangle with inside there s a beep the doors unlock the internal lights come on and go out.
Just one final excitement apparently it did become locked armed so when i hopped out to open close the tailgate i promptly set off the alarm.
I ve owned this vehicle for 2 years from new.
The warning text was on about a second and it s disappeared.
Put new batteries in that tested a 3 1volts and made no difference.
It does not have a smart key and the key remote is not working but am able to unlock and lock the car manually using the key.
A quick return to the driveway and google key detected in vehicle while still in the turned off vehicle got us the answer.
This is a very poor system to be this unreliable.