I have a toyota 4runner limited 4X4. I have been turning the key and pushing in the alarm system light in at the same time. But now I can't do anything with that truck because of the alarm system. Please help me!

What? There is no factory alarm button that needs to be pushed when starting the truck. Are you talking about the sensor near the e-brake? That's a glass breaking sensor, and probably doesn't even work anyways.

Can you help me figure out how to disable the alarm?

Toyota only put passive alarms in 4runners. So if your truck won't start because of an alarm issue, it's not factory and unless you can figure out what alarm and where it's at, I doubt anyone can really help you. You need to provide more info as to what's going on.

It'll be an aftermarket alarm.
Post a pic of the button that you push.

Usually, if your pushing a button while turning the key, your putting the car into valet mode.

Other option, find the alarm brain unit either under the seats, behind glove box or behind front seat kick panels and just unplug it.

It's the anti-theft deterrent system

That's the factory stuff. You have an aftermarket alarm. Mine is buried under the steering column, and the brain box is located to the left of the brake pedal, tucked way up there.

OP,

Post a picture of the button you are pushing when trying to start the car.

If it is an aftermarket alarm then the starter kill is active and not allowing the starter to engage, and simply unhooking the brain, most of the time, will not solve the problem. You will have to drop the drivers side dash and look near the ignition key cylinder/ or stering column. Depending on the year of your Runner The starter wire will be 96- Black with silver dots, 97-98- Black, 99- Green with black stripe (or solid Green), 00-02- Green with Black stripe.
This wire will be cut in half with both wires going into a relay (usually tied to something under the dash near the stering column) If you see this then simply cut both starter wires off the relay (key side and starter side) and attach them back together and eliminate the relay. At this point when you crank the key the power from the starter will free flow to the starter instead of going through the relay.
Hopefully this was helpful.

I was just going to post this evening to ask about installing some type of alarm (and maybe keyless entry) on my '96 4Runner, so thanks for posting this!

give me the year of the T4R and i will get you the vehicle wiring for an aftermarket alarm, keyless entry, or remote start when i get to my shop tomorrow morning.

I have a 1996 SR5 5-speed with e-locker...

your in luck as my password and login works from my home computer. Here is basic radio and alarm info for the 96 T4R. They do not designate different trim as SR5 and limited are wired essentially the same.
Being yours is stick, remote start is not recomended because you would need to bypass the clutch to start, but all other alarm and keyless featres should work fine.
Good Luck!

Battery BLUE/YELLOW (+) RADIO HARNESS
Accessory GRAY (+) RADIO HARNESS
Ground BROWN (-) RADIO HARNESS
Illumination GREEN (+) RADIO HARNESS
Power Antenna BLACK/RED (+) RADIO HARNESS
LF Speaker (+) PINK
LF Speaker (-) VIOLET
RF Speaker (+) LIGHT GREEN
RF Speaker (-) BLUE
LR Speaker (+) BLACK
LR Speaker (-) YELLOW
RR Speaker (+) RED
RR Speaker (-) WHITE
Amp Location RIGHT OF GLOVEBOX
Steering Cntrls NO
Speed Cntrl NO
Radio Security YES
Security
WIRE COLOR POLARITY LOCATION
Battery WHITE/RED (+) IGNITION SWITCH HARNESS
Ignition 1 BLACK/RED (+) IGNITION SWITCH HARNESS
Starter 1 BLACK/SLV.DO (+) IGNITION SWITCH HARNESS
All Door Trigger BLACK/WHITE (-) BACK OF FUSEBOX AT WHT 3 PIN CONN
Trunk Trigger RED/WHITE (-) DRIVER'S KICK AT WHT 26 PIN CONN
Parking Lights DARK GREEN (+) BELOW FUSEBOX AT WHT CONN
Convenience
WIRE COLOR POLARITY LOCATION
Headlights-Lo RED (-) AT STEERING COLUMN
Trnk Release N/A
Remote Start
WIRE COLOR POLARITY LOCATION
Battery WHITE/RED (+) IGNITION SWITCH HARNESS
Ignition 1 BLACK/RED (+) IGNITION SWITCH HARNESS
Accessory 1 BLACK/YELLOW (+) IGNITION SWITCH HARNESS (TESTS AS IGN.)
Starter 1 BLACK/SLV.DO (+) IGNITION SWITCH HARNESS
Anti-Theft Descript NONE
Tachometer BLACK (-) AT IGNITOR ON PASS WHEEL WELL
Speed Sense GREEN/ORANGE (AC) ECM BEH.GLOVE,22 PIN PLUG PIN 8
Parking Lights DARK GREEN (+) BELOW FUSEBOX AT WHT CONN
Brake Lights GREEN/WHITE (+) AT BRAKE SWITCH
Reverse Lights RED/YELLOW (+) IN HARNESS IN DRIVER KICKPANEL TO REAR
Horn GREEN/RED (-) AT STEERING COLUMN
Modules
WIRE LOCATION
Module 1 ECM BEHIND RIGHT SIDE OF DASH PANEL
Doorlocks/Windows
WIRE COLOR POLARITY LOCATION
Power Unlock RED/YELLOW (-) NEGATIVE TRIGGER
PowerLock RED/WHITE (-) DRIVER'S KICK PANEL

And I also found this one. I use both and physically check and test all wires before connecting to them.


TOYOTA 4-RUNNER




MODEL

YEAR(S



4-RUNNER

1996-1997




KEY

T-HARNESS

IMMOBILIZER



N/A

N/A

N/A




PART

COLOR

LOCATION

DIAGRAM



12 VOLT CONSTANT

WHITE (+) and WHITE/RED (+)

@ IGNITION SWITCH HARNESS





STARTER

BLACK (+)

@ IGNITION SWITCH HARNESS





STARTER 2

N/A







IGNITION 1

BLACK/YELLOW (+)

@ IGNITION SWITCH HARNESS





IGNITION 2

BLACK/YELLOW (+) or BLACK/RED (+)

@ IGNITION SWITCH HARNESS





IGNITION 3

N/A







ACCESSORY/HEATER BLOWER 1

BLUE/RED (+)

@ IGNITION SWITCH HARNESS





ACCESSORY/HEATER BLOWER 2

N/A







KEYSENSE

N/A







PARKING LIGHTS ( - )

RED/WHITE (-)

@ STEERING COLUMN HARNESS





PARKING LIGHTS ( + )

GREEN (+)

IN WHITE PLUG, FRONT OF FUSEBOX





POWER LOCK

RED/WHITE (TYPE B)

@ 10-PIN PLUG, LEFT OF FUSEBOX





POWER UNLOCK

RED/YELLOW (TYPE B)

@ 10-PIN PLUG, LEFT OF FUSEBOX





LOCK MOTOR WIRE

N/A







DOOR TRIGGER

BLACK/WHITE (-)

IN DRIVERS KICK PANEL, HARNESS TO REAR OF VEHICLE





DOMELIGHT SUPERVISION

USE DOOR TRIGGER, (Requires Part #775 Relay)







TRUNK RELEASE

N/A







SLIDING POWER DOOR

N/A







HORN

GREEN/RED (-)

@ STEERING COLUMN HARNESS





TACH

BLACK (AC)

@ IGNITOR or DIAGNOSTIC PLUG, See NOTES #1





WAIT TO START LIGHT

N/A







BRAKE

GREEN/WHITE (+)

@ SWITCH ABOVE BRAKE PEDAL





FACTORY ALARM DISARM

N/A







ANTI-THEFT

N/A








NOTES



NOTE #1; THE IGNITIOR IS ON THE PASSENGER SIDE FENDER WELL. THE DIAGNOSTIC PLUG

IS ON DRIVERS SIDE, TOP OF MOTOR.




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thanks for posting!

BTW, the 5-speeds actually have a Clutch Start Cancel switch...