I have this noise coming from inside the dash behind the radio unit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6lEEhrbuis
I posted about this a year ago but it wasnt something that happened often, maybe once every few months. So I didnt really worry about it. But now it does it after 20 minutes of driving it comes on every time and has variegated sounds, speeds, and frequency. Very annoying and my wife is ready to sell this car just because of the noise. It does it regardless of if car is running, basically anytime the car has accessory power or more. I dont think it is hvac system since all vents fan speeds hot cold etc all work fine. I dont have a CD in the cd player and the cd player still emits a different sound when loading and unloading a disk. Not sure what to do or how to get to it. I read on older 4th gen 4runners that sometimes the radio cooling fan would do something this but I havent been able to find the same issue with the 5th gens. Any help is appreciated hopefully someone can recognize the sound and point me in the right direction.