Recent content by clintg

See post 267 in this thread.

I have a SR5, and it does work as long as you add the extra wires.

A simple solution for adding the terminals is to fold over the end of a new solid wire (opposed to stranded). The folded end supposedly locks into the connector cavity similar to a terminal. I wouldn’t consider this a permanent solution, but perhaps is sufficient to prove that you bcm will...

Found it. If you need to check if your sensor is performing as expected, follow the procedure in this document: Toyota 4Runner: Light Sensor Circuit Malfunction (B1244) - Lighting System - Service Manual

I came across a document from Toyota on testing the sensor with a multi-meter. I'll try to find it and post a link.

Sorry, need to correct my previous post, pins 20-22 are the ones you need. But yes, the pins you have circled is the area of interest. Specifically the pins you have circled in that picture from the corner are 19, 20 and 21. What you cant see in that picture is pins 22 and 23 which were also...

Did you check to see if the BCM F9 connector had pins 21-23 populated?

I didn't get the repair terminal part number, but they did have it in the system at the Toyota parts counter. When the parts lady said they were $20 each and special order, I started evaluating other options. It did sound like the standard repair with 6" of wire lead though. I looked for...

The BCM is located behind the left side of the driver kick panel (behind the inverter on / heated windshield buttons). Attached is a picture of the connectors going into the BCM (the F9 connector is the middle connector of the row of three connectors). The second picture is of the F9...

Depending on which model you have, you could have the complete wiring harness, or you may be missing one side, or both sides of the wiring harness. If you lucky, you have both sides, and you just plug the sensor in and everything works, if you have the SR5, you likely have neither. Sensor...

the details are in: https://www.toyota-4runner.org/3423190-post242.html and https://www.toyota-4runner.org/3431336-post248.html I could probably put together a more concise write-up, but since I haven't hit 15 posts, it would just get buried in this thread.

The mod should work on all 2010-2019's. Depending on which wiring harnesses you have, you may need to add the sensor, or the sensor and harness. I didn't have either of the harnesses, so I had to to add the harness, and the sensor. I can confirm that after adding both, the night dimming...

Did you check for both wires? The connector that plugs into the sensor is only half of the harness. the other half plugs into the BCM.

Finally got around to adding the missing wiring harness today. Since both the BCM and light sensor wiring harnesses were missing, I used a Remote Start T-Harness to add the pins to the BCM connector. The harness I used was iDatalink ADS-THR-TL7, which is meant for the Push-To-Start model (even...

I don’t have the stock harness (nor the wires that go into the main body ecu) so I’m going to add a direct patch. To do this I’ll need the stock connector, some wire, and the terminal pins (I already have the sensor). The connector and wires aren’t a problem, but I’m having trouble locating...