Recent content by Ezekiel2222

I still check this forum from time to time, but boy was I shocked to see my thread from 8 years ago back on the front page! I'm glad it's still helping people out! Moto of the story, check that darn "short pin" guys!

It's been a few years since I posted on here, but I had to share my take on AdventureMan's crossbar design. Just like IASTATE01, I was interested in having longer crossbars. I'll say up front, my sole purpose for this rack is to be able to easily and safely haul lumber, specifically full...

Hijacking this thread a bit, but does anyone know roughly what time of the year the "new" version of the micro sd card comes out? In other words, if the 86271-0e073 part is the 2021 maps, when should we expect to see the new part with the 2022 maps, or are these the 2022 maps already? Just...

Alaska_4Runner I answered your question over in my other thread. Seemed appropriate to keep the discussion limited to a single source.

Alaska_4Runner Sorry for the slow response, I don't really monitor this forum nearly as much as I used to. Believe it or not, I already answered most of the questions you asked earlier in the thread, but they can be easily missed. What year 4Runner parts did you order? Which website did you...

Wow, now that I hear that I am convinced that my problem was a result of the short pin being loose all along, and my dealership wasted MONTHS doing diagnosis and replacing a perfectly good BCM. It sounds like some dealerships are not properly installing the shot pin before turning vehicles over...

Wow, who would have thought there would be replies to my thread 6 months later! It definitely sounds like your problem is similar to what happened to me. I would take a look in the fuse box and see if the "SHORT PIN" is loose or not fully seated. If it is, push it all the way in and see if it...

To clarify, they did NOT change the oil, as that is normally only done at 10K/12mos. They only do it at 5K/6mos if a special use case requires it, which the dealer felt was not my case. I was told they checked all the fluid levels, as that is one of the standard items they are supposed to...

I just brought my 2015 Trail in for the 6-month checkup (closer to 7 months actually; I only just hit 4K miles). I just want to make sure everything happened that should have: First of all, I live exactly 3.5 miles from where I work, so most days I'm not driving more than 7 miles total. We...

I didn't read all 6 pages but I pretty sure the OP got his answer. Regardless, I want to share my story with this experience as well: Growing up my mom owned two different late-80s Jeep Grand Wagoneers, one of which still sits in the front yard to this day (granted it hasn't been run in 15+...

Thanks to everyone for the support. I went ahead and hooked the heated seats back up, and tested them to make sure they still work. So far so good. I won't be using them much right now as we've had temps in the 70s the last three days (wacky Colorado weather!) Maybe if it gets cold again...

So I played around with the fuses today and made some interesting, if not obvious, discoveries: The short pin was seated quite tightly (I needed needle nose pliers to grab it and pull it out.) It is most definitely just a piece of metal, and not a true fuse. Upon starting the vehicle with the...

I finally got a chance to go take a look in the fuse box. Sure enough, the short pin is a specially shaped "fuse" with no number stamped on it. Is it safe for me to remove the short pin and then start up the vehicle? I want to see if I can re-create the problematic symptoms I had before, in...

Well damn, based on that it sounds like a defective short pin could have been causing all my problems! Maybe it was loose or something. My service writer swears it was one of the first things they checked when I brought it in two months ago, and apparently it was fine then. Maybe it was in...

So I finally got my vehicle back from the dealership after having them replace the BCM with a stock one. Turns out when they installed it and tried to start it they were still getting the same errors and such, and after a few extra hours of troubleshooting they discovered that the "short pin...