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I've been fighting this for the last year or so. This past summer i sealed off the cabin air intake the same way others in this thread did and it seems to have worked. Although they still camp out in my engine compartment and make a mess but they aren't chewing the wiring The past winter...

Car audio updates with a 17 year old factory stereo is pretty annoying - is what i'm finding out. I've been looking at replacement head units and i can see some benefit to getting one. The expense of it isn't my primary concern (although they get pretty expensive with a bunch of features i...

hah hah, exactly, but.... there's so much road noise i haven't really been too worried about it. One thing that i can say with certainty is that the interface continues to work with full functionality. I've used it first with a gen2 iPod (12v, 30-pin, 4 buttons across the top) up through my...

The device i have is similar to (or might actually just be an earlier version of) this USA Spec device It has both an iPod input and also an additional L/R AUX input. It's kind of clunky to switch between them but it does work. That input is audio only of course, no controls.

I have a 2003 4th Gen (Sport) with the factory stereo - this is not the JBL stereo if that matters, just the Toyota CD/Cassette FM/AM + CD changer. Pre smart phones i got an iPod interface (i forget which model) that takes the place of the CD changer and lets me play music and advance tracks...

I just had my 100k service last week. I've owned this truck since 2005 and have so far had no issues with it.

Hi there, it is still available - I haven’t been following up on the thread. Let me know if you’re interested.

I have a cornfed 3"/2" Lift kit that i used on my 4th gen (2003) 4runner for about 2 years. It's been off the truck for a few years now. I'm pretty sure this spacer kit will work on gen 5 also but please check first. There are no issues with it - really clean overall. Please see the pictures...

I have a Cornfed 3/2 lift kit for sale. This was installed on my 2003 4-Runner for about 18 months and has been in my garage for the last few years. My understanding is that these fit on gen4 and gen5 4runners but please confirm before purchasing. Please let me know if you have any questions...

dealer service hell, nothing specific to Toyota. I used to have a VW Golf, same thing happened to me, the dealership quoted me near $1500 to replace all 4 wheels' brakes (+rotors). I said no and went to a local garage, they let me pick all of the parts used (including VW OEM) and did the entire...

nice! so it sounds like we have exactly the same problem and got to it in exactly the same way. i'm hoping that it ends up being something simple. i'm going to keep trying to figure it out, i'll post back here if i find anything interesting.

i took it apart again today just to take another look at it while the light was strong outside. from what i can see there must be something broken in there that control the left/right detent. what i don't know is if that detent exists on the ECU housing or shift level itself (that's where the...

i just ordered a set of floor liners, 166.41 shipped. in black for my 2003 4runner. I glad i found this thread, i almost did this a year ago and wasn't sure if they'd be any good or not. thanks for the advice all!

YNo, has yours always been like that or did it happen after a certain event, or shift? Mine worked perfectly until very recently. Over the last few months it was getting difficult to make that last shift into "low." I would have to force it, gently but it didn't want to go. It was definitely...

ok, i had a little time this afternoon to properly pull the shifter apart and i think i can characterize the problem maybe a little more accurately. Pulling front to back, purely on the Y axis, the action and detents are completely fine. On the X axis though there is no real resistance...