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Well, seems toyota is fessing up to their defective back up camera's. Recieved notification in the mail today that its going to be covered for 6 years/no mileage. One week after the 3 year full warranty expired my camera bought the farm. Toyota sucked it up and covered it under warranty. (At...

At the risk of this being re-hashed before. (I didn't see anything too specific in a search) . I just had my '04 V8 Limited tires changed and could not locate my wheel key. The goodyear place had one from a 97 VW of all car's. Got the GY Fortera Triple Treads on. (matched Costco's price for...

No urban legend. There on cars and they belong to the owners. If in a wreck and obtained by Law Enforcement or insurance companies they can be used against you if extracated from the vehicle. . Butttt, if its missing you have no responsibility for is loss. OTOH, it can be helpful in proving...

Anyone find the memory module under the drivers seat? I hear its there and basically memorizes are vehicle functions at or just prior to an accident. Big brother thing looking over you yunno. Supposedly Toyota makes no bones about this thing in all its car's. . Theres an ongoing privacy issue...

You also need to read the owner's manual. Some things in the manual supercede (and don't reconcile) to whats printed on the hitch. For example: 7300 Gross distributing weight if its two wheel drive 7000 pounds for 4 wheel drive. And weight carrying in the manual is 5000, weight distributing...

I went with the LTD as I know I will have it for at least 15 years. The heated leather electric seats are awesome and the wife no longer bitches about the heat and air with the dual zone. With kids the leather cleans up nice. And you can't get the NAV & back-up camera without going for the...

My '04 V8 4x4 Limited: (invoice date 11/5/03) . Invoice: $33012 NAV 2207 MoonRoof 720 Air Bags 559 Spoiler 160 Carpet/Cargo Net 112 Wheel Locks 37 -Total options $3795...

Rando, Sounds like you've been able to make it work. Don't know too much about scripting but I think I know what your talking about. Can you burn this new format onto a CD.? . Anyway of mailing me your back-up of this newly organized copy to peruse and then mail back to you? . Pat Sacramento, CA

If you get the CD like I got for my '04 good luck. My two manuals rule over the CD. The CD is just a bunch of numerical folders each having more numerical folders which then contain more numerical .pdf icons. . How the frick you find something that doesn't take all day to point and search...

Many of the directories you renamed have subordinated folders in them. Chapter 76 has 16 sub-ordinated folders. Did you rename these? And each of the subordinated folders have many (up to 20) .pdf icons that you must click on. So while you may be in the right chapter of the manual, you...

Rando, Printing out the sections does make it easier to click on the section folder. HOWEVER, there are still sub-folders you have to hunt around with to find what you need. AND if you click on the right sub-folder you then have (in most cases) many .pdf documents (icons) to click on. Which...

The label on it appears to show its a bonafide Toyota C.D. . . I've heard a service Mgr. tell me the wrenches go over to a computer to look up how stuff is assembled now. No more thick manuals. Therefore, I think there is another software program that works with this ESM. Electronic Service...

Just got the C.D. manual for my '04 4Runner and what a P.O.S. it is. Theres no index in it to quickly go to the .pdf document. Basically, you hunt around for whatever your looking for by clicking on folders then sub-folders then given .pdf options ranging from one document to 25 documents (all...

Thai, Thanks for the 411. . The manuals run $139.99 each for the '04 models and the electrical is $80. All are Factory Toyota shop manuals. Since I'm in CA I should be recieving it in two or so weeks mailed to my house. (free) . The '03 manual pricing you noted is still current. God only knows...

You can always burn a copy of your C.D. for back-up purposes and lend it out for people to review. (heheheheeee) . OTOH, current pricing for a '04 4Runner V8 is $139.33 for volume I and same price for volume II. . Tempting. Delivery takes a week. Just minted out apparently (per the dealer)