Recent content by WhiteSR5

It has to be exactly (or as close at you can) to 5 seconds. I found if I went over it didn't work. I used a my stopwatch.

In the instructions for the manual I found that you need to follow them to the letter. I tried it a couple of times and it did not work but I was counting the number seconds instead of actually timing it. As soon as I actually timed it the changes worked as stated. Hope this helps.

fileechino, Glad to hear that I was able to help someone else.

Probably not, I showed it to my dealer so they could tell Toyota and maybe come up with a more refined fix. But they seemed to not really care.

And this last picture is of the spacer installed. Note that you don't want to spacer to be too tight or it will not allow the bar to move freely.

This next picture is of the nylon spacer that I used to fix the problem. You can pick up these spacers at most hardware stores. The spacer dimensions are: 3/8" outside diameter 3/16" inside diameter 1/8" thick

This next picture shows a close-up of the problem area. Note the round bar that runs down this channel. This bar controls the movement of the wind deflector. So it moves forward and backward down this channel. The reason I believe that some people are having this rattling problem and others...

OK, here are the pictures for the fix, sorry I took so long. This first picture is of the general area. Note that this fix needs to be done to both sides of the vehicle. And even though the sounds you might here sound like they are coming from somewhere else (much like mine did) this is...

I had the same problem with my wife's 03 4Runner. It was driving me nuts, and it sounded like it was coming from behind the sunroof on the drivers side. But what it ended up being was the sunroof track itself. I will post some pictures when I get home tonight outlining exactly how to fix the...