Anyone added an aftermarket push button start/smart key to their 2019 & older 4Runner

[arouth]

Anyone added an aftermarket push button start/smart key to their 2019 & older 4Runner

I have a 2015 Trail Premium and at times I wish I'd bought a 2020 model with the various creature comforts.

Just wondering if adding an aftermarket push button start/smart key is feasible and if anyone had done it. I've found a couple aftermarket but don't know if they are reliable or not.

 

[Whippersnapper02]

It would require too much for the common dude to get it going. Old Red did it but I believe he's an EE. He needed the multiple wireless modules and their harnesses plus other items to get it going.

 

[flyrv9]

Lots of aftermarket remote start kits out there that accomplish pretty much the sane thing. But yea adding the pushbutton and removing your ignition key switch would be a big job.

 

[gakattack]

I understand why you want to do it as push button start is nice. However, tossing the keys to the passenger and allowing them to start the rig from their seat while I'm still loading up the car is also a nice feature.

 

[mrmike7189]

Im weird like that

Call me weird,but....I like having an old school key ignition. My 2020 SR5 was last year Toyota offered the key. It's nice to just open the drivers door with the key, no need to unlock every door with the wireless button, I just use the key, same for the rear window, just putting one bag of groceries in the back, stick the key in the lock cylinder and turn it to open.

 

[Cmiller1775]

I am the same way I do like the "nostalgia" of having a key still. Lol

 

[mrmike7189]

Thank you

Call me weird,but....I like having an old school key ignition. My 2020 SR5 was last year Toyota offered the key. It's nice to just open the drivers door with the key, no need to unlock every door with the wireless button, I just use the key, same for the rear window, just putting one bag of groceries in the back, stick the key in the lock cylinder and turn it to open.

Thank you key lovers....when the battery dies in your transponder, like my wife's.....how do you get into your vehicle if you have no key?
I don't need no stinkin batteries

 

[fkheath]

Thank you key lovers....when the battery dies in your transponder, like my wife's.....how do you get into your vehicle if you have no key?
I don't need no stinkin batteries

There is a mechanical key inside the fob (look in your owners manual). Extract the mechanical key, open the drivers door with the key.

 

[Yamahamer]

I'm the opposite. I'd love to get rid of the push button start and all of its complexities and have a key ignition instead. If I'm driving this 4R 20 years from now I predict the push button start system will be causing problems. A quick look at the problems people are reporting to Consumer Reports for the 4R (and other vehicles) and "In-car electrical" is always at the top of the list.

I'd love to have a thin key I could carry in my pocket instead of that huge fob (which really should be carried in an RFID pouch anyway).