Clutch start switch

[NathanOfSeattle]

Ok hopefully I can describe this in a way that make sense . For the manual guys, do you have to step on your clutch pedal all the way to the floor before it starts? In all the manuals I've driven, my 4 Runner is the only one that I actually have to step on the clutch all the way to the floor before it'll start. I looked at the clutch pedal and I noticed it indeed needs to be all the way to the floor before it makes contact with the clutch start switch.

Has anyone tried to maybe glue or attach some sort of extension on the clutch pedal part that makes contact with the switch so they don't have to press the clutch pedal down as far to start? If so, I'd love to hear your ideas. Hopefully they're quick and easy ones!

 

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There should be a "Clutch Start Cancel" switch located on the lower left side of the dash, although it might not be there for all years. Pushing this button overrides the clutch interlock you describe. You need to push the button after turning the ignition to on but before cranking the starter.

 

[Gerdo]

If you hate it, pull it out and see (with a meter) if it is normally open or closed. If normally open, do a jump wire between the two wires that were on the switch. If normally closed, leave the wires apart.

 

[J-money$$$]

Just push the clutch start cancel button if its too much to push the clutch to the floor.

 

[NathanOfSeattle]

Is it bad on my 4 Runner to use the Clutch Start Cancel button as an alternative to stepping on the clutch pedal?

 

[calimobber]

Yea if it doesn't have a switch you can add one. On my frontier I added a switch but 99% of the time just left it on so I never needed to push the clutch to start it.

 

[NathanOfSeattle]

Yea if it doesn't have a switch you can add one. On my frontier I added a switch but 99% of the time just left it on so I never needed to push the clutch to start it.

Oh I already have the Clutch Start Cancel switch there. I just need to know if it is bad for my 4 Runner to use that as an alternative to stepping on my clutch pedal to start my car.

 

[CanukRunner]

I know it sounds like we are big babys.. but the pressure required to get mine all the way down to the floor every day hurts my friggin knee...

I use the cluch start cancel button every time.

Its funny cause my standard start proceedure is clutch, key, then use the button to start the car... just feels cooler ...lol

 

[the great him]

hope you guys are leaving your trucks in neutral...

 

[NathanOfSeattle]

hope you guys are leaving your trucks in neutral...

Good point.

Well thanks guys! I'm glad to know I can use the Clutch Start Cancel switch without having adverse affects on my 4 Runner.

 

[calimobber]

LOL I leave my truck in neutral everytime and pull the ebrake but I have let people borrow it a few times and forgot to check for neutral and it took off

 

[the great him]

man you guys are crazy... i never trust Ebrakes, ive had too many vehicles roll on me(not physically yet thankfully) when i had the Ebrake pulled... so i always leave my manual trans vehicles in gear.

 

[cordrayj1]

hope you guys are leaving your trucks in neutral...

unless youre in 4lo of course. . . .and are gonna use that button for what it was made for. . .

 

[NathanOfSeattle]

unless youre in 4lo of course. . . .and are gonna use that button for what it was made for. . .

What is the button made for anyway?

Yeah I know.. I'm an urban dweller so my 4 Runner is 99.99% on nicely paved streets .

 

[cordrayj1]

man you guys are crazy... i never trust Ebrakes, ive had too many vehicles roll on me(not physically yet thankfully) when i had the Ebrake pulled... so i always leave my manual trans vehicles in gear.

yeah. i always leave mine in gear. and i live in the Charleston. when i put my boat in i also put brake on then put in first then turn off engine for extra precaution . . . my friends dodge rolled into the lake one time cause his parking brake was stretched and the weight of the boat pulling on his truck moved it.....thank goodness he was still in the position to nail the throttle in his boat to save the truck from submersion.

 

[J-money$$$]

What is the button made for anyway?

Yeah I know.. I'm an urban dweller so my 4 Runner is 99.99% on nicely paved streets .

Its there so you can leave it in gear (and in 4 low) and move the truck with the starter. the Owners manual says something about that that

 

[TheDurk]

Its there so you can leave it in gear (and in 4 low) and move the truck with the starter. the Owners manual says something about that that

Well, it's not really to MOVE it--it's to get started in dangerous situations without having to disengage and reengage the clutch (like backing uphill away from a cliff).

I have used mine all winter long for eleven years. I go out to the garage on a cold morning, start her up without having to climb in, and go back inside and finish my coffee while the heater warms the truck up. No, it won't hurt anything.

 

[slomatt]

I had a similar problem and ended up putting a 1/4" pad on the back of the clutch pedal where it hits the safety switch. I'm not sure if toyota meant for the pedal to be on the floor to start the truck or if something bent over time, but the 1/4" pad did the trick.

- Matt

 

[J-money$$$]

Well, it's not really to MOVE it--it's to get started in dangerous situations without having to disengage and reengage the clutch (like backing uphill away from a cliff).

I have used mine all winter long for eleven years. I go out to the garage on a cold morning, start her up without having to climb in, and go back inside and finish my coffee while the heater warms the truck up. No, it won't hurt anything.

Well yeah it is meant to move it with the starter... Just in special circumstances. You leave the truck in gear with the clutch out and crank it, it will slowly move you. I'm pretty sure my owners manual says almost that exact thing. It won't start the truck in gear even in low range. I know a dual cased truck will tho. You can just leave it in gear and crank the starter and it has enough reduction to start it in gear.

I never use it. If you know how to operate a clutch good enough you can hold the vehicle on steep inclines without the brakes. Its fun to watch someone new to wheeling a manual panic rev and dup the clutch....

 

[bike]

I have used the clutch cancel once when I stalled out on a steeper rock climb covered in "shelves". Was trying to idle up and keep my line and stalled on a pretty good incline with my rear tires sitting halfway up a shelf. Was definitely nice to keep the truck in gear and start it up rolling forward.

Don't seem to have a problem pushing the clutch to start, and I also have a remote start which I rarely use so overriding the clutch switch isn't a smart choice if you have one of those installed. Even if you're careful having something in your pocket press it, or someone finding your keys (kids, dogs that pickup or step on stuff... weirder things have happened) isn't worth the risk for me. That and I also more often than not leave it in gear and chances are I'd be sprinting across parking lots to stop my truck pretty often.