1engineer
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Sorry. In my world word meaning is usually not extrapolated to day to day pedestrian life. :ybrick: I'll do better next time lol.
Drove new SR5 home today! Observations...
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Sorry. In my world word meaning is usually not extrapolated to day to day pedestrian life. :ybrick: I'll do better next time lol.
As Engineer intimated, speed bumps at speed - not a good idea. It does seem to actually be smoother the faster you go but stock OEM suspensions are not built to withstand that kind of abuse even in an "off-road" buggy.
Glad you enjoyed (for the most part) the ride.
We are a T4R Forum so I suppose granular dissection is to be expected (We are no exception) with length of antennae and time lapse to ignition being points of contention. Some might call that nit-picking but maybe Toyota has someone assigned to read forum comments and emply future modifications based on input.
Who knows....
Glad you enjoyed (for the most part) the ride.
We are a T4R Forum so I suppose granular dissection is to be expected (We are no exception) with length of antennae and time lapse to ignition being points of contention. Some might call that nit-picking but maybe Toyota has someone assigned to read forum comments and emply future modifications based on input.
Who knows....
I imagine Toyota, like any company that expects to be competitive in this binary age, employ people to troll forums and gather consumer feedback.
I believe it would be a smart decision on their part. Practically "Free" test bed /focus group information.
WCVanHorne
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So far so good but I've only driving it a few dozen k. In getting the undercoat 3M, etc. I hope to hell it was in the shop building yesterday afternoon and not in the lot; a hail storm rolled though town. :AK47:
Was only moderate in most of my area which is close by. I've heard pea. Not far away it was closer to grape. These things can vary wildly just a few blocks away. I was out around noon today about a dozen km NW and there were still piles of the white stuff.
I'm going to pick it up tomorrow and have a good look for pockmarks. :sobbing: This would be just my luck.
WCVanHorne
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Noticed the "floppiness". It will do for now but certainly behaves like an airspeed indicator.
WCVanHorne
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Well, perhaps unfortunately for me, the Yaris does and I thought most/all Toyotas were going this way. Nice when you get used to it but a real PITA going back and forth.
I've been looking over the wiring diagrams and am wondering if just jumpering the starter circuit on the second pole of the DP multithrow ignition switch would do the trick. That's basically what's done on the LE with the keyless system. On that system it's the 'ST' relay that does the job. On the SR5 it looks like that relay is a safety for the park interlock. However I haven't yet seen what the ECM I/Os of STA and NSW actually do. This would only work if STA is an output to latch the starting sequence. If it is just another input downstream then this doesn't work. Looking closer at the LE diagram I'm now getting less certain. I think this latching and starting sequence logic may be in the Power Mgmt. ECU.
Unless this is detailed better in the repair manual (which I haven't had a chance to read over) a quick experiment looking the relay coil voltage would probably do the trick (or relay positing having pulled the battery from the 30A starter line).
I've been looking over the wiring diagrams and am wondering if just jumpering the starter circuit on the second pole of the DP multithrow ignition switch would do the trick. That's basically what's done on the LE with the keyless system. On that system it's the 'ST' relay that does the job. On the SR5 it looks like that relay is a safety for the park interlock. However I haven't yet seen what the ECM I/Os of STA and NSW actually do. This would only work if STA is an output to latch the starting sequence. If it is just another input downstream then this doesn't work. Looking closer at the LE diagram I'm now getting less certain. I think this latching and starting sequence logic may be in the Power Mgmt. ECU.
Unless this is detailed better in the repair manual (which I haven't had a chance to read over) a quick experiment looking the relay coil voltage would probably do the trick (or relay positing having pulled the battery from the 30A starter line).
03_4x4Runner
Senior Member
My 4th gen 4runner has the key that you just turn to start then let go and my 2011 Avalon does not have this feature. There has been times when I let go of the key to soon in the Avalon and have to do it again. As stated once you get used to it it is hard to give up. Toyota is definatelly going backwards on many features. Also why no memory seats in the 4runner anymore. A deal killer for me.
