Manual transmission availability

[morgie]

Hi,

am I wrong or the manual transmission disapeared with the 4th gen model 4Runner ?

A 4th Gen with manual transmission would be awesome.

Does the Tacoma, same years, has it ?

 

[icantsee]

Correct...no option of Manual Transmission on the 4th Generation 4Runner.

If you desire a Manual...Tacoma & FJ Cruiser has it.

 

[morgie]

:\ that's really sad.

Do you heard of someone trying / did the swap for a manual transmission ? If it's available in the Tacoma, that should be an easy swap.

 

[Avet14]

I would think it's relatively easy, but the electronics might be tricky because your ECU is going to be looking for an automatic transmission that doesn't exist.

 

[peter78]

2000 was the last year for a manual transmission. 2001 was the first year for VSC, I wonder if that made a difference. My guess was, not enough people were buying the stick.

2001 was also the first year without crank up windows as standard equipment. I don't see many people complaining about not having crank up windows. Truth is, it was extremely rare to find a 4Runner in 2000 with either a manual tranny or roll up windows.

 

[TechWrench]

I can't prove it, but when I was looking at the '03's before I bought mine, I asked the dealer about a standard trans option. He said it was no longer available in the 4WD model, but could still be had in the 2WD version in the southern part of the country.

Isn't there a standard trans available on the FJ cruiser?

 

[Uneek]

Isn't there a standard trans available on the FJ cruiser?

Yup, but it's whacked too. On the FJ Cruiser, the manual is similar to the 4Runner, in 4WD, it's a full time system. The automatic FJC is part time like the Tacoma.

I don't understand Toyota's logic. The Tacoma and Tundra should have full-time capable 4WD systems when in 4WD since they're sibling SUVs do.