Nutural position safety switch 2004 SR5

[mark.stevens.399]

Some time ago my 4Runner wouldnt start without putting the auto shifter into nutural, since a couple months ago it has gotten much worse to the point that yesterday I spent the better part of the morning going from park to low to nutural trying to trigger a start up and after several attempts she started but today theres no luck at all. Im thinking it is the nutural position safety switch and according to some diagrams Ive seen the switch looks to be located inside the transmission unlike older models that are located on the outside of the transmission. Has anyone had this problem and how did you go about solving the problem? Thank you in advance for your time. This is my daily driver.
Mark

 

[Coveman]

I havent had one go bad on my 4runner, but it sounds like that’s what you may have on yours. they bolt onto the outside of the transmission housing, and a quick search showed the part runs between 40-200 dollars online.

that shouldnt be too hard to swap, search replace neutral safety switch

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION GEAR POSITION SENSOR. NEUTRAL SAFETY SWITCH. RANGE SENSOR.
This fits your Toyota 4Runner
Part Number: 8454030270
From 01/05; Vendor:MATSUSHITA

Toyota