Add A Window Switch for 3rd Gen 4Runner Rear Window

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I installed a rear window switch for my 3rd gen 4runner. The switch allows me to control the window from the inside which comes in handy when you use sleep in your truck. See my sleeper platform for how I do this ( • Rear Cargo Drawer Stor... ). The window switch allows you roll the window down/up so you can open the hatch to go potty in the middle of the night. Much easier than climbing to the front of the car and looking for keys or accidentally turning on the radio. Enjoy.
Items Needed:
1990-1995 2nd Gen 4Runner Rear Window Switch (eBay or Local Junk Yard)
T-Taps with Male Connectors: amzn.to/3aD6RsL
Tools Used:
Flat Head Screwdriver (you should own one already...)
10mm Socket (you should own one already...)
Wire Crimper amzn.to/38GHchb
Dremel Kit (comes with disc/bits needed): amzn.to/36hPvOI
Optional Tools:
Trim Removal Tool amzn.to/2NS9tJG
Multi-Meter amzn.to/2GgvXja
Alligator Clips amzn.to/2GhV8C7
Add A Fuse amzn.to/30V26Gv
Ratchet Strap to hold hatch: amzn.to/2RpqzRk (or ask a friend to hold it!)
Wires of interest on rear window relay harness:
Green with Red Stripe: Up Wire
Green with Yellow Stripe: Down Wire
White with Black Stripe: Ground Wire
T4R Wiring Information Post:
www.toyota-4runner.org/3rd-ge...
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Due to factors beyond my control, I cannot guarantee against improper use or unauthorized modifications of this information. I assumes no liability for property damage or injury incurred as a result of any of the information contained in this video. Use this information at your own risk. I recommend safe practices when working on vehicles and or with tools seen or implied in this video. Due to factors beyond my control, no information contained in this video shall create any expressed or implied warranty or guarantee of any particular result. Any injury, damage, or loss that may result from improper use of these tools, equipment, or from the information contained in this video is the sole responsibility of the user and not me. Enjoy my videos.
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@danegrim4515 5 лет назад

The reason 3rd gen switches are like that, is because they were located in the center console left of the parking brake, placed upside down, at a downward skew. If you can only find a 3rd gen switch, and want to install it in a vertical position, just peel the "back window" sticker off the switch with an exact-o knife and flip it, so up is up, and down is down.

@wcsoblake85 2 года назад

Sir you have shown me a solution to a problem I didn't know I had. I have a 02 4Runner and this would be an awesome mod! Thanks for posting.

@PhoRunner 2 года назад

Check the comments for color codes and test it before committing to a hole lol. I’ve seen some unsuccessful results! Hope it works out for you though. It’s a nice add for sure!

@yrigoyen0108 5 лет назад

Very nice!!!!! And it looks great!!!

@sterlingblevins1162 5 лет назад

This is an awesome idea!

@quinnbi8716 4 года назад

Wow awesome idea! Thank you for sharing.

@kokadjooutdoors620 2 месяца назад

Great idea! Got to tear apart my rear hatch as won’t open. Might add this to it at same time

@Tintdaddy88 5 лет назад

I like the "raw" style of this video.

@Tintdaddy88 5 лет назад

Beautiful!

@bryantnguyen4595 5 лет назад

Thanks for this idea! Keep the videos coming brother!

@Airbaja 2 года назад

Awesome, Thanks!

@PhoRunner 2 года назад

@KeviinezYT 3 месяца назад

If you use your car key and turn the key to right the rearwindow will go down and biseversa to the other side. Thats a nice trick, I mean putting the key on the mechanisim of the rear window

@tubehelpr 4 года назад

Amazing. As soon as I find a swtich I'm doing this! I was wondering what you mean about "put the cover back on" to not scratch the glass? Why would the interioir trim need to be installed? Do you mean to say the interioir piece actually moves the glass slightly away from the track?

@davidmaclennan5400 4 года назад

Excellent mod! Recieved switch and installed in no time. Appreciate all the foot work on wire harness in vehicle. Only difference is I used razor knife to cut out and put a zip tie around base of switch to make it snug. Appreciate the help once again!

@davidmaclennan5400 4 года назад

I also like the way it simultaneously locks and unlocks doors respectively as well.

@PhoRunner 4 года назад

@@davidmaclennan5400 wait what lol. The zip tie is a smart idea. Mine keeps backing out!

@davidmaclennan5400 4 года назад

@@PhoRunner I put just a little super glue with zip tie. So if have to take off just razor knife super glue off zip tie. No superglue on panel at all

@davidmaclennan5400 4 года назад

I have a question? Can you share link for the magnetic light you use in videos?

@PhoRunner 4 года назад

@@davidmaclennan5400 www.harborfreight.com/390-Lumen-Magnetic-Slim-Bar-Folding-LED-Work-Light-63958.html try to find it on sale for $20-$25

@rumail2377 Год назад

Отличная идея

@rojohnboy5351 4 года назад

1997 4runner coming from the white connector pin up : red/black coming from the gray connector pin down : green/yellow ground : black/white

@PhoRunner 4 года назад

Cool. I will pin this for others!!

@Copenhagendeputy 3 года назад

I have a 96 and I’ve tried red/black and green/red for up and it hasn’t worked. But my down does lol. Idk what to do.

@rojohnboy5351 3 года назад

@@Copenhagendeputy did you try starting or on position. before trying it.

@Copenhagendeputy 3 года назад

@@rojohnboy5351 no I thought you didn’t need to due to constant power

@Scavs_Inc 2 года назад

I love pho. So yummy.

@PhoRunner 2 года назад

Yummy indeed lol

@micahelijah40 2 года назад

I need help my 1989 Toyota 4Runner. How can I do a remote for rear window to go up n down.

@PhoRunner 2 года назад

I am not sure on the wiring for that one

@ddemier Год назад

Would I be able to order this switch for a 3rd gen Toyota 4Runner? Mine is a 2002 sr5

@jeffaguiar8970 3 года назад

Too bad I can't find full switch harness' on ebay. Only the up/diwn switch + blue female portion. Know any links where i can get the full thing? The junkyards around here dont have any.

@PhoRunner 2 года назад

hmm try a toyota parts guy. Find them on the relevant 2nd/3rd gen mafia pages.

@tubehelpr 4 года назад

Hey, I just got my switch and wired it up! Works great! Before I cut any holes in the pannel I was wondering if you had any recommendations about the best mounting spot? I really want it to sit flush and not stick out at all or it will drive me crazy ahah...

@PhoRunner 4 года назад

Lol well mine is pretty flush. I dont know where else you could put it without doing a bunch of wire fishing!

@blurmgru6632 4 года назад

Hello Well I have been attempting to wire this up for the last week and for some reason I can only get the window to run in one direction. I used the wires described ( green/red and green/yellow ) and the motor will only run one direction. Occasionally it will reverse and I am able to run it the opposite direction but again once that cycle is complete it will not run in the opposite direction and the relay will just click when pushing the button for the direction that it just ran.

@PhoRunner 4 года назад

Try the wire at the key cylinder. I see that the 96-98 seem to use that wire from there

@Jonnygriffiths 2 года назад

Helpful video, thank you very much. Tried this mod on my 96 surf. Worked well for the down button, except the up button did nothing… any suggestions?

@PhoRunner 2 года назад

Hmmm maybe wrong wire?

@connormobley3958 Год назад

I'm having the same issues.

@richlien5598 2 года назад

Great video. Thanks for sharing. Do you know if a universal 5 pin switch will work with this mod?

@PhoRunner 2 года назад

Hmm I’m not positive

@richlien5598 2 года назад

I tried the mod exactly how you setup. Windows goes down but not up. Any advice?

@PhoRunner 2 года назад

Try wiring at the key cylinder area. I saw some reports of this not working on newer models. Not sure what the problem is

@michaeljohnson4158 4 года назад

Did you have to cut the inner black metal panel behind the brown outer trim panel? Also, if you did, did your wiring stay in front of the inner black panel so it didn’t come in contact with the window when it goes up and down?

@PhoRunner 4 года назад

I did not have to cut that

@Reqzabx Год назад

@PhoRunner Channel will this mod work with a 3rd gen 4runner hatch window switch? Or are the wires different?

@PhoRunner Год назад

It should but the switch will be upside down printing . Wire colors will be different but you can use a meter to figure out what wires you need

@kayladillon13 4 года назад

May be a stupid question, but is this deleting the switch in the front? I just finished the hatch light mod, and am doing some research on this one in your video..i want to keep the one up front active, bc the dogs like the fresh air while driving.

@PhoRunner 4 года назад

It is not deleting the switch in front. It’s basically creating a switch off the rear key system

@jamesgiddrey4892 4 года назад

It would be great to know what wires you're messing with as you test them.

@PhoRunner 4 года назад

I mention the colors in the video and the description

@gideonel-rahi7564 5 лет назад

Sick mod! I would pay you to do this for mine if you lived nearby

@PhoRunner 5 лет назад

you can easily DIY! that's why i made these vids!

@daniel7529 2 года назад

Hey mate, long shot but im using the gen 3 switch from my 96. Found the wires in the tail door, hook up the switch but it only goes down. Any advice?? I know this was a while ago but hopefully you still have memory of it! Cheers!

@PhoRunner 2 года назад

Try finding the wire by the key that makes it go up and trace it back to that module. If it goes up with the key, there should be a way to simulate this

@daniel7529 2 года назад

@@PhoRunner i tapped into the key wires, two green ones, still wont go up. Both wires work, have tested it but just only does down. Do you think i need to connect all three? As i just have an earth going to a bolt

@connormobley3958 Год назад

@@daniel7529 have you found the solution?

@xCYNICOUTCASTx Год назад

Think I’m gonna try this switch near the rear passenger head rest. Sorry if you mentioned it in the video, but do you need the key in the ignition for this to run?

@PhoRunner Год назад

You do not

@trevorchipps3389 4 года назад

Dont all 3rd gen 4runners have a switch on the hatch key- turn left to unlock and then hold that position and the window goes down, turn left to lock hatch but hold and the window goes up. is that only on limiteds?

@PhoRunner 4 года назад

Yeah my sr5 has that but that’s be hard to do sleeping inside the vehicle unless window was down (bugs!!). This is actually tapping into that circuit

@danielhoefer9168 3 года назад

I'm planning on doing this mod, but would rather not cut into that rear door metal (I've got a big switch). I want to put the switch in the side of the back area of the trucks interior, right next to where the wheel well sticks out. Instead of fishing a wire through, do you think I could just tap into the wires already going to the front? It looks like those green-red and green-yellow wires run all the way to the front.

@PhoRunner 3 года назад

I’m not too sure. I would think you need to access the ecu since the ecu module sends the signal back to the front

@danielhoefer9168 3 года назад

@@PhoRunner thanks for the input. Just pulled the rear headliner back and found the same green-red and green-yellow wires headed to the front. Checked em with a multimeter and they link directly to the lock cylinder sensor. For some reason it just bypasses the rear ECU in my 02. Guess the main ECU handles it. So for anyone reading this, you don't have to fish a wire through if you want to put the switch in the rear interior body panels, just tap into the appropriate wires

@kendrick153 2 года назад

@@danielhoefer9168 Did this work? I hear that some weird locking/unlocking behavior occurs when you do this mod in the 2002 models. Let me now, thanks. (+ any other details much appreciated)

@danielhoefer9168 2 года назад

@@kendrick153 It ended up being more complicated of a project than I thought. I'm in studying electrical engineering so it wasn't too difficult but I had to make use of two relays to get it to do what I wanted. Basically I have it wired so when I push the down button it unlocks the whole vehicle and then lowers the window. Same thing goes for raising it. Pressing the up button locks the whole truck and then raises the window. So I had to run two wires up to the interior junction box in the front of the truck to tap into the unlock/lock door wires. Then I just used two double pole double throw relays to connect the to switch buttons to the appropriate wires to raise and lower and unlock and lock.

@kendrick153 2 года назад

@@danielhoefer9168 1. Does the problem still occur / is your relay fix required if you place the switch further down the line (e.g. what PhoRunner does in the video, tapping in very near the harness/plug? 2. Yep. That is complicated. If you got a diagram/pictures for me? I'd send all the good internet karma your way I can muster.

@georgejackson1833 3 года назад

can you do the same for the hatch lock ??

@PhoRunner 3 года назад

It's a little complicated but i hear it can be done.

@chevylandt.v 3 года назад

Will it work for the 2nd gen considered putting one on my 95.

@PhoRunner 3 года назад

probably not. the wires will be different probably.

@chevylandt.v 3 года назад

@@PhoRunner oh ok thanks.

@edlim315 2 года назад

I just did this mod on my 02 and the weirdest thing is happening. The switch will only open or close based on the last position of the key in the tumbler. So if I raise the window with the key, only UP will work and DOWN will not. If I lower the window with the key, only the DOWN will work and the UP will not. And it doesn't matter how much I raise and lower the window with the key, it's almost as if the little computer remembers the last position of the key and allows the switch to only work either up or down.

@PhoRunner 2 года назад

That’s very interesting and a bummer. Not sure how to fix this

@eddielim4849 2 года назад

After some more trial and error I found that the window will go down only when the tailgate is unlocked and will go up only when the tailgate is locked. Weird. I wonder if there’s a way to bypass this.

@PhoRunner 2 года назад

Interesting. Must be an ecu thing on the 01-02 since many have reported only being able to go one way. But good news is you can unlock the key and use the switch either direction once inside?

@edlim315 2 года назад

@@PhoRunner, I tried that but if the lock tumbler is in the unlocked position the rear window will only go down from the inside switch. To use the inside switch to raise the window the tailgate lock tumbler needs to be in the locked position.

@PhoRunner 2 года назад

I see that’s interesting and kinda lame. Maybe you can find the wire in the tumbler and feed it ground or power when switch is depressed to simulate the tumbler / key

@Bud4me0007 3 года назад

Where did you buy that magnetic light from?

@PhoRunner 3 года назад

harbor freight but its finicky these days with charging. www.harborfreight.com/390-lumen-magnetic-slim-bar-folding-led-work-light-56329.html

@Bud4me0007 3 года назад

@@PhoRunner tks

@SDKlimber 4 года назад

Been trying to get the rear window to even work In my 3rd gen (97) 4Runner, it's never worked the entirety of my ownership of the car. Would love to install this once I get it fixed

@PhoRunner 4 года назад

check the wire hardness that goes from the vehicle to the lift gate. sometimes the wires inside there break. i lost my 3rd brake light this way and had to repair it

@ScrewBigTech333 10 месяцев назад

I know this video is super old but I have a question I do hope you're still around and able to help...my rear window dropped one day on its own and drained my battery...I found some wires with split sheathing and fixed that but everytime I try to activate the switch to roll the window up all I hear is a click coming from the rear hatch??? Any thoughts on how to fix this issue I'd like my window back up lol...

@alejandrozamoralopez6340 2 года назад

Where did you buy the connection ?

@PhoRunner 2 года назад

The switch? Just salvage yard or eBay

@robertlawson1184 4 года назад

but the key has to be on the ignition for that rear window to work correct?

@PhoRunner 4 года назад

It does not.

@robertlawson1184 4 года назад

@@PhoRunner Oh thank you! Guess ill be doing that soon. Thanks for sharing!!

@Ray_Palma 3 года назад

I been trying to do this mod to my 2000 t4r limited and it doesnt work at all ive purchased 4 different switches thinking that was the issue but it never worked i used the same switch as in the video and i plugged everything in the same not sure what could be the issue

@PhoRunner 3 года назад

Can you roll the window down with the key? Some have tapped into the key cylinder wires and found success

@Ray_Palma 3 года назад

PhoRunner Channel yes i am able to roll it down with the key

@PhoRunner 3 года назад

Try tapping into those wires instead of the one I mention. It means there’s a controller back there.

@Ray_Palma 3 года назад

PhoRunner Channel do you know the color of those cables? And which one does what?

@PhoRunner 3 года назад

Should be same as what I said. You can check with a volt meter using continuity test. Find the ground and other 2 are for window

@blakehoffmann3373 5 лет назад

Can you roll it up and down without battery on?

@PhoRunner 5 лет назад

without the key, yes. without a battery, no.

@Not_That_Chris 3 года назад

I can roll my window back up with the key. Just turn the key the other way. Is that not normal?

@PhoRunner 3 года назад

Hmm not sure. Did you hold it for a while?

@Not_That_Chris 3 года назад

@@PhoRunner Just a few seconds

@allenh7835 Год назад

@@Not_That_Chris My 97 works the same way.

@connormobley3958 2 года назад

These window switches on eBay are like 50-60 dollars. For a used 30 year old electronic part!

@PhoRunner 2 года назад

Good god lol

@connormobley3958 2 года назад

@@PhoRunner none of them with an actual harness. All the yotas at my junkyard are picked clean

@PhoRunner 2 года назад

Gotta be fast lol

@PyrateRumRunner 4 года назад

So it has constant power?

@PhoRunner 4 года назад

yes, it's constant power from the factory

@PyrateRumRunner 4 года назад

PhoRunner Channel could you use a side door window switch?

@PhoRunner 4 года назад

@@PyrateRumRunner i don't see why not

@PhoRunner 4 года назад

you'll have to figure out the wiring using a volt meter tool though.

@CannabisUseOnly 2 года назад

one lazy solution to this is to buy and program a $20 fob that has a back window button

@PhoRunner 2 года назад

Can it go back up though. The factory fob already has a down

@CannabisUseOnly 2 года назад

@@PhoRunner sadly not hahah. I bought mine without the factory fob so when I discovered that button I was real happy.

@craighall4298 4 года назад

Tried this in my 1998 4Runner Limited and it isn't working. I don't have a green w red wire. Down works on green yellow with white black as ground. Up doesn't work. If I plug the up into down T-tap, it also goes down.

@PhoRunner 4 года назад

Check the wire at the key cylinder and see what color it is. You can also tap it there too. Check to make sure it works by using your key too.

@craighall4298 4 года назад

@@PhoRunner thanks, I'll try that. Would you know the connector pin location numbers? Might be more accurate than wire color? Our wires might be different colors but maybe they are in the same location?

@PhoRunner 4 года назад

Not sure what location but a few guys direct messaged me and said tnhe colors are the same for their 96/97. Also the key cylinder will only have 3 wires so it’s those colors for sure.

@craighall4298 4 года назад

@@PhoRunner Maybe because I have a 98 Limited model? Anyway, thanks for the help.

@blurmgru6632 4 года назад

@@craighall4298 Did you ever get this working ? I have been trying for a week now to get the motor to run in both direction with no luck. It appears that I do have the same colored wires but for whatever reason the wiring doesn’t run the motor correctly .