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Odd wire

Discussion in 'Technical Chat' started by Sam091990, Oct 6, 2020.

  1. Oct 6, 2020 at 6:27 PM
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    Sam091990

    Sam091990 [OP] Well-Known Member

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    So, I was putting in my Visor light control box and I am glad I checked the initial place I planned to put it. There is a wiring harness inside the unmarked static 'button'. I was wondering if any of you could tell me why it is there. I know Toyota prewires some of their models but I could not find anything about it anywhere, manual, haynes repair book, or online.

    Here are pics, my thumb is on the blank.
    20201006_195433.jpg 20201006_195424.jpg

    Thanks
    Sam
     
  2. Oct 10, 2020 at 2:38 PM
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    destin_meeks

    destin_meeks I used to fix people's crappy stereos

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    Toyota tends to have the wiring for nearly all features, even if your truck didn’t come with that feature. I don’t know what all factory buttons could have gone there, but don’t worry about it. Push it out of the way and proceed

    may have been for the E-trac button. Seems that’s the main one that I can find that yours doesn’t appear to have
     
  3. Oct 10, 2020 at 8:15 PM
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    road2cycle

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    That’s the location for the driver side seat heater control knob on my 2014. It’s likely cheaper for Toyota to manage one wire harness and just put in a blank for uninstalled features for a given trim level.
     

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