Hiding spare key and remote start on 3rd gen

Good idea! I am thinking about doing the Lexus credit card key mod that way it is easier to take the key with me.

 

Just press any button, such as unlock doors, once or twice, it wakes back up. OP, I would just disable the fob, lock it in your dash with the little laser cut key and take the laser cut key with you. The laser cut key will physically unlock the door to let you back into the truck, then unlock the dash retrieve your fob, reactivate it and drive away.

 

Take the key out of the fob and vacuum pack both of them. Tape it up somewhere under the truck and you should be good to go.

 

I’m trying to figure out a way to do this for going on float trips. We usually pay an outfitter to shuttle our vehicle from the point where we put in our watercraft and then the truck is sitting there waiting for us at the takeout at the end of our float. With our 2015 4Runner this Was never an issue. They would just lock the key fob in the truck under the mat and we keep the extra key with us on the float. I can’t figure out a way that is simple to do this with my 2020 Tacoma. The idea of giving an outfitter some elaborate “how to lock a key in my truck” just probably isn’t going to work. Sure wish they just had a way to disable the auto key detect for the doors only.