Tips and Tricks on the 3rd Gen Tacoma

Which wire would get the fuse?

 

Whatever one is bringing power into what you're doing. (Assuming you're DIY.)

That isolates what you are doing from the rest of the truck. A great rule to go by is fuse it at 125% of normal amperage. And calculate your amperage draw using like 11.5 volts as nominal. Higher voltage will draw less power so it's an extra window of safety. Itll usually be 12.6v off and 14.7 running up to who knows what these trucks can push on demand, 15.5? I actually don't know how the charging system is controlled but I expect it charges at a high voltage to refill and tapers down depending on electrical load to save fuel. If GM did it in 2006, I expect Toyota does it now.

 

Thanks for the reply. I'll look into the wiring a bit more to determine which one gets the fuse. It won't be happening for at least 2-3 weeks so I'll have some time to get everything in order.

 

I’ve had a few cars that did this (as well as be able to roll up the windows with the key fob). I actually tried it the first day I bought my truck. It doesn’t have that feature. And I looked through the options in Carista, and it’s not there either. So, no way to do it to my knowledge

 

Someone makes a piggyback module for it, damned if I can remember who though.

 

How?

 

Mine has the choice for it on the handle. DRL, then park lights, then turn on the fog lights.

 

Ok, I'll bite. Turn your parking lights on, then turn your fog lights on.

 

That's pretty simple, but the fog lights do not come on in my truck when the DRLs are on so I never really thought of it having the parking lights on instead of the DRLs. I have to have my headlights turned on.

 

The park lights have to be on before the fog lights come on in my truck.

 

Okay...yeah this is right. Sorry for the confusion.

Is there a way to to always on fog lights? To have them on WITH the DRLs and not at least the parking lights?

 

Several different DIY options in these two threads:

3rd gen tacoma anytime fog mod!!!!!!!!!!!!!

3rd GEN - Fog's "anytime".

 

I just learned today that if your listening through Bluetooth you can skip having to go through 5 popups to get to the playlist you’re listening to. If you’re at the audio menu and tap the album artwork it will go straight to the current playlist.

See photos below:

 

hmm doesn't seem to work on mine. i'm wondering if it's because you're running the JBL system? i dont know if the interface runs any different on non-jbl. also, are you running music from your phone's music player? i tried doing it while running spotify and it didn't work. i don't have any music loaded into my phone so i couldn't test that out.

 

Spotify & Pandora are no-go, unfortunately. I should have included that. Only Itunes/ apple music worked.

 

This is an awesome list of things for a first-time owner to know. Thanks for the post!

 

That’s the fun of this website. If you haven’t already done so, you might want to take a peak at the “What have you done to you’re 3rd gen Tacoma today,” thread. A lot of good info there

 

I just came across this thread a couple of days ago. This item in particular interests me, but I haven't got it to work in my 2017 Limited (Pushbutton Start and AT). Are there any "tricks" involved in getting this to work??
I'm just trying to open the driver door, lean in (keys in pocket or on the seat) and start the truck.

 

I read this a long time ago but never tried, until now.... and it just worked for me (2018 TRD Sport). I thought maybe your problem would be the door being open, but I tried with the drivers door open and closed and it worked both ways.

Just confirming - you did have the fob in the cab, yes? And pushed the start button once, released, then held it down for about 15 seconds, yes?

 

I tried first with the key in my pocket, leaning in to the truck. Didn't work. Then I tried with the key laying on the driver seat. Still nothing.
On one or two tries it went into ACC mode, which I think is normal for two presses?
I may not have waited a full 15sec after the second button press. How long did you wait between presses?
I did notice the "Check Charging System" warning appear in the column display.

EDIT: Ok... Operator Error. I just didn't wait long enough. I would say it takes a full 15 seconds. Thanks for your help.