Tips and Tricks on the 3rd Gen Tacoma

Didn't see this on the list:

From personal experience, and from what I've read is normal, you have to use the SOS button in 2021 to set up connected services (remote start/unlock/lock; on phone). This is due to the fact that Toyota is discontinuing the Entune App Suite and the 2021 is missing the options previously found under the "Apps" section of the radio used for the set-up procedure.

The "App" menu (and button) is now exclusively used for tracking the data that you've used if you have a hotspot plan on your car.

 

That makes sense. I've not dug into the "apps" menu, but I hadn't seen anything as I scrolled through screens on my 2-week old special. Thanks for the tip.

 

How do you activate remote service from app?

I have the app and see unlock snd lock feature

 

Read my post above

 

Not on a manual either.

 

There has been a recent update to the 2021 head unit and now the correct options are present in the "Apps" menu for setting up the connected services.

 

so should the new apps just show up on the screen?

 

Same here. 2 months and I’m still trying to figure it all out. My last vehicle was a 2009 Corolla that didn’t even have power locks or windows. The adaptive cruise control is a game changer for me!

 

There are only two "apps" under the app menu for 2021+; "Hotspot information" and options for setting up connected services. The traditional "apps" (pandora, spotify, etc.) have been replaced by car play and android auto.

If you update your radio, the new "app" for setting up the connected services WILL just appear under the App menu.

 

Dude that color is awesome!!! Bumper is bad ass too

 

@AAChaoshand.

Another "good to know" is that the headrests can be inserted/stored in the lower portion of the seat when folded forward. There are holes back there to store them in. Not crucially important, but nice to keep them in the truck and not taking up storage when seats are down.

 

are you just posting the same thing in multiple threads. yes

 

@AAChaoshand.

Another that is a small, but cheap and big improvement is giving the crappy volume knobs on the radio some love. For $1.35 you can nab a few #16 o rings from the hardware store. They stretch perfectly around the knobs, stay put, give great grip on the knob, and all that fun stuff. Some folks are ordering $25 machines knobs, no worries if that’s where you want to put your$, but this is hard to beat for the price and the improvement.

 

Never bang ur leg/knee on it?

 

Never mind the knee, I would not want to be in that seat if the airbag went off!

 

For quicker access, why not just lay it on the dash?

 

Or body vest...

 

Or just trade in your taco for a HMMWV and call it a day.

 

I keep mine in the cup holder

 

I keep mine in my holster. On my body.