I have electric windows in my Tacoma. The driver's side window has the "auto" function where you press down and it rolls down automatically. Will acquiring one of those switches for the passenger button on the driver's side door make it go down automatically as well?

 

Not likely, the autodown is built into the master switch housing.

If you get a DEI or Clifford smartwindow system, you can get the auto down/up on both windows.

 

ACtually, it might. Depends on how the system works. 99% of all auto down features are in the switch - it's just a thermal snap action switch - like a circuit breaker. When window is all the way down, the motor draws more current and the switch opens the circuit. Simple and effective.

Easy to tell, when you push the button harder and activate the auto down, listen to it closely. When the window is all the way down you will hear a 'click' in the switch. For that matter, when you push the button you can feel the extra 'click' as it engages.

Nuther way to test it is swap the switches you have and see if it works.

 

Thanks for the replies.

I suppose I can try asking the dealership people to see if they have an answer as well.

 

i have the auto feature on my passenger side

 

us 4runners are cool like that.
good luck on the passenger auto down mod, darx.

 

...so if big john has it, it would only be a matter of purchasing the canadian window switch panel and having it shipped down here to the US

so who's willing to try it

bob

 

2nd gens only have it on the driver side... let me know if you figure out a way to do it. is there a way to do auto up? (my is only auto down)

 

I want the same, it's a problem when it's cold out and you stop to pay the highway or something like that.

David

 

i dunno if others have this but mine will also work for a min after the igntion is turned off up and down

 

Yep, I got that too.
So did all of the 4runners that I looked at when I bought mine, Tacoma's must be different.

Matt-I would think if it is just the actual button that has the auto function in it, you could get a donor from a 3rd gen 4runner.
Also, the buttons do make a click noise when they are pushed and especially if the window is already up and you hit the button.

 

i have that too, bigjohn.

 

4Runners didn't get the auto up and down plus the passenger side switches til '99 I think since my '97 had only an auto down on the driver's window.

 

It is not gonna be as easy as changing the switch. The switch itself has built in relay that control the auto function. I tried to do that myself, and it involved in changing the window master and passenger switch, the complete wire harness and the window regulator as well. I got the wire harness and switch form a 01 4runner and it turned out I need the regulator as well, I have not got a chance to pick up the regulator yet. That is what I know, I think that is all you need, it should work. I think the best way is to add the dei window control module, that should be the cheapest route to do this mode. Good luck

 

It's never simple is it?
I added the delay in my '85 so the windows still worked for a minute after the key is off. I got a delay-off relay from Graingers and installed it on the power window circuit. Worked perfectly. (This was like 12 years ago and no I don't remember the part number...)

 

FYI, the Lexus RX has auto up/down on all four windows. If you're going to do the auto up/down mod, you might as well do all four.