Got home, turned off my truck, took out my keys and opend the door. The buzer came on! Checked everything... Lights off, keys out, everything is off. The door buzzer will just keep going as long as my door is open. Any ideas what happend? the other day I put a little wd40 in my locks (including ignition) to keep them working smoothly and not frozen. Nothing else has changed.

 

fixed it.

Smacked the buzzer and it turned off. Guess it was stuck or somthing.

 

What a horrible noise, I think I would simply set fire to my 4Runner is that happened. I feel for you. By the way, where is the that buzzer, it has a date with a sledge hammer when I do find it.

 

HAHA burn it, i would just wear ear plugs

 

The buzzer is the little grey doohicky thats right above the fuse panel on the drivers side kick panel.

You can feel it vibrate if its on. And yes that is one anoying sound! But I like it since I have almost forgotten my keys a few times.

 

even if you forget your keys lock the doors when you shut them they unock right away all by them selfs but i say try it first then go from there atlest mine does

 

ahaha... i feel your pain!!

so last weekend i sunk my truck. buzzer must have gotten underwater becuse once i got my truck started and everything the buzzer wouldent go off for anything!! talk about annoying! i stopped on the trail and clipped both of the door sensors off, dident work.. sure enough it started to sound "sick" and finally died halfway home.



lesson dont sink your truck.

 

i disabled that on my last truck but it doesnt turn the light on anymore and i have a bad habbit of leaving my lights on

 

Sorry for reviving an old thread but I am having the same problem as the OP! The buzzer stays on with the door open and key out, and I cannot fix it. It is driving me crazy trying to leave the door open and work on other things in my truck.

I don't know if it is a contact in the ignition switch that has gone bad that tells when the key is out or what. I am stumped! does anyone have any other ideas or has had the same problem.

 

Just disconnected it in my old truck, IIRC it has a plug connector that can be reconnected anytime

 

Oooo trust me if this continues I will take it out and smash it! ha

 

i have been told that you can take the buzzer apart ,and clip a contact in it. this sould kill the buzzer but leave the dome light working. i haven't got to try it yet on my truck.

 

The same thing happened in my truck about a month back. I was having trouble with my starter contacts so every time I started the truck I had to turn the key about 20 times. Eventually the buzzer started staying on. I just put the key in and jiggled it around in there. This ended up fixing the problem and only took 2 seconds. Worth a try before you start cutting wires and removing things.

Jason

 

haha That noise is the awful. A girl the other day heard it and was like "that is the worst sound I have ever heard."

 

I have tried my best but it hasn't helped.

Also with the door open and the key out my doors will not lock leaving me to believe that the contact is stuck in the ignition switch...

Any other guesses?

Will this fix me not being able to lock my doors from the drivers side?

 

Ok for whoever has the same problem next I have narrowed this down to the small switch screwed to the bottom of the ignition. The fsm called it the key confine prevention switch.

 

So when you lock the door, you need to hold the handle up to keep it locked, otherwise it will pop back up?

I sweat mine was like that when I bought it, but no more. I can lock my door and shut it and it will stay locked.

 

He is saying Toyota's with electric locks automatically unlock the doors when the it senses the key in the ignition to avoid locking the key in the truck.

 

I just had the same problem. Buzzer stays on when the key is out and door is open. The previous info is good, but
Does any one know how to make it work as intended?

 

I'd start with the Key Unlock Warning Switch. http://web.archive.org/web/201102052.../3ignition.pdf