Figit090

I've noticed that 4runners older that 89 (1st gen?) all have a second handle on the passenger door...what the HECK is that for??? there is no other door... i don't get it. anyone ou there with one that can fill me in??

BT17R

Rear seat passenger convenience.

Figit090

well at least it LOOKS like a second, backward facing handle that's lower and more toward the rear of the door....

Figit090

OH cool! that's neat.. i like toyota... hehe

arjan

The 2 door 2nd gen 4runners have this feature too. Not a bad idea by Toyota!

corvettelvr73

My 4runner doesnt have a 2nd handle i dont think??? Does anybody have a pic or a better location description?

mxracer0486

Its on first gen runners, and 2nd gen 2 DOOR runners, its near the rear of the door so the person sitting in the back seat can open the door...

corvettelvr73

Is the handle on the front door, rear doors, or tailgate? Sorry i just dont understand.

Figit090

it is on the passenger side door at the front part of the car...

if you still don't understand, go out to your truck, get in the PASSENGER seat, close the door, and look to your right. Now, count the door handles that effectively OPEN the door.... there is one facing the front of the truck and one facing the rear, both hinged in different directions, and one being lower than the other, that is the rear one.


lol...sorry i couldn't help bug you. i'll find a pic...

Figit090

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...&category=6442

there you go, just go to that page, scroll down, and look at the picture that is shot of the inside of the cab...notice there are two identical door handles, but the rear one is lower and naturally, near the rear of the door...

does your truck have that??

Figit090

wait a second it couldn't you have a 4 door runner....

yours doesn't have it...don't worry... the rear passengers have somthing even better...a full size door all to themselves .

corvettelvr73

Dang i feel like an idiot sorry guys i didnt even read the post about it being on 2 door models only!!! :cry:

Flamedx4

Toyota has a lot of these nice little touches. The rear seat passenger pedal on the seat back to release the seat (ONLY in 2 doors models,) the 2nd door handle, the rear seat side cupholders that remove and go in the dishwasher, the wind deflector that pops up when you remove the sunroof, lots of well thought out little things...

ayoung101

it's the little things that make toyota stand out! (not to mention the best quality in the business!)

Figit090

don't the window switches also have single tap activation so they go up and down by themselves??

I know the mr2's can come equipped with them and i was pretty stunned when i first saw somebody do that... that is the one touch that i think i favor the most! hehe...it sounds lame, but holding that button down is almost not worth the trouble, and it wouldn't be much more difficult to have a manual crank window! Yeah, toyota's cool... do the seats slide forward when you tap the footpedal to or just tip forward?

does the moonroof have an outer cover or inner to block the sun..

at first i didn't want the sunroof because i didn't want to be blinded all the time but now i realized they come with covers...lol