Key Programming: Toyota FJ Cruiser 1998-2010
Toyota FJ Cruiser 1998-2010 Key Programming Procedure
The following are the key programming procedures for the year 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 Toyota FJ Cruiser.
Toyota FJ Cruiser 1998-2001
TO DELETE ALL BUT ONE KEY FROM THE UNIT:
1. Depress and release brake and accelerator pedals once, doing both at the same time.
2. Put an existing master key into the ignition. Leave the key in the LOCK position; do not turn it.
3. Press and release the accelerator pedal, six times, within 15 seconds of inserting the key.
4. Within 20 seconds of Step 3, press and release the brake pedal seven times.
5. The dashboard security light will flash. This confirms that all keys (except the one currently being used) have been deleted.
6. Within ten seconds, remove the key from the ignition cylinder. This is now the only key still programmed to work.
ADD KEY:
1. Press and release the brake and accelerator pedals once, doing both at the same time.
2. Put the existing master key into the ignition.
3. Press and release the accelerator pedal five times within 15 seconds.
4. Press and release the brake pedal six times within 20 seconds and remove key.
5. Insert new key into ignition within ten seconds.
6. Press and release the accelerator pedal once within ten seconds.
7. The security light will turn off after 80 seconds. This indicates that the new key is now registered.
8. Remove new key. Press and release the brake pedal once.
Toyota FJ Cruiser 2002-2010
Keys can be programmed using the Code-Seeker on most 32 bit systems.
TO DELETE ALL BUT ONE KEY FROM THE UNIT:
1. Simultaneously depress and release brake and accelerator pedals 1 time.
2. Insert an existing master key into the ignition cylinder. Do not turn the key from the OFF(LOCK) position.
3. Within fifteen seconds of inserting the key, depress and release the accelerator pedal six times.
4. Within twenty seconds of completing the above step, depress and release the brake seven times.
5. The security light will flash, indicating all keys other than the one being used have been deleted.
6. Remove the key from the ignition cylinder within ten seconds. It will be the only key still programmed to work.
ADD DUPLICATE KEY:
Requires one working Toyota/Lexus Master key.
1. Make sure all doors and windows are closed.
2. Insert Master key into the ignition cylinder.
3. Cycle the ignition cylinder from ON to OFF five times.
4. Open and close the driver side door six times.
5. Remove the Master key and insert the new duplicate key.
6. TURN THE IGNITION CYLINDER ON.
7. The new key will be registered after 60 seconds. The THEFT light on the dashboard will go out, indicating that the programming has been completed.
About Toyota FJ Cruiser
By the time the original FJ40 production finished in 1984, Toyota had moved its focus to boosting the size and luxury of the Land Cruiser series. Toyota’s product planner Dave Danzer and vice-president of sales and operations Yoshi Inaba first discussed the idea of a new FJ with the robust characteristics of the FJ40 in the mid-1990s.
Danzer secretly collaborated with Akio Toyoda to establish a special shop at the NUMMI plant to test the viability of a new FJ40 by combining Tacoma underpinnings with the bodies of Toyota Bandeirantes, a FJ40-based vehicle that was still in production in Brazil (as a diesel model only) at the time; the Bandeirantes were discontinued in 2001. Toyoda returned to Japan to join the board of directors, lending his support to the initiative at a high level. Calty, Toyota’s flagship design team, was then enlisted to create a new vision of the FJ40.
Toyota’s offroad vehicle, known internally as the Rugged Youth Utility (RYU), was designed to appeal to young male shoppers, a market segment Toyota believed they were losing touch with at the time. Many variations on the RYU concept were developed, including the 2001 Rugged Sports Coupe concept, until a retro style design made by 24-year-old designer Jin Won Kim was chosen as the final exterior concept, with interior design by William Chergosky.
