Key Programming: Toyota FJ Cruiser 2007-2010
Toyota FJ Cruiser 2007-2010 Key Programming Procedure
The following are the key programming procedures for Toyota FJ Cruiser for the year 2007, 2008, 2009 and 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.
The Toyota FJ Cruiser is a mid-size SUV with a classic design. The FJ Cruiser was shown as a concept car at the January 2003 North American International Auto Show, and after favorable consumer response, it was authorized for production and debuted in final production form during the January 2005 North American International Auto Show.
The Toyota subsidiary Hino Motors has been producing the FJ Cruiser in Hamura, Japan, since 2006, and it shares similar structural underpinnings with the Toyota Land Cruiser Prado. The FJ Cruiser joined the Japanese market on December 4, 2010, after being unveiled on November 25, same year.
Toyota USA announced on November 5, 2013, that the Trail Teams edition for the 2014 model year will be called the “Ultimate Edition,” and that the 2014 model year would be the final for the FJ Cruiser in that market. It was nevertheless manufactured for sale in other areas, including as Australia, until its shipment to that country was halted in August 2016. It is still available in regions such as Chile, the Middle East, the Philippines, and South Africa as of January 2020.
On September 12, 2017, the “Final Edition” of the FJ Cruiser launched on sale in Japan. The FJ Cruiser was no longer available for purchase in Japan as of January 31, 2018.
Toyota revised the engine bay’s inner fender aprons in response to bulging and cracking issues with 2007 and early 2008 cars. Through the use of vehicle identification numbers, the bulges and cracks in the inner fenders were traced back to a Toyota design defect. Toyota rectified the issue and altered the design.
