Roll Down/Up Rear Window from Outside

I might be the only person that didn't know this, but I just found out after almost two years of ownership that you can roll down/up the rear glass from the outside of the vehicle. To do this put the key in the rear hatch, turn and hold to the left to unlock the vehicle and roll the window down. To roll it up turn to the right and hold to lock and roll the window up.

Just tried it and was amazed haha.

Hopefully I'm not the only idiot that didn't know this!

 

It's a holdover from the earlier 4 runners that have a tailgate style instead of a hatch. To open that you actually had to roll the window down from the outside then reach in and undo the tailgate.

And yeah, it's pretty useful. I use it a lot when I have my dirt bike on the back because I can't open the hatch, but I can still squeeze in between the dirt bike on the hitch hauler and the hatch and roll the glass down to access things in the back.

 

It's a tough job, but somebody's gotta do it.

 

That sounds pretty nifty, especially with summer coming. I'll have to stop by and ask them.