# Toyota 4Runner

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/toyota-4runner/8750>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [December 27, 2007, 11:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/toyota-4runner/8750 "2007-12-27T23:44:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![serenowens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5e9695/32.png) [@serenowens](https://community.cartalk.com/u/serenowens)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 11:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/toyota-4runner/8750/1 "2007-12-27T23:44:26Z")

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Wouldn’t start. Battery ok. Tried again. Half started. Turn Key runs good. Turn off key keeps running. Take -pole off to stop.  
  
 Take to my private mechanic, finds nothing.  
  
 WHAT!!!

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**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 11:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/toyota-4runner/8750/2 "2007-12-27T23:49:11Z")

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I’d highly suspect the key cylinder. In the steering column. The dead giveaway is that it keeps running when you turn the key to “off”.