Plug and Play Head Unit to Replace MFD

Our Gen 2 MFD has gone bad for some years.

There's no third party repairers in this part of the world, a second hand unit is next to impossible to find, and it doesn't make sense to buy a brand new unit, probably no longer available anyway.

So on and off I have been looking for an aftermarket head unit, not cheap, due to extra components required to deal with the JBL amp/speakers.

Seeing that we are in 2022, wondering any recent technology has enabled play and plug replacement?

It's the navigation MFD, ideally the replacement can integrate with factory reverse camera, steering wheel controls, and with Apple Carplay.

 

I think I was confused, MFD can't be replaced, the aftermarket unit will replace the stereo and storage.

 

That one, including all similar ones on eBay in the country are non-navigation MFD. The navigation unit is 86110-47220, I have not seen any on the used market.

 

Probably around US$100 or so to ship, if it's a clean unit, fully tested, and comes from a reputable business, may still be worthwhile. Otherwise it's just not worth the hassle.

 

Thanks man, the eBay one is good, prefer local shops to cut down on time to send it back and forth. Will get in touch and let you guys know how it went.

 

I thought the Pin 60 issue only affects earlier batch? 86110-47220 has "improved" soldering?

I have removed the MFD and attempted to take it apart, but aborted before getting to 60-pin connector due to lack of confidence.

 

Turns out that eBay listing is only for touch screen repair. It's a lot dearer to repair a black out unit.

The black out repair includes a refurbished mainboard, and he also take your mainboard to refurbish for future repairs. It does come with 6 month warranty.

I'm under the impression that the guy who actually repairs the board charges a lot, this guy just swap out the parts.

 

Reading more from autobeyours.com, although there's no specific solutions, it does mention 06 and later MFD has other issues, not just re-soldering the connector, but replacing capacitors.

No wonder Toyota's TSB was not updated to include newer units, such as: 86110-47220. The connector is not the issue.

 

That Queensland one is not a swap service, they quoted "usually" $495 plus $44 to send it back, which suggests can be more. But more concerning is that the symptoms they described are more to do with faulty digitiser, they also mentioned they have repaired units that randomly turn off or freeze, but they are not the same as totally not working.

Preference is to drive to a local shop to show them the issue, that way they know what problem they are fixing. It's a much smaller market here, the shops are good at repeating well documented repairs, but not much good at solve problem they have not seen before, due to not worth the time to investigate or lack of samples to see a pattern.

Will continue looking, fall back is that guy from eBay, at least I can drive to his place to show him the problem and see what he says.