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Originally Posted by andynj
What they told me was the difference in height due to the one tire prevented it from going in 4WD, its possible it was actually the wrong size tire I never checked that but I did notice one was much newer than the others.
Whether this was the actual problem or not I don't know as i did not speak to the mechanic but thats what they told me and I got 4 new tires and the 4WD works perfectly so I did not complain!
On the test drive we tried everything to get the 4WD to work, but it just flashed never engaged. You could not even hear the actuator trying to function so I am not sure it was even trying. Since I got it i have never had a problem engaging it, I just completed a 7k roadtrip with about 2500miles in 4wd so its definitely being used now.
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i understand what they "told you" but the fact is that the tires dont have anything to do with engaging 4wd when the vehicle is stopped... & 4lo & center diff lock need to be stopped & in neutral, so the tires dont matter. same for 4hi, you can engage it while stopped & tires dont matter.
while rolling, maybe tire size matters some but on 4th gen 4runners as titanium4runr mentioned, the system is not to critical about tire size like some other makes are. 2 of my tires were almost bald & one was, the other 2 were 60% tread or better & had no issues engaging 4wd... & i bought it from a soccer mom & doubt it was engaged for the 3 years she owned it.
just saying chances are that the # of times you tried it & the shop tried it before you got there is what freed up the actuator. also, on mine you can never actually hear the actuator at all, just some brief blinking then its engaged & you can kinda hear the front diff working.
again, glad its working now & that you got some new tires!
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