4 Wheel Drive Question

[bigpauliesm]

I have a brand new 4Runner and occasionally when I shift from 2 wheel drive to 4 wheel drive, or vice versa, The 4Lo light, center diff light, and 4wd light start blinking. The only way to get them to stop is turn off the car. If I restart the car, everything is fine. This doesn't happen everytime, but every once in a while. Of course when I go to the dealer it works perfectly. Has anyone experienced this problem before?

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[TranceKrayz]

welcome to the forum! did u read the manual? they're supposed to blink for a little and then stop. read the manual on how to engage switch between 2wd, 4wd unlocked, 4wd locked.....etc.

 

[Thai]

Check out this thread:

http://www.toyota-4runner.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=92

 

[bigpauliesm]

I have read the manual. Like, I said, most of the time it works as per the manual. But every once in a while instead of engaging/disengaging, the 4Lo light will also come on and blink. They won't stop blinking until I turn the car off then on.

 

[Thai]

I have read the manual. Like, I said, most of the time it works as per the manual. But every once in a while instead of engaging/disengaging, the 4Lo light will also come on and blink. They won't stop blinking until I turn the car off then on.

Did you actually read the thread that i linked to? The info in that thread is NOT in your manual...well, at least, it was not in my '02 manual.

Here's an excerpt from link above:

"I have found one difficulty with the '01-up 4wd system:

Make sure you are going straight AND on good solid ground when you switch from 2wd to 4wd! For example, if you are turning a corner and making the switch (via pressing 4wd button), the 4wd light will blink forever and you will NOT be engaged in 4wd, even after trying the above tricks. The only way to reset it is to turn your car off, and then restarting it. After that, you can retry your attempt.

Again, when pushing the 4wd button (to go from 2wd to 4wd), the 4runner must be going straight AND not have any of it's wheels slipping.

Hope this helps."

 

[bigpauliesm]

That helped..Thanks

 

[jj8111]

There should be a card in the drivers viser that will expain the workings of the 4wd system.