Background, my 2014 4runner has 22k miles on it. Bilsteins, 18" FN BFDs with GY Adventures with about 18k road miles on them. I regularly use 4H during winter months, and thanks to contributors here I learned to activate it for at least 15 minutes every month just to keep it lubed. To date it has always been dealer serviced.
So I took the runner to survey some land my buddy owns to judge its suitability for future dirt biking shenanigans. I met him at the base of a dirt road and he jumped in my truck to head up into the property on an ESTABLISHED logging road. It's been really warm lately in NJ (63 yesterday) and subsequently the ground is muddy and wet from the melt. The trail was uphill at a modest 30 degrees or so. Truck was already properly shifted into 4H and got stuck trying to go up the hill. I put the truck in neutral and tried to switch into 4L but the nob wouldn't turn. I backed down the hill to level ground and while rolling forward switched into 2H and waited for the clunk and the green light to go out. Then I switched back into 4H while rolling forward. Then I stopped and went to neutral and same deal, couldn't turn the nob to 4L. We wound up dismounting and walking the property. All the while he made fun of my "rice burner".
Sadly, this was second time I had ever attempted to use 4L. This would have been the most offroad the truck has ever been. Obviously something is tweaked (not just my ego) with the system. Now when I start the truck the dealer service screen appears. What do you guys think is the culprit and what kind of repair/cost should I be expecting? Thank you for your thoughts.
So I took the runner to survey some land my buddy owns to judge its suitability for future dirt biking shenanigans. I met him at the base of a dirt road and he jumped in my truck to head up into the property on an ESTABLISHED logging road. It's been really warm lately in NJ (63 yesterday) and subsequently the ground is muddy and wet from the melt. The trail was uphill at a modest 30 degrees or so. Truck was already properly shifted into 4H and got stuck trying to go up the hill. I put the truck in neutral and tried to switch into 4L but the nob wouldn't turn. I backed down the hill to level ground and while rolling forward switched into 2H and waited for the clunk and the green light to go out. Then I switched back into 4H while rolling forward. Then I stopped and went to neutral and same deal, couldn't turn the nob to 4L. We wound up dismounting and walking the property. All the while he made fun of my "rice burner".
Sadly, this was second time I had ever attempted to use 4L. This would have been the most offroad the truck has ever been. Obviously something is tweaked (not just my ego) with the system. Now when I start the truck the dealer service screen appears. What do you guys think is the culprit and what kind of repair/cost should I be expecting? Thank you for your thoughts.
