A few weeks back I was sitting in traffic waiting for a train and put my 08 4runner in park. When the train cleared I throw it into drive but I missed the D and went from P into 4. Once I realized I was in 4 I bumped it into D but I noticed the D light on the dashboard did not light up. At first I thought I was somehow in between 4 and D as there was no shift lights lit at all. I pushed the selector back into 4, 4 lit up, then I put it back into D but the D did no light up. About 2 second later the D light popped on.
Confused, I went back and forth between 4 and D a few times and twice when going from 4 to D the D light would take 1 or 2 seconds before it lit up. After that, it never did it again. Since it only happened a few times I figured it was just a long day at the office.
Today it happened again. I was at a light, foot on the brake, and put it into 4 from D then back to D and the D light on the dashboard took 2 second to light up. I tied to reproduce this but it only happened once today. After the first “delay” the dash lights worked fine when going through the gears. Very strange.
Has anyone else seen this? Is there some sort of sensor that tells the dashboard which gear you are in and could this be faulty?
Confused, I went back and forth between 4 and D a few times and twice when going from 4 to D the D light would take 1 or 2 seconds before it lit up. After that, it never did it again. Since it only happened a few times I figured it was just a long day at the office.
Today it happened again. I was at a light, foot on the brake, and put it into 4 from D then back to D and the D light on the dashboard took 2 second to light up. I tied to reproduce this but it only happened once today. After the first “delay” the dash lights worked fine when going through the gears. Very strange.
Has anyone else seen this? Is there some sort of sensor that tells the dashboard which gear you are in and could this be faulty?
