I took my '16 T4RTE out to my weekender ranch today (under 200 miles on the ODO at this point) and decided to play with the multi-terrain select features for the first time since the county road leading up to my gate is unimproved sandy loam.
Based on the manual (for which Toyota is great at telling you how to turn shit on, but horrible in telling you how to turn it back off), I came to a stop, turned on MTS, selected the first option (for mud and sand) and then looked at the dash to see the information screen telling me 'Shift to 4WD'. I moved the 4WD shifter (mine has the stick, not the knob) to H4 (as per the manual) and then set on my merry way, never exceeding 30mph (not a requirement, just road conditions don't allow for much faster out there).
When I got to my gate, I threw it into park, got out, opened the gate, rolled it in and then disabled MTS by pressing the button on the dial (leaving the vehicle in H4). Then my dash lit up like a Christmas tree with all sorts of warnings. The 4WD shifter seemed jammed as I couldn't get it back into H2, but COULD get it into N and 4L (I heard the gears grinding ever so briefly when I tried moving the shifter). Once I moved it into 4L, then I couldn't get it back into H4!! I turned MTS back on and the errors went away, but the shifter was still not letting me get back to H2 or H4, so I left it in 4L and drove into the property slowly. It didn't seem to matter if I was in park, drive or neutral on the drive shifter, I was limited to N or 4L on the 4WD system. Once I got to the cabin, I threw it into park and kept it running for a bit while I tried to figure it out. Given this was my first experience with the T4R's 4WD system, I could only surmise that I had screwed something up in the sequence.
I consulted the holy handbook from Toyota which wasn't much help as I continued to get worried thinking there was some disengagement order I missed. Something must have disengaged on its own as I was finally able to get it into H4 again, then H2 before finally turning MTS off.
When I left the ranch, I figured I'd give it another shot and see if I could reproduce, but I was unable to. It doesn't seem to matter now if I throw it into H2 while MTS is enabled (it tells me on the dash to shift into 4WD) or disable MTS while still in H4 and I haven't seen it freak out like that again.
Has anyone else had a brand new T4RTE and tried out the 4WD/MTS system with less than 500 miles on it? Did you experience anything similar? Should I take it in and have Toyota give it a once over?
Based on the manual (for which Toyota is great at telling you how to turn shit on, but horrible in telling you how to turn it back off), I came to a stop, turned on MTS, selected the first option (for mud and sand) and then looked at the dash to see the information screen telling me 'Shift to 4WD'. I moved the 4WD shifter (mine has the stick, not the knob) to H4 (as per the manual) and then set on my merry way, never exceeding 30mph (not a requirement, just road conditions don't allow for much faster out there).
When I got to my gate, I threw it into park, got out, opened the gate, rolled it in and then disabled MTS by pressing the button on the dial (leaving the vehicle in H4). Then my dash lit up like a Christmas tree with all sorts of warnings. The 4WD shifter seemed jammed as I couldn't get it back into H2, but COULD get it into N and 4L (I heard the gears grinding ever so briefly when I tried moving the shifter). Once I moved it into 4L, then I couldn't get it back into H4!! I turned MTS back on and the errors went away, but the shifter was still not letting me get back to H2 or H4, so I left it in 4L and drove into the property slowly. It didn't seem to matter if I was in park, drive or neutral on the drive shifter, I was limited to N or 4L on the 4WD system. Once I got to the cabin, I threw it into park and kept it running for a bit while I tried to figure it out. Given this was my first experience with the T4R's 4WD system, I could only surmise that I had screwed something up in the sequence.
I consulted the holy handbook from Toyota which wasn't much help as I continued to get worried thinking there was some disengagement order I missed. Something must have disengaged on its own as I was finally able to get it into H4 again, then H2 before finally turning MTS off.
When I left the ranch, I figured I'd give it another shot and see if I could reproduce, but I was unable to. It doesn't seem to matter now if I throw it into H2 while MTS is enabled (it tells me on the dash to shift into 4WD) or disable MTS while still in H4 and I haven't seen it freak out like that again.
Has anyone else had a brand new T4RTE and tried out the 4WD/MTS system with less than 500 miles on it? Did you experience anything similar? Should I take it in and have Toyota give it a once over?
