Response to TFL's failed attempt to climb the Cliffhanger 2.0
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I bet you could do it sideways too!
mckennar
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That beeping in the TRD pro... usually means 4lo isn't engaged. Thus, locking rear isn't engaged.
Unless... it's different than a Tacoma (only experience I have in 4lo in a 2015+ Toyota is in a 2016 Tacoma... that beeps if 4lo isn't engaged, assume it's the same in the 4Runner?
Unless... it's different than a Tacoma (only experience I have in 4lo in a 2015+ Toyota is in a 2016 Tacoma... that beeps if 4lo isn't engaged, assume it's the same in the 4Runner?
You sure? I never heard it beep in a 2015 4R TE. Does it happen when you try to engage the locker in 4Hi?
mckennar
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In the dial-select 4x4 Tacoma and 4Runner, if you select 4lo and don't come to a complete stop and shift the transmission into neutral, it'll beep at you and flash 4lo on the dash.
I know the TE and TRD pro have a lever shift, but I don't hate my wife's 2016 TE enough to try shifting it into 4lo while still in drive. Doing that in a few vehicles I've owned makes an awful grinding.
Aw hell I'm heading to the garage right now.
OK I couldn't get ours to beep. At all. Even the seat belt chime didn't sound like the TRD Pro in the video. I tried shoving it into 4lo while in D and felt like I was going to break the lever if I pushed any harder.
I frigged with the diff lock in 2h and 4h (just flashed red on the instrument panel but never beeped) and playing with ATRAC didn't make a beep happen either.
In summary: I can tell by the video that the diff lock wasn't engaged, and by the engine note I can tell it wasn't in 4lo but I have no clue what that beeping noise was.
One thing I didn't try was to put it in sport while in 4L and keeping it in 1st longer than it needed to be?
EDIT: That beeping is traction control. If traction control is enabled, that means he's in 4hi and atrac is likely off. This also prevents the rear locker from working, being in 4hi. Traction control is automatically disabled in 4lo.
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theMayor
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Assuming this was the video (doesnt show up on the thread for me):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44kDYLJY4EA
At 5:18, the front tires spin... and the rear doesn't. Pretty clear the rear locker wasn't engaged.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44kDYLJY4EA
At 5:18, the front tires spin... and the rear doesn't. Pretty clear the rear locker wasn't engaged.
mckennar
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Assuming this was the video (doesnt show up on the thread for me):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44kDYLJY4EA
At 5:18, the front tires spin... and the rear doesn't. Pretty clear the rear locker wasn't engaged.
That beeping sound you're hearing in the video is the stability control (VSC).
When you engage 4Lo, VSC is disabled.
Thus, we can conclude that he was in 4Hi.
You can't engage the rear locker in 4Hi.
He was unlocked. And, as far as I can tell, not using ATRAC either.
mnofpeace
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Assuming this was the video (doesnt show up on the thread for me):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44kDYLJY4EA
At 5:18, the front tires spin... and the rear doesn't. Pretty clear the rear locker wasn't engaged.
and if you look again, right about that time when you DONT see the passenger side rear tire spin while the fronts do...you also see a puff of dust from the other side of the truck, where the drivers side rear is spinning...
so yeah, diff lock wasnt engaged, and you can assume ATRAC wasnt either.
IMHO, they should have gotten the other guy to do this...he is a lot better in their off road reviews...GX460, jeeps, Xterras, Ford Explorers, etc.
A.Wilson013
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"Both trucks are aired down"
Judging by the sidewalls, to about 32psi...
Judging by the sidewalls, to about 32psi...
