Four-Wheel Drive Usage Frequency

[arm76]

I was not aware that I had to do this. Who reads the manual before driving anyway!?

 

[B-Man]

Looks like normal 4HI and 4LO operation to me.

 

[jason.luster.50]

I believe hes referring to the activate one a month part

Looks like normal 4HI and 4LO operation to me.

 

[whippersnapper02]

I was not aware that I had to do this. Who reads the manual before driving anyway!?View attachment 20810

That's been in the manual since the 1st gen. Find a nice straight road, select 4wd for a bit. You're not going to hurt anything.

 

[B-Man]

I believe hes referring to the activate one a month part

Oh!............that makes sense. Thought I was missing sumthin'!

 

[kp.taco]

If you don't use it you'll lose it!

 

[OR17TRD]

I turn mine on every chance I get. If it’s raining... on... if I go on a dirt road... on... if I go off road... on... even if I don’t need it... on.
I take it out and turn on 4lo and get the rear locker working about once a month. My trucks rear locker will engage without moving much.

 

[jdr3366]

I turn mine on every chance I get.

I go 4WD whenever I'm on dirt. Just because I can. Not done 4lo. Another thing for this weekend if it doesn't rain too much.

Don't want to get my baby wet.

 

[kurupthawaiian]

I Offroad my truck about 2-3 times a month anyways. It’s how I get to the good fishing spots.

 

[sokyjeepster]

I used 4lo this past weekend just to remove a bush from the front of the house.... needed? Definitely not, but i paid for the button, might as well use it!

 

[n7narcosis]

It's good advice from the manual, but to keep the actuator in the transfer case and rear locker working you need to engage them from time to time.

Toyota mechanic shared with me that the only fails he's seen is from inactivity.

 

[jdr3366]

I backed up and down a dirt road 3 times today in 4Lo, about 100 fee each time. So thats 600 feet.

Should be good for a year, right?

 

[Bogunn]

Absolutely. Use it or lose it.

 

[Crawdad]

Yup, that's been a thing for a long time, on many different makes. Haha
I use mine a lot more than that anyway, I'm surrounded by national forest then the desert starts at the bottom of the hill. I get out there and explore every chance I get.

 

[Bogunn]

I use mine every chance I get too. I haven’t gotten a chance to try the crawl control out in a messy situation yet.

 

[OR17TRD]

I use mine every chance I get too. I haven’t gotten a chance to try the crawl control out in a messy situation yet.

It’s noisy. I love taking people that have never been and using it. They always start freaking out. What’s that? OMG!! Is something breaking. I usually mess with them for a minute before explaining it’s the actuators.

 

[TacoGal]

Absolutely. Use it or lose it.

I guess I’m dumb but what does that mean? This is my first 4wd...

 

[Bogunn]

I guess I’m dumb but what does that mean? This is my first 4wd...

It’s like anything mechanical. The 4x4 needs to be engaged to keep everything oiled up and working.
When they set they get to where they are harder to engage and are more prone to fail.

 

[TacoGal]

It’s like anything mechanical. The 4x4 needs to be engaged to keep everything oiled up and working.
When they set they get to where they are harder to engage and are more prone to fail.

Wow... I had no idea. Thanks