- Dec 4, 2011
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I made a quick sharp left turn onto my road on my way home from work because of traffic. As I did so, I heard a thunk-SNAP noise from the truck. I had the windows down and it sounded like it came from the front, possibly driver side, but I can't say for sure. The truck didn't lurch, skip, or anything else weird, just made the turn like it normally would. When I looked around I noticed my 4x4 selector switch was dead. To be honest I don't know if it was lit up right before the sound or not. I'm 99% sure it was lit up when I left work.
I parked the truck, which involves backing and turning a tight radius and it behaved normally (no funny noises or crow hopping). Shut the truck off, waited, turned it back on, and the "Service 4x4" light came on for a second, then shut off like normal, but the selector switch was still dark. Flipped through the modes and the actuators were silent. Shut off the truck, pulled the 4x4 fuse from the rear block, waited, put it back in, and checked again. Same thing. No idiot light, no selector switch.
I glanced underneath to see if anything at least looked weird but all appears fine from a cursory glance. It started raining so I haven't been able to actually jack it up and crawl underneath to check stuff out, but I wanted to probe the greater minds here for ideas.
Up until now I've had no problems with the 4x4 except last year when I broke the disconnect housing trying to service it. It's been fine since. I do have a few spare disconnect parts stashed away in case I need something there.
It just seems weird that the "service 4x4" light isn't lit up with the system obviously non-functional
I parked the truck, which involves backing and turning a tight radius and it behaved normally (no funny noises or crow hopping). Shut the truck off, waited, turned it back on, and the "Service 4x4" light came on for a second, then shut off like normal, but the selector switch was still dark. Flipped through the modes and the actuators were silent. Shut off the truck, pulled the 4x4 fuse from the rear block, waited, put it back in, and checked again. Same thing. No idiot light, no selector switch.
I glanced underneath to see if anything at least looked weird but all appears fine from a cursory glance. It started raining so I haven't been able to actually jack it up and crawl underneath to check stuff out, but I wanted to probe the greater minds here for ideas.
Up until now I've had no problems with the 4x4 except last year when I broke the disconnect housing trying to service it. It's been fine since. I do have a few spare disconnect parts stashed away in case I need something there.
It just seems weird that the "service 4x4" light isn't lit up with the system obviously non-functional
