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#4 of 6 Re: 4WD/Transmission failure 2008 Tundra 5.7 6 sp? [mcsmadison] by mattinboston Feb 08, 2009 (8:40 pm)
Replying to: mcsmadison (Feb 08, 2009 1:49 pm) Wow that doesn't sound good... Your post is the first one I found after doing a Google search so I haven't seen any of the NHTSA compliants.   I couldn't get the truck going again. The battery was dead when I went back out - I think the 4 wd actuator was continuing to run in a loop trying to get the truck out of 4 low even with the key out. I could hear it switching. I think that ran the battery down. I'm charging that now but don't expect anything good.   To make matters worse, a flat bed came out, I struggled but got my huge dead truck loaded on it only to find out that the truck was too long for the flat bed. The tow guy told me that he could only fit it on front forward and there was no way to do that with the way the truck is situated... so I'm stuck calling the dealership in the morning for help.........   Anyway I'm writing this to help any others that might find this info useful.   Toyota - oh what a feeling............. Replies to this message: mattinboston (Feb 09, 2009 8:40 am)
#5 of 6 Re: 4WD/Transmission failure 2008 Tundra 5.7 6 sp? [mattinboston] by mattinboston Feb 09, 2009 (8:40 am)
Replying to: mattinboston (Feb 08, 2009 8:40 pm) An update for posterity:   I don't know what did it, but when I went out this morning, took the charging cables off the battery, and started the truck it was in 4 high and the wheels were engaged (I left the switch in the 4 high position overnight). The 4 low light was no longer blinking like it was last night when I left it to charge.   I don't know if it was moving the truck back and forth off/on the flat bed, or the battery going dead... or what, but it managed to get itself back in driving shape. I didn't turn it off or shift out of 4 high - just drove it straight to the dealer in 4 high.   I'll make one more update with the dealer's findings. I hope this helps someone... and I hope Toyota fixes this thing properly!
#6 of 6 Re: 4WD/Transmission failure 2008 Tundra 5.7 6 sp? [mcsmadison] by mattinboston Feb 09, 2009 (12:08 pm)
Replying to: mcsmadison (Jan 06, 2009 10:51 am) MCSMadison,   Don't know if you're still monitoring this feed... but I'd appreciate any more info on your specific dealer findings if you have them (e.g. what specifically was wrong (4wd actuator?) and how they reproduced if you know). My dealer is having trouble reproducing this and is starting to push for me to take the vehicle home. No way am I doing that without a big ole' fight!   Thanks again for the trouble.   Matt

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