Hello from Melbourne

[Farnk666]

Hey folks,

Just on 600Km in my new Fortuner GX manual.
All boggo, with Rhino racks, kayak holders and a UHF going in.

Have to say that I'm enjoying it!
A great drive - very torquey motor and the gearbox is great.
Got rid of the 3rd row seats and the Waeco fits in the back beautifully!

[Shaun]

Hi Farnk666 and welcome to the forum!

New vehicle is looking good and see you have already got the watersports on the go there! Glad you are enjoying and hope you find some good info on the forum!

Shaun

[Farnk666]

So up to 2500Km now.
All going well, but I've started getting an error now and then complaining that the 2wd/4wd selection system is faulty.
Yarra Valley Toyota had a quick look, but it's a case of booking it in and giving them the day to sort it.

It sometimes starts up in the morning with the 4WD icon and 4LO light flashing.
I can clear that by switching to and from 4wd.

[Farnk666]

Added another Toyota to the family - a sweet little RAV4 for the young bloke!

[Farnk666]

Got it back from Toyota today. Turned out to be a loose wiring connector. No drama.

[Marti]

That's good news. You initially wrote that a UHF was going in. If you've had a chance to do that where did you install it.
Regards
Marti.

[Two89w]

Did you buy the racks direct from Rhino?

[Farnk666]

That's good news. You initially wrote that a UHF was going in. If you've had a chance to do that where did you install it.
Regards
Marti.

I installed the UHF behind the glove box and ran the handset cable behind the centre console and back towards the drivers seat.
Very pleased to see the accessory fuse box, made the job a lot easier!

Most difficult part was mounting the antenna.

[Farnk666]

Did you buy the racks direct from Rhino?

No, they were dealer fitted. I had ordered genuine Toyota racks but the dealer changed them over to the Rhino setup.
I'm on the hunt for a luggage basket now.

[Farnk666]

Got it back from Toyota today. Turned out to be a loose wiring connector. No drama.

Spoke too soon it appears.
Fired up the car this morning and the fault was back.
Drove back to Varra Valley Toyota service and they didn't have a clue.
Have booked it in for another go after their service foreman has been sent to Head Office be trained on the Fortuner.

[Mick66]

Hello Farnk,
Out of interest, when the warning on dash appears, have you tried to drive it a few metres and put steering on full lock to see if mechanically wise, it has actually selected 4wd? (Drive train should wind up and get slightly harder to steer). Or if it is only an electrical issue bringing up warning on dash, but not actually selecting 4wd?
The reason I'm asking is that Davidd had a similar issue with his manual Fortuner, although I think he may have been looking more in the diff lock area(?), and I'm not sure what outcome he had. See his post - #17

http://www.fortunerforum.com.au/foru...ck-at-take-off

Hope this helps. Let us know how you go.
(Also, I'm assuming you had not touched the 2wd/4wd control when / before you started up vehicle, and had not used 4wd at any time during the last drive the day before?).

Mick66.

[Farnk666]

Hey Mick,

It's not engaging 4wd, its just an indicator and error coming up (with lots of clicking from the ECU behind the glovebox).
And no, I haven't been using 4wd. Fault will be electrical I'm sure.

I can clear the error by selecting H4, moving forward a few meters until it engages, then switching back to H2.
When I go to select 4WD it all works, it's just an annoying glitch that comes up as I drive or start up in the morning.

TBH I'd be happy with just a manual select lever like the old hilux.

[Tom Kecil]

I installed the UHF behind the glove box and ran the handset cable behind the centre console and back towards the drivers seat.
Very pleased to see the accessory fuse box, made the job a lot easier!

Most difficult part was mounting the antenna.

I need to put in a UHF too - thanks for sharing how you've done it. I can't see the antenna in your pic - where did you end up mounting it? The others I've seen so far have a front bar which includes a UHF bracket but like you, I don't have a bar.

Tom

[Mick66]

TBH I'd be happy with just a manual select lever like the old hilux.

I agree with you there Farnk, 99% of the time advances in technology are excellent... This isn't one of them. Never had the 4wd lever play up.

[Farnk666]

So two more visits back to YVT and the fault is not fixed.
They have to order in a transmission ECU now.

If that doesn't work they will try the console 4wd selector switch or the wiring loom.
Only just got to 5,000km and it's been to the dealer 4 times. Not looking too good I have to say!