How to use the 2019 Toyota 4Runner TRD Off-road and TRD Pro 4x4 and driver assist technologies
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- Опубліковано 26 лип 2024
- In this video I start with the basics and go into details of how to use the various 4x4 and off-road driver assist technologies found in the 2019 Toyota 4Runner. I am using a TRD Off-road for the demonstration but this directly applies to the TRD Pro and shares similar features with the SR5 and Limited 4Runner as well. These features include 4 wheel high, 4 wheel low, A-Trac, rear locker, CRAWL control, and multi-terrain selection.
95% of 4 runner owners learned something, thanks !
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95% of 4runner owner's toughest drive is a rainy road to go pick up the kids from school
Definitely yes! 👌🏼
@@ryanhammond6688 Your % is tainted by your own personal experiences or bias for or against the vehicle. I do not argue that the scenario you threw out there does not exist. But rather that the % of people using the 4R for more than school runs(IE: over land adventures)has skyrocketed dramatically over the last 5 years. Might want to do a survey with 100 or more owners and revise your guesstimate. 😉
Dude this is awesome. I wish my dealer was half as informative.
Keith Price My Dealer insisted that the rear diff lock was also a front diff lock.
My salesman has no clue what he was driving lmao
When my sales guy brought my vehicle from his detailers to hand over the truck and keys the 4runner was in 4L, direct quote. " Do you know how to turn 4L off". This video and comments are a huge help for me.
Feb 2024: I was just directed to this video and I am amazed at how you presented all this information. I now know how to use my 4wd on my 2023 TRD ORP. Wow, great video!!
November 2022: Excellent! I just bought a used 2021 TRD Off Road Premium and spent two hours searching for this info. Must have watched 20 lame videos whose title claimed it would show these features… and then I found THIS video! Great job! Not fancy, not filmed deep in the wilderness, but you clearly demonstrated these features. 👏👍🏻🌵
I have owned off-road machines all my life and all were simple to operate until I purchased my 4runner. I read the manual about five times to try and understand all the gadgets but could not understand until I saw your video. Thank you very much!
I'm glad I could help you out!
If you don't want all the gadgets, just get the SR5 model.
Lol
Me too. Far more advanced than my past (2) Gen 2/3 Tacomas.
My salesman just wanted a sale, didn't give a damn about how it worked. This vid was much needed.
It’s really not rocket science
Best part of this video is that you showed us the cluster lights and the sounds. Shit would have freaked me out if I saw that and didn't know it was normal haha. Thanks!!
Thanks so much for this primer on the 4WD systems on the 4Runner! It's been a long time since I've driven off road, and that was with my beloved 1984 4Runner. Wow, what a difference a few years have made in technology! I'm currently in the market for a 2023 TRD Off Road Premium.
UPDATE: Got the truck! I absolutely LOVE this vehicle. This is the first brand new vehicle I’ve ever owned. Couldn’t be happier! 👍🏻😁
This is so helpful. Coming from someone who just bought a 2019 trd orp and has NO CLUE what she's doing LOL! Thank you!
Same. Lmao
The best review I've ever seen as far as 4Runner controls. Keep up the good work!
I bought a 4Runner venture yesterday and thought I had a good idea of all the 4x4 systems. This was great to solidify my understanding. Fantastic instructional video! Thank you for uploading.
Bro, I thought you said "Ass Games", rather than Ask Ames. I was like, "WTF is this guy gonna say?" It turned out to be the most informative video I have seen on operational control of 4WD settings in the 4runner, across trims. May you live to be 1000 years. Cheers!
Excellent video. My wife, who is a schoolteacher, brought this beast home today, and I was rather awestruck by all of the off-road controls she'll never use. I'm even more awestruck after watching this video, lol.
Order of gaining traction if needed:
(1) 2H
(2) 4H
(3) 4L
(4) 4L + Locked diff
(5) 4L + A track
(6) 4L + A track + locked diff
(7) Crawl control
dent tech This video and this simple list is awesome.
(8) Multi Terrain?
Would you ever use A Track and/or Locked Diff with (7) or (8)? or do they do their own thing with maximum capabilities?
@@silverrunner8687 As long as you're in 4L, one can use MTS. Now, I'm sure when one should turn it on but I know that the times I've been in 4L, I look to turn on MTS.
So Multi-terrain last like this?
(1) 2H
(2) 4H
(3) 4L (Neutral, hard right - fast up)
(4) 4L + Locked diff
(5) 4L + Atrac
(6) 4L + Atrac + locked diff (ATrac shuts of at 4MPH)
(7) 4L + ATrac+ Crawl control (Loud Clinks + Bangs + clunks normal)
(8) 4L + Multi-Terrain Select = ATrac sensitivity Changes Throttle Response)
a) Mud, Sand, Dirt (Works in 4H)
b) Loose Rock
c) Mogul
d) Rock
This is a great summary of traction progression. Thanks for the input. I would also like to add that you can access MTS for some settings without being in 4L, and it isn't necessary to wait until you are almost stuck to do it. MTS makes adjustments to your throttle input and response to help you out. It can be used at any time during this progression as long as the setting allows.
Thank you so much for this, really learned a lot of stuff. I’m thinking of buying my first 4runner trd off road. Actually my very first off road vehicle. So there’s a lot to take in.
When you shift to crawl control, are you supposed to be in 2H, 4H or 4L? And are you supposed to be at full stop when doing that?
THANK YOU!!! It has taken a year of trial and error to use 4LO effectively,. You are helping me go to another level.
Excellent tutorial. I was confused reading the 4Runners manual and this was exactly what I was looking for. Thank you for the upload.
Totally agree. The owners manual sucks!!
This video is DOUBLE PLATINUM RATED.
Excellent presentation; clear and concise.
Thank you.
Very clear explanation. I’m in the process of buying a TRD Off-Road and now I feel like I’ll have a good grasp of how and when to use all the modes.
Thanks - this explanation got me out of mud when I got stuck.
SUPER HELPFUL thank you! I just got a new Off Road Premium 4Runner and I've been too lazy to read the owner's manual - this video is a great explanation of the features I hadn't figured out yet. Thank you!!!! Will to get reading that some day...
I am glad you are not a pilot. :)
Having used all these 4wd feathers on my 2016 Trail Edition 4runner it is still nice having this video as a refresher and reference to view in addition to having the manual. But a picture is worth a thousand words and this video is a keeper.
My dude! Super helpful video. Dealer couldn't even explain this all to me. Owners manual was crap too. You're great at these!
Such a HUGE help for how to climb hills in my trd off road!! They should show this video at the dealership because they didn’t do a good job of explaining it at all! Thank you so much!!!
Very helpful, the best tutorial I have seen so far. I have always wanted a 4Runner and finally got a 2019 and to be honest, I didn't know what the heck all those "buttons" were for until now. Like my neighbor said (who is a master mechanic) people don't get rid of their 4Runners for a reason, extremely reliable and dependable vehicle.
Great video! Nice to know i didnt' screw up anything when I put on Crawl control and heard those clanky noises. I also didn't realize that crawl control and terrain mode didn't work together. I thought you put on crawl control and then selected terrain. Very informative. Thanks!
Right? The manual lays it out, but not very well, and my dealer had no idea how to operate any of it let alone explain it.
Bought the Pro anyway hah
Thank you for the info this is the 3rd time coming to review the controls!
About to get the 1st snow/ice storm since buying my TRD Off-road last May. This video has given me a lot more clarification and confidence! Awesome job!
This is by far not only the best video describing how to use the various Drive systems in the 4Runner, it is the only video I have found that is this clear and complete. Thank you for making this video. Toyota should be linking this video to their website. I agree with other comments regarding the owner's manual being somewhat confusing as to how and when all of the various systems are used. I just took delivery of my 4Runner TRD off-road yesterday, and this video should come with the vehicle as part of the delivery process. LOL
Its the 4th time I have watched in the past 6 months, it never gets old! Thanks much.
Thank you for this video. It is the best explanation on the 4x4 features of the 4runner that I have seen. I read the manual I seen other videos but you made it very clear and easy to understand. Good job, thanks.
This is one of 'The Best' informative video I have seen on youtube explaing 4wheel drive and terrain management system on a 4runner. I own a 21pro and remember going through the user manual before I took it on road trip up north in dead of winter. Seeing the systems in action makes it so much easy to understand and follow than a manual. Excellent work and keep the videos coming. Subscribed!
Thank you! Picked up my TRD Premium today and this was very helpful.
As a 4Runner TRD owner I had no idea how to use any of these property. Thank you for this video! Defiantly learned a ton!
This video needs to be linked in the owner's manual. SO informative and extremely helpful. Cannot thank you enough!
My Wife just purchased her first 4Runner TRD Off Road and wanted to have it for the 4WD. I gave her your vid to watch and she’s outside working the 4WD now! Excellent video! Thank you!
Just bought my daughter the 2019 off-road and had no clue about any of those controls so thank you.
Perfect video. Thank you very much for helping me to know and understand the use of these features.. I bought my TRD off road two years now but didn't know how to use those features. I am really grateful to you.
Just bought 2022 4Runner TRD off road. This video is very helpful to better understand how to use these technologies. Someone further down the list made a 7 step list of the order of use depending on needed traction which I wrote down and that will live in my glove compartment for future reference. Thanks guys.
Thanks for this man! I've had my TRD pro for a year and still don't know how to use the gadgets
What other questions do you have? I'll try to get an answer for you.
@@ameslay1211 none, thank you. Your vid was perfect.
Same here!!! I’ve had my 4Runner TRD Pro for a year. As of yesterday, I was still confused on how to use them. All these fancy buttons, knobs and gears that I wasn’t sure what how to use it. I read the manual over and over. The manual didn’t go into details on when, what’s it for and how it’s used. THANK YOU!!!
I’d say you all shouldn’t have wasted the money on the pro model
This was very helpful! I’m learning how to use my new T4R. Best things I hadn’t heard before… you can accelerate in crawl control, and using the mud/ sand in 4H. Thank u!
Very informative. Thanks for making this video. You’ve answered everything I was uncertain of.
Awesome video!!! Ive had my 4runner trd pro for 4 years now and I finally learned how to use those controls. Again thanx
Thanks for the informative video. As a new 2020 Toyota TRD Off Road Premium owner, I was pleased to have the off-road traction systems explained so well. The owner's manual covers these systems, but it is difficult to extract the information in such a logical presentation.
I'm glad it helped you out! That was my goal!
Thanks man! This video was a huge help. I just rented a 4Runner trd and was checking out the 4wd and then it was grinding coming out of gear so I thought I was breaking the transfer case! lol thanks to this video I’m back on the road!
Thanks for the video. Love my new 4 runner!
Extremely informative. Just purchased a TRDP and was confused on some things and you totally cleared it all up! Excellent, thank you!
This is the single most helpful video I've watched on how to use the modes on my TRD Pro. Thank you.
Thank you for making this video! My 2020 TRD Off road lets you use both crawl control and multi terrain selector at the same time. You have to turn the multi terrain on first before crawl control.
My 2nd 4Runner and this video finally cleared up the proper off road sequence. Was wondering why terrain selection goes off when using crawl control! Nice job Ames!
Terrain selection turns off when you go into crawl control because at that point the car is in total control. Terrain selection adjusts the input from the throttle. Since you do not use the throttle in Crawl, terrain selection is no longer needed.
Best tutorial I've seen. I never understood any of this. Thanks for doing this.
Just got my 4runner last night.
I am new owner and this video is one of the best to understand the controls available and when and how to use them. Thanks a lot.
Fantastic explanation of the 2019 Toyota TRD PRO - I’m sitting in mine now & learning - thanks 😊
Perfect video !!!! Not a lot of rambling, and STRAIGHT to what everyone is here for!!! BRAVO!!
THANK YOU so much for this video!! I just bought a 2022 TRD Off Road last night and now I feel confident with how this works!
Just bought a 2019 TRD Off-Road, this video was perfect for me. Thank you for explaining everything in depth
Just got my 2021 trd pro today and im not really sure about how to use those controls. Now i have the idea! Big thanks!
great tutorial, now I will enjoy my car this winter.. thank you !!
Thank you so much man! This is so helpful and I’m gonna watch everything you have on the 4Runner!
Thank you for this awesome video! We have a 2021 Toyota 4runner off road with all these same features but haven't had a reason to use them. At least now after watching your video it was made easy to understand when and how to use each feature. Thanks again!
Thank you for going over the functions. My salesman sucked he didn’t know crap about the different off road functions. Excellent content. Like to see more
I took a professional off road driving course using my 4Runner TRD Off Road, plus another in Australia when properly learning to overland tour, so where i use to look up 4x4 stuff online early last year, these vids are still being suggested lol.
Thanks for the very informative and easy to understand tutorial! Will be going out to apply the info and look for all the indicators on the dash panel. *** Also bookmarked and subscribed ***
I've looked at several videos on these features, and this is miles ahead of the others in terms of clarity and educational value. Had my 4runner 8 months now and I only now feel like I fully understand these great features.
I took mine off road and just "winged it" lol
Found this video afterwards lol
Thank you so much for this! So informative! I recently bought a TRD premium and was kind of at a lost with all the gadgets lol
Hands down the best info on this somewhat complicated 4x4 system.👍
Thanks for taking the time to put this together. It really helps!
Your video should be in all Toyota dealerships world wide. Congrats on a to the point explanation.
Wow, thanks for the compliment! I'm glad the video has helped so many people out.
Excellent zero fluff tutorial, thanks!
Very useful. Just got a 4Runner TRD Pro and finally understand the system. Thanks!
Just got a 22 and I appreciate this vid!
I'll probably never go off roading and at the most I'll be going through 2 feet of snow in the winter but I am really loving the 4Runner and hope to get one early next year. Hoping to get a TRD base model.
fantastic tutorial... i would've much rather purchase this beast from a salesman with so much valuable information... guy at the dealership knew nothing at all. thanks a bunch.
Just got my new Venture - thank you for this breakdown!
What a great thorough video. Thank you!
Great video...easily the best I've seen at explaining all of these features.
Thank you so much for this awesome description. I've struggled trying to understand all the functions and when to use them. Great presentation and information.
This is helpful. I am an old school. off-road guy. My wife and I just picked up a 2020 TOR. I told her when it snows she only needs to worry about the 4x4 shifter and 4h. Anything else she should not need lol
Thanks for a great explanation of these features! Well done!
Great vid! I’m picking up my new 4Runner tomorrow and the information was really handy.
I just bought a 2022 4 Runner TRD Sport, very helpful! Thanks
Super helpful. Sharing with others who may drive my 4runner
This video is awesome, and responses to the comments below were very informative. Thank you
Thanks so much for making this video! It’s been a huge help 👍🏼
Just purchased a 2015 trail edition and was having trouble getting the locker to lock in but now I see what I was doing wrong I’ll try again tomorrow thanks very informative video
Very informative and easy to follow. Thank you!
Great video. This video saved me trading in my new 4Runner. I just could not get a grip on the system until I watched this video.
Thank you Ask Ames for providing this informational tutorial. I've made a cheat sheet and will keep it in my console!
I rented out a trd 4Runner today, Very helpful. Thank you!!
Thanks very much. The shifting/grinding thing was freaking me out with my new TRD Pro - had electronic version in previous 4Runner. A link to this video should be included with new TRD purchases :-)
Great video just purchased the vehicle saved a lot of headaches , excellent
Same year model never used these systems untill now thanks for the very informative info my friend.
Thank you for the very thorough explanation.
Your tutorial was spot on. Very clear and very informative. Thank you so much!
Dear Ames, I wish I would’ve seen this video this morning. Before I “broke” my 2020 TRD Pro’s electronic thingy 😂🤣thanks to you, once my dealership fixes it, I won’t “break” it again.
Ardis Weight what “electronic thingy” did you break?
I just bought a 20 pro army green what did you break? I don't want to break mine...
Thank you !!!
This was very helpful
Thanks for putting this together. Great examples and well-explained.
Great video explaining all the functions. Honestly wish my dealer would watch this. They know basically zero on how all this works but ask them about Rav4 or highlander and they will repeat the manual.
Thanks for the tutorial! Very informative!
Just got a 4Runner trd off road. This video was awesome.
Simple and straight forward. Just purchased a new 4 runner.
More POWER and more videos on the 4 runner
Very good video I thought I broke my crawl control thanks for the info