“Money Shift” … sort of … any damage?

Hello everyone. I am a first time 4Runner owner and am very excited to be apart of the community!

This past weekend I had an incident. While driving downhill at about 40mph the vehicle would not upshift and was climbing to about 2200 rpm. So I flipped the gear selector into sport mode and tried to upshift so I could more easily coast down the hill. BUT I ACCIDENTALLY DOWNSHIFTED. My previous vehicle you had to pull the selector down to upshift and I mistakingly downshifted while going downhill. The car violently jolted forward and the rpm’s shot up to about 4500-5000rpm (did not redline) for about 2 seconds before I quickly upshifted.

Did I cause damage to my 4Runner’s transmission or engine? Do I need to take it in to get looked at? Has anyone else done this before? Thanks in advance for your help!

2022 SR5 Premium ~29,000 miles

 

welcome

 

You can't money shift it. It won't shift into a gear that cause a mechanical overrev.

It’s fine.

 

1) Not sport mode.
2) The computer wouldn't have let you shift if it was going to overrev the engine.
3) I have a terrible voice.

https://youtu.be/p7q7l_7zcno?si=GG2PYUFtwDBOT5p0

 

I put my transmission from S4 into D and then reverse prndl'd it - i cycled from D into P while slamming the brakes... yeeeet you'll be fine

 

Good Demo @whippersnapper02

 

nope all good

 

You broke it. Give it to me and get a new one.

 

You can have it - too many nannies now!

 

Welcome

 

Money shifts damage manuals because it's a mechanical connection. With an automatic, the torque converter is a fluid interface and that will absorb most of the shock energy.

 

First 2200 rpms is fine going down hill, 2nd 4500-5000 isn’t going to kill it either, but I wouldn’t run it there often. 3rd-as I assume was shown in the video, it beeps at you and doesn’t allow you to down shift too much, or at least my 22 off road premium does.