2024 ORP 4Runner jumping when I put it in 4WD and turn the wheel..

Hi everyone! I’m very excited to join this forum. I’m not very mechanically inclined but I love my new 4Runner. I previously owned a manual transmission 1993 DX truck which was my baby for years and now I have rejoined the toyota family! I bought a new 2024 so I’d have the last of the 5th gen. My question is when I put this truck into 4H and 4L and make a turn it makes this moan sound and almost bunny hops. Is that normal? My old DX never did this. Apologies if this question is basic or already well known.

 

Driveline bind because the front and rear axles are locked together so they cannot spin at different speeds when turning. This is why part time 4wd is not recommended to be used on high traction surfaces.

 

Welcome. You should only put the truck in 4WD on a loose surface, such as snow, mud, or sand. If you put it in 4WD on pavement and make turns, you can break the truck. At the very most, if you put it in 4WD on pavement for some reason, only go straight - no turns. And only briefly.

 

93 DX? Hmm, did you own a T-100 DX? I'm pretty sure that's the one my dad had. He drove that thing until it almost hit 400k.

 

- Thank you everyone for your very useful replies!

-it could have been a T-100.. I don’t really remember besides DX. When I google it all the descriptions say 1993 Toyota Pickup Deluxe 4x4. I had the red one without the extended cab. I loved that truck. I sold it (and still regret it) to a mechanic buddy of my dad’s. It had 250k miles and still going strong.

 

welcome

 

@Missssssssss4x4 - if you'd purchased a Limited, we'd never have heard from you. They are always in 4wd, on and off pavement.

 

Yes! My boyfriend’s brother has a Limited. I see the benefit of both.

 

yes, this is due to the torsen differential /.
so the limited has 3 differentials/ front central and back in addition to the transfer case.

when putting the limited in 4HI it will put 50% torque to front and back and it will act exactly like the rest of the 4runners 4HI

 

Just wanna say, I've had two 4th gen 4runners ('07 sport edition, now 08 SR5), 07 was my daily driver for years before becoming my beach n dirt offroader. I replaced it with the 08 for offroading. I recently bought a 2013 SR5 to become my daily driver, and put it in 4H on rainy/wet snow roads, more to just exercise the 4wd. I made the mistake of parallel parking before switching off the 4wd and had the lurch issue come up. Nearly shit my pants fearing I'd bought a messed up runner--never had this come up in my 4th gens like this. Thank goodness I checked the forum! I now know not to do this. But, I will say, my 4th gen runners had more tolerance for turns on dry pavement in 4H or 4lo (coming off beach onto pavement, or even parking lot turning. So, when I lurched the 5th gen at a 1/4 turn, I was surprised by it. Anyway, thank goodness I checked here instead of embarrassing myself at the mechanics, smh... wont be doing that again.

 

So, are you placing it in 4WD on concrete / hard surfaces when you feel this?

 

Yep, it’s a nice feature cut from the 4th gen like climate control and paywalled behind Limited trim. Wish I had the option but 4th gen pickings were slim and I don’t fit if the 5th gen has a sunroof.

Same deal happening now, now that the new generation arrived. Previously standard features like a power seat, full-size spare, auto mirror etc. are now thousands more from the factory.

 

Every now and then I dump it into 4H during random stretches of straight road... I pretend it my 6th gear