Really helpful video, thanks for taking the time to explain it! I just bought a '22 TRD Pro, and the owners manual didn't do the best job of explaining how it all works. This was much easier to follow. Thanks! -Fred
@@BrosFOURRSpeed Agreed! ( The new one replaces an '07 TRD Sport I bought new back then. Traded in with 186k miles and >15 years on the clock . Actually posted a video review about it a week ago. Have a nice day! -Fred
Thank you for your awesome video. We bought the red 4x4 TRD long bed brand new in 2018, it's our paid for baby for retirement but we are not retired. I guess they don't make long bed anymore, when we say it's got 15k miles now everyone wants to buy it, now seeing this video I see why. Awesome job my friend, you took the time and we appreciate it, now we'll never sell it. We made the right choice in 2018.
4hi and 4lo is still an open differential front and rear, meaning one wheel on each axel gets power when one wheel is spinning. That is why there are lockers. So it’s wrong to believe and rely on ‘4 wheel drive, al 4 wheels rotate’. Rear lock achieves equal rotation for rear only. Terrain select or attrac will use brakes to slow or stop front wheel spin and rear when locker is not locked. In high, engine braking is also used when traction control is enabled. In lo, engine braking is not used. Knowing this basic sinfo on how the system work that you paid for is the difference of getting stuck, damaging your vehicle by driving crazy or to fat to get out of something or even stranded. No one ha she’s to explain the Toyota system close to accurate and lack the basic knowledge to do so. Crawl control just uses the abs to control wheel spin and engine power to increase or decrease speed. Crawl control uses the same system a trac does for wheel spin. Crawl control will not do anything more than a driver that simply uses the same systems. Be smart, learn this extreme,lay effect and sophisticated systems that are extremely simple to understand and easy to use.
Nice truck bud. Ignore the haters -you did a fine job explaining the basics. Every truck owner seems to be a 4wheel competitive god these days- lets be real everyone is just playing in the dirt. I’ve built 4 crawlers: 3 truggies with exo, and a full tube chassis buggy, every build is different and they all have different advantages. There’s no perfect setup, don’t worry about the couch quarterbacks/mall crawlers.
The clicking is specifically the abs sound at the wheels and from the engine bay, specifically the engine power cutoff/engagement. It’s mostly the abs though. You rarely active abs so most people never hear it. But try braking on ice or something and you’ll hear it. Or try accelerating on ice, you’ll hear the engine power cut off sound.
The rear wheels should only spin when the differential is locked and it doesn't automatically do that. You also can't lock the diff in 4Hi, you need to be in 4low to do that. Do you own a Tacoma?!
Very dissapointed u didn't let us see the crawl control actually crawl & work and keep going :( I do thank you for the vid, info, and imaginary climb though 👍🏼
4hi and 4low operate the same way and put power to both the front and rear diff, 4lo uses a different ratio in transfer case so you get more torque to the wheels at lower rpm. The rear locker does exactly as the name implies, locks the carrier in the axle and puts equal power to both rear tires. Crawl control uses your abs system to modulate brake pressure while monitoring wheel spin to help gain traction....just to clear up the misinformation in this video
All I saw was you turning knobs and pushing buttons and yet your 50k truck still couldn’t make up the muddy hill! What you’re lacking is off road experience. No knobs and buttons can replace experience. Accomplish off-roaders don’t need traction control assist buttons.
I want off-roading for the first time and we got to a spot like this they told me to turn on crawl control so I just turned the knob thinking it was on now I feel like I fucked up my truck :(
I've had the truck just over 3 years now and I can still get about 320 on a tank, depending on driving. Closer to 280 or so if it's a lot of city driving.
Another crawl video that doesnt explain what it's actually used for. Why does everyone able to buy a TRD think they're some kind of overlanding pro now when they're not?
I'm just showing how it works. You can tell I'm offroad and I talk about it's function which is showing what it's actually used for. Crawl provides traction to all wheels and they spin at their own rate to get the best possibly traction.
You have no clue on how a 4x4 works. 4 high means the transfer case sends power to the front axle and the rear axle. 4 low does the same thing, just uses different gearing in the transfer case. Using the crawl control is just the computer pulsing the brakes on the front axle to change which tire it does not want to spin. The Tacoma does NOT have a front locker. 4x4 really does not mean 4 wheel drive If you dont have lockers front and rear. With no lockers, the truck only spins one tire in the rear and one in the front. Most of the time its the right rear and the left front. If you are going to do tutorials, you really should know what you're talking about.
Crawl control activates all 4 tires, not just the front. It sends power to each wheel and monitors the wheel spin to get maximum grip. Also I never said the tacoma has a front locker, crawl control is in place of that, if you look at it that way.
Builttexas, you don’t understand how 4 wheel drive works in the Tacoma,.4 hi means the front wheels pull only when the rear wheels spin,please try to know what you are talking about, I have a 1982 Toyota 4x4 truck, 1999 Tacoma , 2012 land cruiser and 2020 Tacoma trd off road, so believe me, I know about Toyota 4 wheel drives.
I went off roading for the first time and put it in crawl control and it Was making some terrible clanking noises. Did I do something wrong or is this normal?
That is completely normal! It's just the system going through it's operation of sending power or braking to the wheels. You didn't brake anything, it does that!
@@BrosFOURRSpeed but you have no understanding of those setting... He's right, a class or a little research would help keep you from putting bogus info out there
Tacoma has part time 4 wheel drive system, in 4 HI it doesn't send power to front wheel as needed, front drive shaft stays locked with front differential. Tacoma doesn't have torsen center differential or clutch pack of any sort, it has transfer case.
Correct me if i am wrong, but 4wheel drive sends power to the front and rear but only the wheel that is spinning, example at 5:30. Thats not quite what you said at 3:30
Some of the other comments hit most of them, but I can break it down for you. 2:23- LSD is going to automatically add power or take power away. Totally wrong. Auto LSD uses your ABS system to try to mimic a limited slip differential. So in your case, when one tire spins, and all the power goes to that tire, the Auto LSD will try to brake the spinning tire, and that then sends power to the tire with more grip. If you don't understand this, check some youtube videos on open differentials, and how they work compared to limited slip and locking difs. Turning your traction and stability control off will turn off any auto throttle reduction, and also any possible ABS style stability control. That could be good or bad in your example. 3:25- if one rear tire spins, power gets sent to the front. They are just going to engage as needed. Incorrect as well. 4 High puts you in 4 wheel drive, and in this situation your power is being sent 50/50 to the front and the back. You still have open diffs, so a tire loses traction, it will get all the power for that half. That is, front tire spins, all the 50% of the power from the truck that is sent to the front will go to that spinning tire. If 1 front and one back spin, you loose 100% of your power, as they go to the spinning wheels (assuming no traction control /MTS is being used). 3:50- talking about 4 Low.- now power is going to all 4 wheels, suggesting 4 high is only fronts as needed and 4 low is all 4, also incorrect... 4 low is the same as 4 high, but just at a lower gear ratio. Can't explain to you how the gear reduction works (not enough space) but basically you get all the same gears (1-6) at a lower gear ratio for more torque. Tacoma requires 4L for MTS/Crawl/Locker. 5:06 locker, turn the steering wheel to engage. The locker is on the rear dif, and not at all related to the steering wheel or front wheels. 6:00- Multi terrain select, and crawl are two different systems. You can't use them at the same time. So setting your MTS to rock/dirt, and then turning your crawl on doesn't actually do anything. If you wanted to use the MTS, it is kinda like the auto LSD, but for all wheels. As a wheel spins, it can clap it down to add power to the wheel that has grip. The settings allow you to tell the computer how much room to give you before it kicks in (mud for example, you want more wheel speed /spin to clear the mud from your tire lugs, where rocks you want almost none). Crawl control is basically a cruse control for going up, and a hill decent assist for going down. It uses MTS style brake use, but it totally takes over gas/brake control from you. They are two different systems, you can only use one at a time. Don't want to sound too much like a jerk, but this is kinda basic stuff for offloading.
You need to take air out of the tires!! But still dont think you could have made it up the hill even if you wanted to. Lol But I would love to see a video of you trying!! That would be fun!!
The explanation on 4hi is incorrect. When engaged power is sent front and back 100% of the time, not like you e explained which is more consistent with say Honda awds system (tho they are fwd until traction demand) 4lo also doesn't mean that all four wheels are going to spin. Just like 4hi, power will be sent to the front and rear but while the differentials are open and not locked, the power will go to the wheel with least resistance, often times meaning only one wheel in the front and one wheel in the back are getting power. Locking the rear differential makes it so both rear wheels get the exact same power regardless of conditions. There is no front locker which is why MTS (atrac) come in handy. MTS can detect wheel spin on a slipping wheel. It the individually brakes that wheel forcing power to transfer to the other side which hopefully has traction. It's not as good as a locker but its better than an open differential.
Brian Tindall Lightning The hill led up to trees, so there wasn't anywhere to go...this was purely a test showing the engagement of the 4wd system and crawl.
So I just bought the 2020 TRD Off Road. I also have a Wrangler with a locker on the front axle so I know how lockers work. My question is I saw on this video that only one wheel appeared to have power at a time in 4WD LOW. Do the Tacomas have an automatic locking function on the front end when in 4WD, or are they just like any other 4WD without lockers and are really one wheel each gets the power in the front and back?
Just like all the rest, power to the front and rear. One wheel front and rear, till you either use mts, crawl control or lock the rear diff. I would avoid using the rear locker with mts or crawl control. You're essentially cutting those systems in half. (Rear would be locked and not working independently from each other) Not to bash on this guy or beat a dead horse, but this is a really bad video on the Tacoma 4x4 systems.
is it different from a ranger? cause i have 1 but looking to get a tacoma. please dont response negativly i know that i am bigger now, I know all of the things that make getting a tacoma better for me
Have an air locker installed in the rear, can be turned on at any time! Best thing I had done to mine 👍. I’d hate to have to be in 4lo to engage locker.
@chad haire if you actually had a valid explanation behind your comment, an intelligent conversation could have been had. Since you start off acting like an internet tough guy and start throwing insults out, you discredit yourself as someone who “reviews” vehicles.
@@TacomaDad I gave a valid explanation or were you asleep? If you can't get in the spot WITHOUT using the locker, you don't go in..a locker is for getting OUT of trouble not in.
@@BrosFOURRSpeed no 4Low and 4High both engage the differentials the same way. The difference for 4 lo is only that you're on a different gear ratio. The diff lock is what send power to both rear tires but the in 4 lo the diff is still open and you only get power on 1 rear tire at a time.
Two wheel drive sends power to one wheel. Typically rear since we're talking about 4WD vehicles. 4H and 4L sends power to one wheel on the front axle in addition to the rear axle at their respective torque ranges. A locker (front, rear, or both) will allow power to be sent to both wheels on the same axle. Most stock vehicles don't have lockers but it's becoming available in A LOT of newer trucks. Your truck does have it. Best case scenario for you is that you can have your rear locker on in 4WD. This would send power to BOTH rear wheels (locker), and one front wheel(4WD).
its just a nother way of making people lazy. first off it will not work in all situations. secand the way it works is the same as going into 4 low and giving little gas. all you do is slowly give the truck gas til the tires start tospin then stop do this like 6 times then give it little gas again and do it just enough till the tires just start to spin then hold that spot the truck will then get unstuck. anyone who has a 4wheel drive truck and gets stuck in sand knows what I am talking about.
This video wasn't for talking about that, but here are some videos on those topics! A look at the OME lift kit! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-dcMd5BOT1pQ.html Adding 33's! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2idKt05LOeM.html
@@BrosFOURRSpeed I think it was just going up and down that little hill back and forth that was messing with me. I don't know if it was a camera work issue. Probably just me.
Thanks for the video! I thought it was very helpful for me, new to offroading and Toyota crawl control. Question: How long can you engage Toyota's crawl control continuously? e.g., can you have crawl control engaged for >10 minutes going up a hill, or is there a time out limit?
Honestly I am not sure, I've never tested that...but you should be able to leave it for as long as you need. It's not something to have engaged for 10 minutes though, that would be unnecessary.
Multi-terrain select and crawl control are two different systems you can Engage The multi-terrain select without having to use crawl control for that specific Hill I would try... Mud
Yeah, honestly thought this video was going to be interesting or informational.... too bad you have no idea what your talking about ... as multiple people have said, take some classes and learn how things work... I will give u credit where it is due, I personally did not know u have to hold traction control down to disengage it. Granted I never looked into it but aye that's 1 thing u put out there that was useful.
I see a lot of negative comments on here about misinformation so I'm going to try and avoid that. All I'll add is that having the rear locked kind of defeats the purpose of crawl control when it comes to the rear end since the wheels won't be able to have power independently. Otherwise, I love the demonstrations! Much better than the typical videos that just tell you what they do.
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@@MrManic52001 only manual trucks still have Atrac. The automatics have just MTS now. MTS is variable atrac which allows for slightly different variations in slippage allowed based on the ground conditions (dirt, sand, rock etc)
@@BrosFOURRSpeed i've noticed a lot of people who buy tacomas and claim to offroad happen to know everything, and anything anyone does is usually wrong. You can never please this crowd. Kinda reminds me of the gun hobbyists too. Bunch of know it alls. This was a good video for someone who was just starting off, ignore the haters man
I had a lot of people asking how to use and engage it, but here is a more comparable test of using the settings... ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-T1uVeZIRv3w.html
This is a good video for me to watch. I have down hill assist in my 4Runner and when I read about how and when to use it, most people weren't in favor of it, They said it goes too fast for their liking. The idea of letting go of control is a bit much for me. Haha So many features, and most people don't know how to properly use them. Thanks.
Screw the haters about your wheels and tires! For tires that aren't completely off-road type tires, they are holding their own. Every upgrade makes your "mall crawler" even better and you know what you're doing.
The computer basically controls all four tires and gives them power based on what it needs. I believe the rear diff gets disengaged. It only works in 4 low, but so does crawl.
@@macneoh7418 Whats the wrong info? That would be more helpful than just telling me I said something wrong. I’ve been off-roading for more than 10 years now. I’ve learned a lot over the years.
That wasn't the point of this video. Also the hill stopped about 20 ft from where I was, there were trees so there wasn't anywhere to go. I have plenty of other videos of this tacoma going up much larger hills! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-T1uVeZIRv3w.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-RFTsi77gdks.html
How did you get that custom screen on your entune deck? I’ve seen the startup and shutdown tutorials but how’d you get it to display (your logo) during operation?
If you heard me say in the video, the hill didn't have anywhere to go. It was a dead end, so the purpose of this test was to use the hill for the inclined angle, but only go half way since there wasn't anywhere to go..This was a test to show everything about crawl and not the actual hill. Here's a much larger hill I got up! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-T1uVeZIRv3w.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-xeZxpbUyS04.html
@@ChrisJewell7333 Airing down could have helped more with the terrain! It’s a cool system and I have found it helpful sometimes, but also doing it myself, just depends on the situation!
@@BrosFOURRSpeed OK thanks for your input I’m trying to shop around for my next truck I do a lot of driving at the beach and I was really thinking how the crawl mode could get me out of a deep sandy situation that my Ford truck has not been able to deal with. thanks again for your input.
@@ChrisJewell7333 I have seen videos of it getting unstuck so it’s definitely capable of doing that. I never had to use it to get unstuck, but it comes in handy, good luck with the search!!
Jim Klatt um...how would you recommend that? y’know how much of a pain in the ass it is to put chains on truck tires....besides, for off roading, in deep mud tire chains don’t do shit they just dig
Stop making videos about things you obviously don't understand, like Crawl Control, like off-roading, like driving, like getting up a muddy hill from a stop while on said hill. Agreed with all the people calling you out on not knowing what you're talking about. The desperation to be an influencer is higher than the level of knowledge here.
Would have been nice to see you go up the hill. Lol, whatcha mean not do anything crazy? Small Hill? Tackle a bigger Hill? Lol, you didn't even tackle the small hill. Thanks for the info though.
