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Old Sep 10, 2006 | 05:18 PM
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Question 4-Wheel Drive?

This is going to sound stupid ,but I've got 1100 miles on my my 06 FX4 never crossed my mind to put it into 4H or 4L till today ...no indicator light came on so I guess I'm calling the dealership in the morning.
 
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Old Sep 10, 2006 | 05:24 PM
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Yea thats funny. I just bought my 04 and tested the 4 whl. but unless you do it often....it goes unnoticed till needed. Good luck with the dealer.
 
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Old Sep 10, 2006 | 05:54 PM
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I dont think thats stupid. Here we've only gotten 2 rains since April 11th. Sure i always toy with mine as soon as i get mine to get a feel for it. I dont expect everybody else to.

1 thing though was you trying 4H or 4L. You might already know this but you have to be in neutral to go into 4L.
 
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Old Sep 10, 2006 | 07:48 PM
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It is easy to forget over the summer. When I got my tahoe in 03 they tried to say that new 4wd systems don't need to be locked in and lubed ever month or so. 90% of the guys on the dealership are dweebs and don't know anything even about their own product. The only guys I ask the questions are the technicions that I trust. When I got my F150 the guy tried to sales pitch me with the fact it "had the upgraded V6". I couldn't keep from laughing. The guy was for sure the basic engine for the F150 was a 4.0
 
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Old Sep 10, 2006 | 10:02 PM
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Well I went back outside and tried again and now it worked ,so tomorrow at work I'll try it out on the long sandy driveway into a jobsite.
Yes I did try 4L in netrual ...thanks for the replies
 
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Old Sep 12, 2006 | 01:46 AM
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Cool i'm glad it worked. Theres no bigger drag than 4x4 going out. I thought you would know about 4L just thought i'd be sure.
 
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Old Sep 12, 2006 | 06:33 AM
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Seemed to work fine on the jobsite yesterday...
 
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Old Sep 12, 2006 | 10:55 AM
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My 2006 did the same thing the dealer fixed it under TSB#
06-8-15
• INTERMITTENT IWE NOISE, 4WDH LIGHT AND/OR 4X4 SYSTEM INOPERATIVE, DTCS - C1979 AND C1980
 
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Originally Posted by yellow98cobra
My 2006 did the same thing the dealer fixed it under TSB#
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• INTERMITTENT IWE NOISE, 4WDH LIGHT AND/OR 4X4 SYSTEM INOPERATIVE, DTCS - C1979 AND C1980
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