Navara Stuck in 4Low

Has he checked to make sure there's nothing jamming the selector, like a stick or something? Also, try reversing the car a bit. May help, may not. Good luck.

Louie

Try reversing and turning slightly off a straight line, while putting pressure on the stick. The gears may be tightly meshed, and reversing should ease this pressure.
good luck
Gerry

If it's got manual hubs unlock them as well. This will release any pressure on the front axle.


Cheers
Ross

D40?

A mate has one did same thing he just drove around back and forward and persisted flicking the switch eventually(took a fair bit!) he got 4h then a bit later 2h with some crunching grinding noises to go along with it.

Tell him to keep trying he will get it

Gone bush,


I have had this problem - just reverse a bit then forward a bit (1-2m) to let it engage or dis-engage.
At times it takes some time for the indicator light to show what is going on to. If this does not work -I have heard water on the electronic connection on the gear box can cause this also. I have sprayed all my connections with water dispersant and have not had a problem in this respect.

Best of luck.

Marco

Did he get a flat battery and need a jump start while it was in 4L?

Chris

Thanks everyone for your input.

My son's Navara is an automatic gearbox, auto hubs and push button for low range.

Now, if son's aren't here to have the p155 taken out of them, well what are they here for.....

He rang back after lunch today and said he had fixed it. He asked someone else in the carpark in a Pathfinder if he had experienced the same thing. Mind you, this was AFTER the RAC had come out and couldn't find the fault. The Pathy bloke said, yeah, is it in Neutral?

Insert Big Penny Dropping Noise here.

Son selects neutral, pushes the deselect low button, everything works. Quickly on the phone to cancel the flatbed truck coming to get him.

I asked him if he had ever read the Owners Manual? What's that?

Son's occupation: Heavy Duty Diesel Mechanic in the Pilbara.

He'll be buying me drinks for years over this.