First off road drive in 150 - can't disable ESC?

[slimf Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close slimf]

I took my new Prado 150 for its first off road trip to Stockton today... But couldn't disable ESC... Which was a bit of a pain in the sand :-(

Tried holding the button in 3 seconds, 6 seconds and longer... Couldn't get it to disable.
I had a bright idea - pull the fuses!

No such luck - the car flashes warning lights and buzzers consistently if the fuse is removed. Very frustrating for a brand new car - and my first outing in it.

[Dakrol Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Dakrol]

Make sure the car is either in neutral or park, and of course hold the button until light on dash shows.

[mjrandom Out of control poster! Find all posts View Profile Close mjrandom]

The car has to be stationary, in D is ok. Push and hold until both lights come on.

[slimf Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close slimf]

Tried in park, N, D, S etc

Held and held and held the button in... No go :-(

[mjrandom Out of control poster! Find all posts View Profile Close mjrandom]

Ok that's weird. If the car is moving only TC will switch off. Can you get that far? Doesn't need to have the centre diff locked just stationary while you hold the button in to switch both off.

[slimf Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close slimf]

Maybe I'm using g the wrong abbreviation.

The switch with the car / skid or swerve marks and it looks like it's out of control.. Positioned on left hand side under steering wheel.

Is this Traction Control or ESC? Either way, it won't switch off.

[mjrandom Out of control poster! Find all posts View Profile Close mjrandom]

Slim that is the correct button and it switches both off. A simple push and TC is off. Push and hold while the Prado is stopped until both lights are on the dash takes ESC and TC out. If the car is moving TC will go off but not ESC no matter how long you push the button.

So neither TC nor ESC lights up on the dash when you hold the button? Then it's a job for Mr Warranty.

[prado2004 Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close prado2004]

This is where I love my GX 120, no traction control just engage low range shifter the old school way and she is good to go. I am no expert with these things, however my father had a similar problem in his Pajero when it was new (I know, pajero right...)

It actually turned out to be a faulty sender, his traction control wouldn't turn off and therefore whenever the wheel spun it cut power. Hope it is something similar like this for you. I would say with the huge amount of electronics in 4x4's these days that it is a job for the warranty department and is a faulty sender. Hopefully for your sake the problem is there all the time and they can determine the issue at first inspection.

Good luck

[Prone Member Find all posts View Profile Close Prone]

Slimf,

You don't mention what model 150 you have. I just went and checked my Altitude. Has the "optitron" display like Kakadu and VX, I think the new models may all have this display? If so it may work as follows.

First push of button "TC off" text line in small display screen between dials.
Long push 3 seconds plus, ESC light in left hand dial (icon of car and wavy lines) and the "TC off" text.

There is only one light for ESC. The tc info is not a light but text in the centre display.

If "TC off" is displayed and you toggle to other display info you lose the info that TC is off display.

While playing with my then new vehicle in Ruby Gorge NT I turned all the electronics off and managed to get stuck in the sandy river. Turned it all back on and it just drove out, with LOTS of noise from the TC and ESC systems.

Cheers
Prone

[GonFishn Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close GonFishn]

I had a similar thing happen when I was playing around with the h4 l4 switch. The check engine light and the traction control lights were on constantly and no combination of buttons in whatever gear got rid of it. I thought I'd try one more thing before trying to get toyota to find out what it was - just disconnected the battery for 10 sec and re-connected it. Lights were off and no issues whatsoever.

[slimf Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close slimf]

Turns out it was a loose connection at the back of the switch - dislodged when electric brakes were installed :-)

[mjrandom Out of control poster! Find all posts View Profile Close mjrandom]

Sorted so that's a good thing.

[JoshF Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close JoshF]

This is where I love my GX 120, no traction control just engage low range shifter the old school way and she is good to go. I am no expert with these things, however my father had a similar problem in his Pajero when it was new (I know, pajero right...)

It actually turned out to be a faulty sender, his traction control wouldn't turn off and therefore whenever the wheel spun it cut power. Hope it is something similar like this for you. I would say with the huge amount of electronics in 4x4's these days that it is a job for the warranty department and is a faulty sender. Hopefully for your sake the problem is there all the time and they can determine the issue at first inspection.

Good luck

You can't turn off Traction Control in a Pajero only the stability control (ESC) at least in the NS/NT/NW series

[Symo Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close Symo]

Wait so in the lc150 if you want TC you have to have ESC on too? That sucks!! Most 4wds I know have the other way, you turn of ESC but leave Tc on because it is useful. Can someone confirm?