It's a 4.0L v6 auto. It's been a while since I've had a new Toyota - uh, like 15 years! Any suggestions for the first 1000 miles? Anything in particular I should keep an eye on?
Thanks,
-john

 

Just enjoy it.

 

Other than the usual break-in things, our salesperson and the owner's manual both recommended driving at least 10 miles/month in 4WD (I think it was around 10 miles or so). We hardly ever drive our 06 V6 4WD, so we just leave it in 4WD to make sure that it gets its exercise.

 

Aren't 4Runners full times AWD? I know the purpose of doing this on Tacomas and FJs with a transfer case and that is to make sure all of the front axles, driveshaft and such get lubricated properly. In a 4Runner they are always (virtually) engaged... Do you're saying to drive with the diff locked for 10 miles a month? That doesn't seem to make a lot of sense.

 

Only the V-8 4Runners are full-time 4wd, the V-6's are part-time with a center differential, so you have to press the "4wd" button to engage it.

 

So they're rear wheel drive only until you engage 4WD.

If they have a center differential, there shouldn't be anything wrong with driving them around in "4WD" with the center-diff unlocked all the time, wet or dry, correct? With a transfer case you can cause wear doing this because the front and rear axles will have different speeds through a corner.

I test drove a 4R V6 and I thought it only had AWD (center diff open) or 4WD (center diff locked). So I was thinking there would be no reason to have to drive it around in "4WD" when AWD is using the front axles just as much (as long as you aren't in the middle of a turn or whatever).

I'm not sure why they'd have 2WD as an a selection option when you can drive around fine with the center diff unlocked. If you told me the V6's were just a x-fer case with no center diff that would make sense.

Either way it seems like you're saying the V6 can have:

RWD
AWD
4x4

And the V8 can only have AWD or 4x4, I'm not sure that's better.