Using Crawl Control ended up costing me $1100 in broken parts.

Yea. Sorry for the OP but totally inaccurate thread title.

 

Yep, correlation does not imply causation.

 

One more reason for a manual lever with a good old metal linkage to the Tcase and FWD actuator. Most that would have happened would have been a bent linkage. Easy to trail repair. I hate electronic actuators.

 

So sand and water got in to the axle disconnect and gummed up the works? is this what caused the truck to not shift out of 4wd? Is this actuator is still electrically controlled? If this is the same as the one for the cruiser in post 75 I don't understand on how breaking the vent line disabled the truck.

 

Its just my opinion. One of the reasons I got that option was because of the video showing it getting out of the very same situation that broke this truck? If I use my CRAWL option for what it was intended for - Stuck up to the frame (maybe little past the frame??) in sand and then the stupid little nipple breaks off due to sand packed around it? Sounds like a bad design. If it looked like it was smashed off on some boulders, Id say that was abuse. I think the dealer could have cut a little slack in this instance. I went to my dealer after I ripped CV boot getting stuck with my old toyota. They replaced it no questions asked. The dealer even said "looks like a rock or stick stabbed it."

 

Fixed.

 

Sorry to hear about your issue. I carelessly busted the same part when changing my front differential. The hose is only a breather for the actuator and I managed to fix it my self with brass nipple and a little epoxy putty. If/when the actuator fails, you can actually remove it and manually disengage things. You may need to roll the truck a little and you may also need some fluid but it should work. The same goes for the rear locker.

 

You should have taken it to a car wash, then to the dealer and told them only that "it's stuck in 4LO".

Telling a dealer "I was buried to the diffs in sand on a beach just like in the video with the DO NOT ATTEMPT disclaimer!" was your mistake.

 

He'll be AFMurse2014 #2

 

Just went out and looked at my truck and the actuator seems pretty well hidden underneath the skid plate. I'm trying to understand how

Might have already been said but I wonder if that skid plate design, with the opening up front, contributed to the sand being forced into and above the skid plate during forward acceleration.

 

Your manual truck has the same electronic part that broke.

 

Are you that dense? He literally just told you. What do you mean "and?"

 

While we're all playin SHOULDA..................Toyota SHOULDA put their plastic rescue nonsense feature up out of the way and/or guarded it from getting fucked up by the shit it is supposed to be getting you out of and advertised as such. Stupid design fail. Stupid product backing fail. Lame excuse making fail for not just taking care of it via platinum warranty. Fuck the micro disclaimer wherever it was in the commercials showing people doing what sells the high dollar shit to begin with. This is exactly the lame practices that enabled Toyota to gain a foothold in our automarket to begin with so I guess they're moving to take that BS to a new level. Bravo. Impressive. Confidence inspiring. Keeping my nanny gadget free model for sure and Toyota can keep their gadget handicapped nanny crap.

 

It's pretty well hidden underneath the skid plate.

Why should any warranty provider pay out for something that was caused by abuse/misuse?

OP has an aftermarket skid plate that has four big holes in the front

 

What? You literally said one of the reasons you went with a manual is to get rid of electronic gadgets out of your system. He replied with "your manual truck has the same electronic gadget", thus defeating the whole "purpose" of you getting a manual truck.

 

Let me get you something...

 

Haha aren't we the problem solvers

 

OH, then it's all the user's fault for doing something the truck was supposedly designed for............good catch