Do all TRDOR's have a locking diff

I was out wheeling with my neighbor today who has a 2009 TRD Off Road. We could not find out how to lock the rear diff. Does the 2009 not have switch? Can you get an Off Road without a locking diff? I've tried searching, could not word it correctly in the search bar. Below is a pic of his dash, and the owners manual says there is a switch that is not there. Thanks

 

Yes I believe all OR's have the locking rear diff. Did your friend buy the truck used?

 

Uh oh!

 

Yes he did.

 

Prolly not an OR

 

Definitely not a TRD anything. If it were, there would be the switch for the 110V inverter and the outlet in the right side of the bed.

 

TRD Sport or impostor...

 

pretty common for people to by the stickers n slap them on the side of the truck. 100% not a TRD ANYTHING, no inverter, and definitely not a TRD OR due to no rear locking diff.

 

Wherever he purchased it from probably just slapped some offroad badges on an SR5.

 

This is what it should look like minus the mini circular switch to the right of the panel.

 

I'll bite. What's the circular switch for?

 

Ditch lights

 

It seems like a lot of used car re-sellers are trying to pull this trick. I'v been looking for a TRD OR to buy for a month now and came across two that had OR stickers but no locker or power inverter in the bed

 

All TRD Offroads from 2005+ have the rear locker. Your friends truck probably had the stickers put on it even though it wasn't actually a TRD OR.

There are 1st gen TRD trucks with the 4cyl that came without a locker but they were rare then and ever rarer now.

Sorry to say your friend got sold a fake TRD OR...hope he didn't pay extra for it

 

The beige interior say that it's not a TRD at all. Sport, or Offroad.

 

Thanks everybody. Now I feel bad for bringing it up to him.

 

Oh well. If he had done his research to find out what you get extra with a TDR sport and a TRD OR, he would have spotted the fake. Some peope are like, "Oh, that's a nice truck. I like the color. How much? OK, that's more than I wanted to spend, but I can make payments. Let's go for a test drive."

 

I bought mine used with TRD OR stickers on the bed. The dealer only listed it as SR5 and the stickers on the bed were outlined in pink. Needless to say I still knew going in to it that it was not a TRD OR. Luckily they priced it appropriately as only SR5.

 

Oh no! I made dang sure my OR had everything it was suppose to have. But I did have a buddy at work that told me to make sure it wasn’t a fake. I would be livid.

 

Hopefully it wasn't priced and advertised as a TRD off road when he purchased it. If so, then just chalk this up to a pricey life lesson.