Trouble with 4 WD?

We haven't got much her in the Treasure Valley (Idaho) Today there was a light coating so I pop the truck into 4HI. Backed out of the garage but when I turned the wheels, it came to a complete stop and wouldn't continue any further. I was far enough into the street to shift into drive, it moved but jerked around. Same the happened later pulling into the parking spot at work only in drive this time, jerked and almost stalled. My wife's Jeep doesn't operate ;like this in 4WD. When it jerks it feels like my Duster that had a spool in the rear end.

This common for the Toyota's? It's 1 2018 Tacoma access cab long bed 2.7L. Wanna be prepared when I call the dealer.

 

It's because you had sufficient tire grip that the drive train was binding......your Jeep's tires aren't grabbing as well and are slipping, so you don't feel the bind.

Probably wasn't enough snow to let you slip. I get this with my snow tires......4WD and I'll bind in light snow.

Your truck's fine though

 

normal IMO.

 

Sounds like it’s binding, ie you have it in 4WD when you shouldn’t. Only use 4WD off-road or when roads are really slippery (ie will allow wheels to slip). Turning will always bind a real 4WD if you have grip. Since you’re extended wheelbase, this will might be worse for you since the difference in wheel rotation speed will be greater over a vehicle with shorter wheelbase. (I’ll have to calculate that, I may be wrong)
What Jeep has your wife got? Some are real 4WD while some are AWD depending on model. AWD will not have this problem due to center diff. So that may explain why she doesn’t get it.

 

Yep, mine will do the same if I'm in 4hi when making a turn across a snowy parking lot and hit a dry patch. It scared the heck out of me the first time. Big switch from the Subaru. Today I was playing around on streets before the plow got to them and got around fine on packed snow/ice in 2wd. The traction control and vsc wont hardly let it get away from you. I think the OEM wranglers have more grip than people give them credit for.

 

Since i'm still running crappy stock all-seasons this winter I've been heavily relying on 4WD. I can tell you that even when the snow is packed and thick I try to take the widest turns possible and as slow as possible. Think Queen Mary turning radius. Maybe that's just me being cautious after having experienced dry pavement binding but I still cringe and bite my teeth anytime I'm forced to turn sharply in 4WD. It should be perfectly fine if there is a decent amount of snow on the ground but nevertheless it's a psychological thing.

But that's what it's there for, use it!

 

Thanks for the replies. I was almost regretting choosing the Toyota over the Yugo 4x