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4x4 stuck on?!?

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My 4x4 is stuck on. Hmm?!?
 
More likely your yellow 4wd warning light meaning there's a problem with your 4wd is on..?
 
It's not letting me take it off or select 2wd, it's as though it's stuck on 4x4
 
Elgrand Brand said:
It's not letting me take it off or select 2wd, it's as though it's stuck on 4x4
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What indicators are you going on?

If you have a yellow light on the dash reading 4wd it is the yellow 4wd warning light (yellow lights are usually warning lights). You would only expect it to be in 4wd if the picture of the car in the middle of the dash has a green light in each of the 4 wheel positions... only green lights on the rear wheels means rear wheel drive, no green lights in wheel positions again means a 4wd system problem
 
Yes that what it's doing buddy, it has no green lights on the dash, it did have when first bought her, but the issues are piling up now.

Still love her though, LPG makes such a difference too
 
Do you also have or have you had an ABS warning light on?

The 4wd system relies on the ABS system so if an ABS system is detected it prevents the 4wd from working. While ABS errors will self clear when the issue is resolved, 4wd error codes will remain until they are manually cleared.

There is a procedure you can run without needing any tools to find the 4wd error code and clear it (if the issue is resolved), I've had a look for the thread (that I was part of) but I haven't been able to find it, perhaps another user will be able to find it...

Or a suitable (expensive) scan tool will read/clear 4wd error codes.

There is the possibility of the 4wd problem not being related to an ABS issue, i.e. there could be an actual problem with the 4wd system.

I will tag someone I seem to remember was on the thread I mentioned (and may have found the manual procedure) @Clsjason @cjholding
 
Lpgc said:
Do you also have or have you had an ABS warning light on?

The 4wd system relies on the ABS system so if an ABS system is detected it prevents the 4wd from working. While ABS errors will self clear when the issue is resolved, 4wd error codes will remain until they are manually cleared.

There is a procedure you can run without needing any tools to find the 4wd error code and clear it (if the issue is resolved), I've had a look for the thread (that I was part of) but I haven't been able to find it, perhaps another user will be able to find it...

Or a suitable (expensive) scan tool will read/clear 4wd error codes.

There is the possibility of the 4wd problem not being related to an ABS issue, i.e. there could be an actual problem with the 4wd system.

I will tag someone I seem to remember was on the thread I mentioned (and may have found the manual procedure) @Clsjason @cjholding
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Yes as a matter of fact, when I picked the car up it ABS light came on.. then went off..
The man I bought it from said he had never seen the light before then.

Thanks for helping me out, any information would be amazing. I've not been able to source a garage near me since buying her.
Getting a little anxious about it, but come hell or high water I getting this big girl fixed 👌🏻😉

Appreciated @Lpgc
 
We seem to have same issue! Except ours comes on only when towing. We had new radiator fitted, converted to LPG ane did wheels so not sure what could have caused it 🙈
 
Elgrand Brand said:
Yes that what it's doing buddy, it has no green lights on the dash, it did have when first bought her, but the issues are piling up now.

Still love her though, LPG makes such a difference too
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Ours are not only warning lights, but the 4wd kicks in too... Wait 20 min on the side of the road parked with ignition off and it goes back to normal 😳
 
AgnessBlue said:
Did you manage to find solutions?
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Still no solution as yet, but will let you know once I get her back from the garage, that's if you haven't resolved your issue by now.. I'm just seen these messages sorry 😉✌🏼
 
Elgrand Brand said:
Still no solution as yet, but will let you know once I get her back from the garage, that's if you haven't resolved your issue by now.. I'm just seen these messages sorry 😉✌🏼
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We disconnected 4wd temporarily 😂🙈 also worked out it was going into 4wd because as we've just converted to LPG, the power was not adjusted and it lacked oomph to tow up hills. So we started switching to petrol on hilly terrain. LPG guy has adjusted it now, but haven't tested it yet.
 
AgnessBlue said:
We disconnected 4wd temporarily 😂🙈 also worked out it was going into 4wd because as we've just converted to LPG, the power was not adjusted and it lacked oomph to tow up hills. So we started switching to petrol on hilly terrain. LPG guy has adjusted it now, but haven't tested it yet.
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I was going to suggest that as a possible cause.

Not one of my LPG conversions.

Make sure they haven't adjusted it so it switches back to petrol when you put your foot down or you'll find you still use some petrol when towing.
 
AgnessBlue said:
We disconnected 4wd temporarily 😂🙈 also worked out it was going into 4wd because as we've just converted to LPG, the power was not adjusted and it lacked oomph to tow up hills. So we started switching to petrol on hilly terrain. LPG guy has adjusted it now, but haven't tested it yet.
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Come Friday, I'll hopefully have better idea of what's what to go forward.. I was told it was to do with a sensor.
Then the garage reset it, took £90 off me, then when I drove 100 yards from garage it came back on..so they took another £90 off me and didn't even fix the issue. Yet another reason I was left disheartened with that garage. 🙈🤷‍♀️ hopefully your issues are now resolved ✌🏼🤞🏼
 
Lpgc said:
Do you also have or have you had an ABS warning light on?

The 4wd system relies on the ABS system so if an ABS system is detected it prevents the 4wd from working. While ABS errors will self clear when the issue is resolved, 4wd error codes will remain until they are manually cleared.

There is a procedure you can run without needing any tools to find the 4wd error code and clear it (if the issue is resolved), I've had a look for the thread (that I was part of) but I haven't been able to find it, perhaps another user will be able to find it...

Or a suitable (expensive) scan tool will read/clear 4wd error codes.

There is the possibility of the 4wd problem not being related to an ABS issue, i.e. there could be an actual problem with the 4wd system.

I will tag someone I seem to remember was on the thread I mentioned (and may have found the manual procedure) @Clsjason @cjholding
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I’ve just encountered this problem with our E51, all was fine until I had a front wheel bearing replaced. The mechanic broke the ABS sensor resulting in the ABS & 4x4 warning lights being displayed & all the green 4wd indicators going off.
Changed the ns ABS sensor & the ABS fault cleared but the 4x4 fault was still evident.
The garage was unable to clear the fault, took it to another garage but same story, guy said his reader wasn’t showing a fault!
Anyone actually found a solution?
Cheers
 
JanTy said:
where do you learn this stuff?
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Thanks to @Lacabrera

Heh, I bought a scan tool with clearing the same 4x4 error code in mind... Then Lacabrera came up with the (above) way to do it without using any tool, so really I didn't need to buy the scan tool! But it was always going to be useful for other issues and does (has since proven to) clear such 4x4 error codes - A decent compatible scan tool will clear the code, if the garage(s) had such scan tool they would certainly have been able to clear the 4x4 code without knowing the above procedure.
 
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