4 LOW doesn't work

[Mike1972]

Anybody got a 99 XLS, with a switch on the dash that reads auto 4 high, 4low? Mine does. It all lights up when starting the truck, but when I engage from 4 high, to 4 low it doesn't engage. I do it per owners manual and had no luck. Help before I have to pay........

 

[BigDakota]

Did you just get the Explorer and getting familiar with it? I am not sure on how to answer your question. To activate the 4 low you need to be stopped and have the brake pedal pushed in before you switch to 4 Low..I think you have to be in neutral also..I have a 5 speed manual and I have to be in neutral, with th brake pedal pushed inorder for the 4Low to be activated..!!

 

[Explorer#2]

you do have to have it in neutral, but it should say that in the owners manual. i was wondering if anyone else has trouble getting it out of 4lo. to get mine out of 4lo i have to drive in reverse for about ten feet and then it comes out of 4lo, but to go into it i just have to have the tranny in neutral

 

[Mike1972]

No, i'm completely familiar with my xplorer, had it 4 years. 4 lo has worked before, but not anymore. Its wierd because everything else works fine. I have had it looked at before, at a tranny shop and after 4 days they couldnt figure it out. It obviously isn't the transfer case or it wouldn't work at all, right?

 

[Explorer#2]

yeah, if it was the transfer case you would not be moving, it may be that you have striped the low gears, if that happened there is a lot of metal in the case and it is going to get F#!&ed soon

 

[Hartman]

Tap the shift motor a couple times with a hammer.

 

[ExplorerDMB]

Had a 97 Explorer Sport in the other day with a similar problem. Would kick into 4wd without a reason and then it wouldn't go into 4lo. Found the front sensor on the t-case to be junked. Replaced both sensors just to do so, and it cured the problem

-Drew

 

[Mike1972]

Cool, I'll give the hammertap a shot first. Then the sensors. Thanx for the help. My ride is posted, "thanks to the man," in Splashmans gallery.