Wont shift in "S" mode

Asked by Chipco Aug 22, 2023 at 01:28 AM about the 2008 Toyota Tundra Limited Double Cab 5.7L

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

Toyota service worked on my truck for a starting roblem after I cleaned the



console.  one month later, truck back.  The truck wouldnt shift in the "S" shift



mode.  Took it back for repai, wait another month.  They told me they couldn't



fix it but if I purchased a new shifter they would put it in.  Well it drives in "D"



shift mode so I just drove it for a while.  Now, after 6 months I took off the



console to clean again and noticed that the electrical connector which powers



the console cig lighter and light was un plugged.  Neither have worked since I



took it in.  Does anyone know what or how that 4 or 5 wire connector



connects.  I speculate that it had something to do with the shifter mode



shifting malfunction.

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Take it to someone you can trust , A dealership is usually at the bottom of my list

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When you take a vehicle that old into a new car dealer for service, they often put trainee mechanics on it, and today that means untrained and incapable. You need an independent shop that specializes in Toyotas. If you see a harness plug with nowhere to plug it in, they probably moved the other end under something and didn't uncover it, and didn't care enough to find it either. But that has nothing to do with the shift problem. Not shifting in S mode is likely an electrical problem that might be as simple as a blown fuse..... I like Toyota dealers, but in your case, yours is not serving you. I'd take it back, point out the problems that were messed up in previous service, and demand a loaner for the time corrections are done. And demand a competent mechanic, this time. If they don't comply, just go to an independent shop.

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That old of a vehicle dealerships just don’t want to be bothered, techs today don’t want to do anything that might involve thinking, so if the computer doesn’t show anything then that’s where it ends, you get stuck with s ridiculous diagnostic fee and nothing fixed. Independent shops are your best bet but you have to research cause some of them are getting just like the dealerships.

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