[Tunja]

I finally got my Swb a Silver 3.8 Auto with 180K on it but more about that in another post.

SO there are two Swb Mistu sitting in my yard, the daughters circ 2000 3.2 Did manual and my 2006 3.8 Auto.

I noticed there is a difference on the rocker switch on the lower dash. Her says Diff lock and mine has the car with the wavey lines on it.

So I presume her one has rear diff lock. But mine?
Is that to switch off all the auto traction stuff when playing in sand etc and when else will it be used?

Also the green 2 wheel 4x2 mode on dash will go out after about 30-50 kms and the centre orange light flashes but vehicle drives fine with no funny noises. If i stop and switch of and restart its fine for another 30-50 kms...?

So I decided to leave it in permanent 4x4 seeing as the wheels will drive everything backwards anyway to the transfer box and get the benefit of having permanent drive to all 4 wheels. especially on wet roads.

Haven't found fuel consumption too bad doing this. Around 16-17L /100kms around town - better on open road.

It uses a true - tank calculated 14L /100kms at 125kms on speedo (122kms on Gps) so 7kms/L on too bad for a 3-8 V6 two ton Auto.

Very happy with my Mutsi.

[RoelfleRoux]

Yip, the switch kills the Stability Control, but the Traction Control is always there. You MUST kill the SC when going into thick sand. You'll notice that selecting Low Range automatically disables the SC.

The flashing wheels are telling you that something is wrong with your 4x4 system. Check the vacuum system and pipes first. The sensors and switches are more difficult to trace and replace.

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[h_hezzah]

Flashing wheels means that the 4x4 system is trying to engage/disengage, but couldn't complete the change.
Flashing orange center diff means that there is an error stored in the controller. most probably its a switch or sensor in the transfer case.
You could read the error stored to make it easier to diagnose.