I’ve got this on my new Hilux too!

Same issue with my FJ cruiser, it may be the rubber vibration damper fitted to the steering column according to some online research I've done. Knowing Toyota it may be a similar design across the models.

All I can say is Toyota.

Is land cruiser 300 worth buying.

a bargain, really.

Thanks mate!

Maybe not the Sahara type ones but definitely it should be an option to the base model, which is usually used as workhorse by people

@@tousifzaman9392 100% - Maybe in time they will add that in... But Not cool at this point of time.

The local dealer decides what type has's the diff locks the saudi dealer puts rear and front difflocks in the diesel gx which is the lowest grade

@@ABUHEGEL Middle eastern batch are different. Toyota decides it by market. In Russia you'll also find them in lower grade but not in Australia or Europe.

They were available in the 100 series, I have them in my gxl.

I may be wrong but I believe the rugged X has a rear diff lock

@@austinlodge6462 most of Toyota's 4wds come with the rear locker as standard, not both front and rear lockers like the two cars mentioned above. Most customers are forced to get after market front lockers.

@@AD28197 in my experience it honestly would be more beneficial if they were going the route to put only one locker in the less premium models to have a front locker and LSD instead of a rear locker.

Thanks mate!

Thanks for watching!

Thanks for watching!

Yes I did watch that. It did great!

UAE always had special, in Asia most of us are optional

Do you guys get the twin turbo v6 petrol?

@@austinlodge6462 In the middle east, we have 3 engines offered. the twin turbo diesel, the old 4.0 naturally aspirated v6 patrol engine and the twin turbo patrol (the most popular option)

Here in Africa even the VX.R trim gets a rear diff lock. The VX.R is almost close to what you call the ZX and Sahara which we don't get.

You mean rear and center lock? Because here in the gxr we get rear and center lock which is low mid grade, and we get center and rear locker in the VX as well which is mid high grade. Vxr is the high grade and again it has only 2 lockers center and rear. I’ve seen only the GR sport to get all 3 lockers here in Kurdistan region Even though center and rear lockers is more than sufficient for 99% of terrain it would be nice to have 3 lockers on mid grades up

Thanks for watching!

A friend has one, and is now selling his 200 series Sahara ~

Buy a fiesta if your looking for fuel savings

I have got a camry hybrid and its fuel economy and its quietness is amazing.

Haha! A totally different, worse, cheaper vehicle.

@@larjkok1184 It's a highly-praised family car, but yeah that was just humorous from me. The Patrol is my dream car but I live in Europe...

It looks green to me…..

Came to write exactly this. An irrational pet hate of mine when car reviewers and even offroad experts say that a locked diff splits torque 50/50. As you say, an open diff gives you a 50/50 split (and if one wheel is in the air you get close to zero torque on either end of the axle). A locked diff just ensure both wheels are spinning at the same speed, and the torque split is entirely dependent on the grip available to the wheels.

Potato, potato? Your theory is a bit flawed when all wheels have contact equally. A lock diff is 50/50 a open diff is dependent on traction/ turning. If you lift a wheel on a differential that wheel gets 100% of the power.

@@veneratedmortal4369 That is what almost everyone gets wrong. An open diff will give you 50/50 torque split (i.e. the same torque to both wheels), all the time, regardless of the surface you are on. If you have one wheel in the air, and one on the ground, you get close to zero torque as you can only deliver as much to the wheel on the ground as the wheel in the air takes to spin. This is why braked traction control systems actually work (to a degree) as they can apply the brakes to the wheel in the air, allowing the wheel on the ground to receive the same torque as the wheel in the air needs to overcome the resistance from the brakes. A locked diff on the other hand is just that, locked. If you have a wheel on the ground and one in the air you get 100% of the torque to the wheel on the ground, and none to the wheel in the air. Don't think of torque as something flowing from the motor, think of it as something consumed by resistance. If you lift the whole car up and have all four wheels in the air the motor will barely generate any torque, just enough to overcome the inertia and drag of the drivetrain before hitting the rev-limiter. This is why dyno benches offer a resistance to the drive wheels in order to measure what torque (and hence power) is generated. Edit: A thought experiment that might help. Imagine you have your truck in 2H, rear diff locked. In case a) you have both wheels on tarmac. In case b) you have one wheel on tarmac and one on ice. In which of these cases do you think it will be easier to spin the rear tires? Answer, case b) - you have the same torque available from the engine, but only half the traction available to stop you from spinning. If a locked diff split torque 50/50, that wouldn't matter, as you would only have half the torque to each wheel, but we intuitively know this is not correct.

@@texnorthman and David, thanks for the explaination - that makes sense.

Yes this is correct! I really hate that nearly every car reviewer does not know the physics behind an open and locked diff. Open diff: even torque between wheels. Locked diff: even rotation speed between wheels.

Good point!

The traction controls slip of individual wheels so even if it is on it can't do anything if the centre front and rear diff are locked

gr only

When central diff lock front and rear wheels move at the same speed but not left to right and when rear or front diff lock both left and right move at the same speed, so if central, front and rear diff are locks all four wheels move at the same speed even when just one wheel has traction.

@@tlvsaventure2507 : Thanks for the information but now I have question: With central diff turn on, front and rear wheels move at the same speed. Does that mean both the front wheels will move at the same speed as the rear wheels or the front-right will move at a speed corresponding to the rear-right wheels and front-left wheels at a speed corresponding rear-left wheel? Though, I now get it how front and rear diff locks works that locks the wheels corresponding to the selected differential locks to move at the same speed. With front diff locks, both the front wheel will move with the same speed and same with the rear diff locks. I also have doubts regarding 2H, 4H and 4L. Okay, I know 4L is for very specific purpose where one need a lot of torque at low speed. But confused between 4H and 2H and when to use them. I just watched a video on this channel explaining what they did and when to use them but so confused again. 4H, as it says 4 High, can be applied at high speed with power sending to all four wheels. But the video explained that when power is sent to front axle as well, it can cause a mini burnout while turning since the inner wheels tends to rotate faster than outer wheels. This might not be an issue on loose surface but on a pitched surface, that might damage the transmission due to high traction. With 2H, the front axle is free to move with no power sent to either wheel and hence no burden on transmission. Does that mean one should never drive on 4H on a pitched road? And if 4H can cause damage to transmissions on a pitched surface, how does cars with permanent AWD able to not damage the transmission? Most importantly, why does it say 4H when it has the potential to damage the transmission at high speeds? Shouldn’t 4H be meant for driving all the four wheels at high speed?

@@LuvvSURYA it's sound like you need to watch how differential works there a lot of good video out there. Part time or 4x4 has only front and rear differential while All wheel drive/fulltime 4x4 has front, real and central differencial and the differecial in the central that allow the car to use four wheels without damaging the diff by spliting the torque front and back. You can use 4H in part time 4x4 in road that allowed the wheels to slip such as sand, mud, snow or dirt road.

I agree. Although I always struggle to compare LR products to Toyotas because of the reliability issues with Land Rover.

@@davidsmaruj6761 fair enough but Toyota have had their share of recalls in recent years.

@@rmanningau absolutely, no manufacturer is perfect. Regardless of what the fanboys say. I just feel like Toyota does far better when it comes to quality than LR. But LR does far better than anyone when it comes to sheer off-road capability on stock standard vehicles (minus the low profile tires).

So would I. Kdss is nice tho.

Yep you could add a set of Harrop e lockers front and rear for around 5k fitted.

Yas.

Agree that Toyota should build a modular off road biased vehicle. In relation to the 300 it is built to suit the target market. Most 200’s where I live do general duties and not much if any off road.

Toyota don't have any focus. Their 4 X 4 lineup is a dog's breakfast: 1 Hilux 2 Fortuner 3 70 Series 4 300 Series 5 Prado All other manufacturers have 2 4x4 models.

Yep at the end when the front/rear diff locks were engaged and with turn assist.

Lel.

150k Australian Dollar, which you will find is not even close to euros..... unless those US-mandated Ukraine sanctions has destroyed your economy to our level lol...

I'd rather have physical buttons than all the stuff on a screen.

Yea lc has always been a pricey suv tho 🥲

I spent 10K having front & rear e-lockers installed on the Sahara. Aftermarket lockers allow you to run locked diff in high range as well as low & also if you only want to lock one diff the traction control system still works on the other diff as with oem lockers it's turned off.

It was unlisted until today :-)

ohh

Been 4wding much?

Yep you're spot on!

I think people generally know how well lockers work. I think center vs all is fine. All off its the same as a 2wd up that hill. Traction control vs all lockers would be a good test, even then everyone knows traction control is rubbish and lockers are amazing.

@@veneratedmortal4369 All off is nothing like 2WD. Also modern traction control is amazing. Just watch the Defender whip the LC300 and Nissan Patrol with just traction control. Clearly you have no idea how good modern traction control can be. Lockers have a use yes but they are not the be all and end all. Often you don’t want wheels rotating at the same speed at all due to the surface below - High friction rocks for example.

@@jerrymyahzcat if you get a wheel in the air without the centre locked your not going to move same as with 2wd. I have seen all the traction controls in the world, they are getting better but guess what, you go as far as you can with traction on and then get stuck and put your lockers in. Traction control works by sensing wheel slipping, the wheel has to slip a significant amount before the computer realises as wheels are always turning slightly different rates. Then it does the grabbing dance game to work out where the power needs to go and how much. This is not a smooth process and never can be, being jerry results in the car swaying, unbalancing, wheels slipping etc. With a locker you just drive smooth and slow and keep your traction. (Big hill climbs). Most of the time you probably don't need any lockers as the load is quite equal on each wheel. If you can show me the same car with 3 lockers getting further with only traction enabled I would like to see it.