2nd start button

[Johny Lurker Find all posts View Profile Close Johny]

Having my new 150 gxl d4d which we are very happy with i cannot understand the this function and the manual not much chop any info would help .Thankyou.

[D4D Addicted PP Member Find all posts View Profile Close D4D]

Re: 2nd start button

Starts the auto in 2nd rather than 1st for low traction/slippery take offs e.g. ice, wet clay etc

[Steve M Addicted PP Member Find all posts View Profile Close Steve M]

Re: 2nd start button

Mainly used for snow, I have in my 01 grande and have never used it.Regards Steve

Having my new 150 gxl d4d which we are very happy with i cannot understand the this function and the manual not much chop any info would help .Thankyou.

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Hi Guys,
Get ready to cry. Just saw your post and couldn't resist sharing this.
In 2006 I purchased a new Prado Grande (Which I am now trading for a Kakadu)
I pretty much understood what the 2nd start button did (Stops the car from using first gear, there by reducing torque at the wheels and hopefully giving you a better chance of not spinning the wheels by applying too much power. Can also be used to get a less jerky start if you are carrying something fragile)
Anywhat I thought I would ask the question when the dealer at Toyota in Wangarra was taking me for a test drive.
So I ask. "The 2nd start button restricts the gearbox from using 1st gear doesn't it?"
Dealer - "No, what that does is, if you're in sandy or muddy conditions and you get bogged, you push the button and it gives you a second go at it"
Awsome. I'm not sure if you have to create a savepoint first though :lol:

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Re: 2nd start button

hi, the second start button is also useful when you want to tackle a dune or similar from a standing start with a short run up, but, need the speed of second gear to get over, i have used it heaps of times in this situation and it works great.

cheers Andrew

[RobA Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close RobA]

Re: 2nd start button

If you read the manual it offers a good idea of what to use this option is used for

Apart from that it is used in sand and mud/slippery conditions to reduce wheel slip on take off. Also called the ice and snow setting on some vehicles

RobA

[Jus10 Member Find all posts View Profile Close Jus10]

Digging up and old thread, but need to ask those people 'in the know'...

My VX seems to hesitste when I put my foot on the accelerator from a standstill, and then lurches a little on take off. I tried the 2nd Start button just in normal road driving for about 10 minutes and it worked a treat- much better. Question is though would this hurt or damage anything if you use it all the time (ie, left it switched on permanently)?

Cheers,

Jus.

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Don't know if it will damage anything but you might want to consider the Wind Booster
http://www.pradopoint.com/showthread...-special-price

[barajak Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close barajak]

For most of us in Aust 2nd start is used when in low range. An auto Prado will always take off in first gear unless 2nd start in engaged. In low range this results in a highly loaded, harsh change into second gear. I always hit 2nd start when selecting low range, it is a shame you cannot start in third because a second gear start usually results in a change to third two car lengths from takeoff and in steep country this will be at the steepest part off a track just as you leave a humpty. Now guys, leave the bitumen behind and find a hill to try it out on.

[diesel69em Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close diesel69em]

The 2nd start button seems superfluous to me as the current auto transmission appears to hold whichever gear is selected manually regardless, so theoretically 2nd, 3rd,4th or even 5th gear starts are possible without the button

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The 2nd start button seems superfluous to me as the current auto transmission appears to hold whichever gear is selected manually regardless, so theoretically 2nd, 3rd,4th or even 5th gear starts are possible without the button

Doesn't seem to be the case in my 120. Owners manual also says that the vehicle will start in L, then go up through each gear until the gear selected is reached. i.e., If you leave it in '2' then it will start in L and go to 2 but no higher (3rd, 4th or 5th).

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The 2nd start button seems superfluous to me as the current auto transmission appears to hold whichever gear is selected manually regardless, so theoretically 2nd, 3rd,4th or even 5th gear starts are possible without the button

You definitely can't start in 3rd,4th or 5th.

[diesel69em Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close diesel69em]

Doesn't seem to be the case in my 120. Owners manual also says that the vehicle will start in L, then go up through each gear until the gear selected is reached. i.e., If you leave it in '2' then it will start in L and go to 2 but no higher (3rd, 4th or 5th).

Hi Jus10 if you read my post again you will see I say the current auto transmission ,ie 2012 150 series

[diesel69em Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close diesel69em]

You definitely can't start in 3rd,4th or 5th.

I'm sure I have done so before, but will go and try right now to verify

[diesel69em Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close diesel69em]

UMMM seems I was wrong. It must have been changing up so smoothly previously that I thought it was starting in the gear I had selected manually.
My apologies