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2004 hilux 3.4L auto issue going up hills


lukehilux

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Hi, Whenever travelling on highways at say 90-100kmh, I go up a hill and i lose speed and the revs go down down down, and i end up around 50-60kmh at super low revs. It doesnt change down a gear to get the power. What could be the cause of this? hilux is 580,000km but serviced all fluids, replaced water pump, fuel filter, not sure what else to try.

i assume even though it doesnt change down gears it still should be able to hold 90-100 foot to the floor as they are not too steep hills. how do i get the power back on this thing?

 

 

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  • 4 weeks later...

Have the ECU scanned for any error codes. Do you have a vehicle scanner ?

It's tricky to diagnose modern cars as they are heavily controlled electronically. To ask for a mechanical solution would be premature in my opinion. There could be some electrical gremlin causing the issue. 

Another thought comes to mind and that would fuel injectors or fuel pump. You could have low fuel pressure ??

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Maximum  Torque on the 3.4 v6 is around 3600rpm, so if lugging up a hill in O/D , as Rodirico suggested when you are approaching a hill where you know its going to start lugging trying to pull, flick it out of O/D and let the engine spin a bit, so it gets in the sweet spot, certainly wont hurt it revving a bit,  do it more good than lugging it in o/d  

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On 8/15/2022 at 7:43 AM, lainski said:

Hey Lukehilux,

I too am having this issue. Have you managed to solve the issue? I read somewhere it could be the accelerator pedal electronics. 

Pretty sure Fly BY Wire was not introduced then, still cable

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