sucks.

DO NOT TAKE YOUR 400h offroading. I learned the hard way and i got stuck.

It's a very nice car for all weather driving and i guess maybe dirt roads, but anything more than that....

STUCK.

 

Please tell us what offroading you actually did? details

 

Check out your owner's manual ... I think it would probably tell you NOT to off road with the 400h ... I know it's not made to run in sand very well with the electric motors as well ... you may have done some damage to the hybrid system??

 

i took the car to glamis (desert) and i tried to do some runs in it. hahaha

i know very very stupid, but i thought it'd be ok.

as for my hybrid. Totally a test of how good toyotas are....no probs, just the bitter injury to my pride of getting stuck

 

Stuck? Don't feel bad, I got a new 4WD Suburban stuck in a pasture and had to have a guy with a little old rustbucket - a 4WD Datsun puckup - pull my big macho carcass out. Yes, there was an audience.

That's when I discovered the guy who rebuilt my automatic locking hubs assembled the locking dogs backward, reducing the vehicle to 2WD . . . . 1WD if you consider the lack of an LSD. Fixed both problems within a week.

 

yea the RX is car based, meaning it's not made for off-roading. i remember that in my RX300 manual it says ( not recommended for off-roading) or something like that .

 

RX400h manual doesn't

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RX400h and off-roading
Pros: many HP, high clearance, good "angle-of-attack" of bumpers, short base
Cons: no VSC-off button (it could eliminate all Pros above in 1 sec while off-roading), not a real 4WD, highway tires

 

Wow, really should of known better.....Leave the rx at home & take the sandrail powered by a twin turbo'd LS/Hemi/Northstar...

 

If you wanna go off-road, you may consider the 4Runner or FJ Cruiser. Further, the hybrid electric motors are really bad for off-roading.

 

Thats what I'd think as well.......