A password must be entered in order to access the administrator menu, which is generally off-limits to general operators, before the Toyota forklift maintenance light may be reset. The maintenance hour meter can be set from this menu.
Certain combinations must be entered in the dashboard display below in order to accomplish these tasks. The four buttons have been assigned the letters A through D for ease of reference throughout these instructions. Before attempting to complete the procedure, it could be beneficial to become familiar with these guidelines.
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Entering the administrative password:
1. Hold down buttons B and D at the same time for two seconds. Both at the start of the 2 seconds and at the conclusion of the 2 seconds, a brief beep should be heard.
2. In less than 10 seconds, press button C. There should be one more beep. Within 10 seconds, do this again by pushing button C, and you’ll hear another little beep.
3. Press and hold buttons B and D simultaneously for 2 seconds within the next 10 seconds. When B and D are first pressed, a brief beep is heard like before, but after 2 seconds, several more brief beeps are heard. The administrator’s menu ought to appear.
An illustration of what the administrator menu might look like is displayed above. The buttons A, B, and C move from one list of options to the next, while the button D selects a setting and takes the user to that setting’s specific screen.
Resetting the maintenance hour meter:
1. Use button D to pick the setting “MAINTENANCE HR” after finding it. It should resemble the menu on the right.
2. The operations of buttons A through D are used to set the maintenance hour meter’s time. When Button A is held down for more than two seconds, the selected value is reset to 0. Button B decreases the meter’s set time, Button C raises the meter’s set time, and Button D brings up the administrator menu.
NOTE: From 10 to 200 hours, time can be changed in 10-hour intervals. From 200 hours to 2000 hours, it can be set in 50-hour increments. It can’t be set to less than 10 or more than 2000 hours.
Locking the operator setting menu (DX model only):
1. Find the location “Use button D to select MENU LOCK.
2. Locking this menu restricts the setting values that normal operators can modify. preparing to “Choosing YES will stop the operator’s setup menu from appearing. The administrator menu screen is displayed when Button D is pressed, and Button B picks “YES, Button C selects “NO.
We also recommend reading our post on how to perform simple forklift maintenance.
How can my forklift code be reset?
A: The procedure for clearing codes on Caterpillar and Mitsubishi forklifts is extremely exact. Before attempting to clear forklift codes, it helps to be familiar with these procedures. Additionally, it is advised that you use a stopwatch to time yourself precisely since many tasks must be completed in specific amounts of time before moving on to the next. These stages are intended to be visually presented in the diagram. Be patienteven skilled Caterpillar and Mitsubishi forklift mechanics occasionally make mistakes when performing these steps!
1. At the same time that the forklift key switch is turned on, start the stopwatch. Don’t step on the gas pedal.
2. Push the forklift accelerator five times in three seconds.
with the pedal being released to complete the set of five. You have five seconds to do this. You run the risk of never clearing the codes if pressing the accelerator five times in a row takes longer than five seconds.
3. After waiting for seven seconds, hit and hold the accelerator for at least ten seconds until the malfunction indicator light begins to flash.
4. Immediately let go of the gas pedal. This launches a self-diagnostic test, and one or more blinking forklift DTC codes will appear on the dashboard display.
5. Let the pedal rest for at least 10 seconds.
6. For 10 seconds or longer, press and hold the accelerator. By doing this, the forklift codes are successfully cleared and the findings of the self-diagnostic test are deleted. On the dashboard, only the current hour meter will be visible; there shouldn’t be any codes.