Traction control light, check engine light and 4WD light?

2012 TOYOTA RAV4
172,000 MILES • 2.5L • 4WD • AUTOMATIC
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BUYRITEAUTO21
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The traction control light, check engine light and 4WD light all came on at once today as I started driving. I took it to autozone and the code came up PO607. Was a general emissions code. It runs and drives perfectly normal. What would cause this to come on?

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Aug 20, 2026 at 6:11 PM
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JACOBANDNICKOLAS
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Hi:

The most common cause of the lights coming on at the same time is a faulty wheel speed sensor. The sensors are used by the vehicle for ABS, traction control, and 4WD.

You can check the wheel speed sensors with a multimeter or a scan tool that can provide live data. Here is a link that explains how to test one at a time at home with a multimeter. Even if you can't do this yourself, check out this link. It will help better explain things.

https://2carpros.com/articles/abs-wheel-speed-sensor-test/

If you do have a live data scan tool, you can connect it, go to wheel speed and while driving (slowly) you can see if one of the sensors is off or no longer sending a signal

Let me know if this helps or if you have other questions.

Take care,

Joe
Aug 20, 2026 at 9:35 PM
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BUYRITEAUTO21
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Thank you for the information.

So today when I drove the vehicle, all of the lights have gone out on their own. Does this indicate something minor that they would disappear or what would cause them to go out on their own?

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Aug 24, 2026 at 6:19 PM
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STRAILER
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They will go out once the system is working correctly. You might have a wheel speed sensor going out like JACOBANDNICKOLAS is saying.
Aug 26, 2026 at 9:38 AM
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