I have a Subaru Forester. Of course it's not going to perform like a body on frame 4x4, but it does ok. I live where there's a lot of dirt roads and we average over 200" of snow per year. I had a Jeep Grand Cherokee that had full time 4-wheel drive. You only had to shift the transfer case to low when you needed it. I remember having to go out and lock and unlock the front hubs on my old Ford truck. That was kind of a pain.
I have a Cadillac XT4 with AWD and I plan on changing the PTU and rear diff fluid every 30,000 miles. Also, the transmission needs its oil dumped and refilled every 30,000 miles as these new multi-speed transaxles need more frequent service whether the book says so or not. GM's system is part time; you have to select AWD or it will be in front wheel drive only.
Correct tire pressure is of the utmost importance in AWD. I burned the viscous center diff in my Forester because one tire had too high pressure.
I have a Subaru Forester. Of course it's not going to perform like a body on frame 4x4, but it does ok. I live where there's a lot of dirt roads and we average over 200" of snow per year. I had a Jeep Grand Cherokee that had full time 4-wheel drive. You only had to shift the transfer case to low when you needed it. I remember having to go out and lock and unlock the front hubs on my old Ford truck. That was kind of a pain.
A good lesson for using a useful feature on most cars today, great vid!
I have a Cadillac XT4 with AWD and I plan on changing the PTU and rear diff fluid every 30,000 miles. Also, the transmission needs its oil dumped and refilled every 30,000 miles as these new multi-speed transaxles need more frequent service whether the book says so or not. GM's system is part time; you have to select AWD or it will be in front wheel drive only.
Great Video! Thanks Gents.
Rick.
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