2000GM
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- September 20, 2008
- Messages
- 13
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- City, State
- MA
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- '13 Limited AWD
My wife's 2006 Explorer Eddie Bauer 4x4 system is acting funny. When you first fire it up and start driving in 2wd, all is well. Whenever you get the slightest bit of wheel spin....often times even just hitting the gas while in a sharper turn, or hitting sharp bumps under hard accelleration, you feel the "auto" 4X4 engage. You can hear it and feel it. However then it doesn't disengage until the next time you shut the truck off.
It's annoying as hell and I assume not so great for the drivetrain or the gas mileage. You feel it "tugging" on the steering wheel when you step on and/or let up on the gas like a fwd car, and can hear the "whine" sound of the front driveline. It fights you a bit when you turn, just like a truck with a traditional transfer case/4X4 system when it's in 4X4.
Today while messing with it I nailed the gas in the dirt to engage the auto 4x4 and then pulled out onto the paved road with it still stuck in 4x4. I hit the "4-HI" button at about 20 mph (remember, it's already in 4X4 at this point, having automatically engaged, so nothing happend except the 4x4 light came on the dash) and then pressed the "AUTO 4x4" button. Sure enough it went back into 2wd. I would think if this was what normally needed to be done, it would have been in the manual. I haven't read it but the wife says she has, and didn't see anything like this in it. If this is normal, it's going to be a pin in the ass because the system is so sensitive and engages so easily.
It's annoying as hell and I assume not so great for the drivetrain or the gas mileage. You feel it "tugging" on the steering wheel when you step on and/or let up on the gas like a fwd car, and can hear the "whine" sound of the front driveline. It fights you a bit when you turn, just like a truck with a traditional transfer case/4X4 system when it's in 4X4.
Today while messing with it I nailed the gas in the dirt to engage the auto 4x4 and then pulled out onto the paved road with it still stuck in 4x4. I hit the "4-HI" button at about 20 mph (remember, it's already in 4X4 at this point, having automatically engaged, so nothing happend except the 4x4 light came on the dash) and then pressed the "AUTO 4x4" button. Sure enough it went back into 2wd. I would think if this was what normally needed to be done, it would have been in the manual. I haven't read it but the wife says she has, and didn't see anything like this in it. If this is normal, it's going to be a pin in the ass because the system is so sensitive and engages so easily.
