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On a front wheel Cadillac (2011) DTS, can I use only two snow tires–installed in the front?? These cars have stablization systems which are profound. I never had a problem with the rear end swinging out in my 2005 Sedan de ville. It looks to me as if the tire dealers just want to sell more tires, as they all suggest 4 snow tires. Aren’t the rear tires just “along for the ride?” They ...
Good answer Turbo. The only rear drive cars that would have CV joints are those that require the rear wheels to STEER as well (4 wheel steering). We had a number of these cars built in the past, all Japanese, I believe. They seem to have gone out of fashion.
Why did you buy a 4-wheel drive car? I suspect you wanted safety and snow/dirt road/ice drivability. That requires four good matched tyres. Your tyre shop was right. The tyres need to match or you risk handing and mechanical problems. That is just part of the cost of 4-Wheel Drive cars.
The parking brake (sometimes erroneously referred to as the “emergency brake”) acts only on the rear wheels of modern cars–including those that are front-wheel drive, rear-wheel drive, and 4 wheel drive. There may have been some cars in the distant past whose parking brake worked on the front wheels, but those days are long gone.
On ice and snow, use four-wheel-drive. You can switch back to two-wheel-drive if the road is dry or just wet. I used to have a Toyota Tercel wagon that could switch between front-wheel-drive and four-wheel-drive. It was basically a front-wheel-drive vehicle. However, you could move a lever on the center console to engage the rear wheels.
I have a 97 toyota t100 with ADD (automatic disengaging differential. I am able to move the 4wd shifter through both low and high positions but 4wd is not engaging. the vehicle sat for a few months and I think that may be part of the problem. any ideas how to get 4wd to engage
I have a 2009 Jeep Liberty with 1900 miles on it and have a problem with the 4 Wheel Drive. When backing out of my driveway or pulling into a parking space at very slow speeds the car just stops as though i have applied the brake. If i give it more gas it feels like the brake and the gears are fighting each other. The dealer said this is normal… huh A service tech test drove the car with me ...
Fwd cars are really poor going up hills and maintaining steerage when the drive wheels slip as the weight dynamically shifts to the rear of non driving wheels is nearly impossible when they spin. A huge advantage and flatlanders that make outlandish claims about snow tires on any vehicle are better then Awd with just decent all season tires ...
Plenty of front wheel drive cars make it through. Our roads are decently plowed, 2017 Rav4 got awd for the wife, trailblazer great with on demand 4wd to show off at acceleration from stoplight, see a bunch of 2wd that can’t handle 2" of snow, the awd rav4 was just fine.
I own a 2009 Subaru Forester, and I am very impressed with its traction - invaluable during our North Dakota winters. However, the owner’s manual advises to ONLY use the temporary spare on the rear wheels, and only after making the vehicle FWD vice AWD by inserting a spare fuse into a certain spot. The temporary spare must NEVER be placed on the front wheels, otherwise serious damage may ...