I have the 2001 SE. I really haven't looked at the manual. What is
the real time 4wd about? I see the little button on the handle.
Does anyone ever use this? I never go off road with mine. Just
curios. Hee hee. Thanks.

What I was told by the dealer was that there is a hydraulic system between the front and rear wheels that is balanced when the the front wheels are rotating at a reasonable speed, but when they start rotating really fast (slipping) the system gets out of balance and starts a pump which puts the rear wheels in the drive train. So if the front starts to slip, the rear kicks in. Until then, the front wheels are the only ones that are engaged. Thus you save gas by only using two wheel drive until the rear ones are needed. Does anyone know if this is accurate? Also, what happens when the front wheels get stuck? Will the rear kick in then and help get the front get unstuck?

 

Sounds like what I heard.
 
... "3% slippage, then the real wheels are engaged."
 
Rick
Colorado

..now, we all know that I can't type correctly at 0300.
 
that should have read "rear" wheels, of course, not "real".
 
Rick
full of typos in Colorado