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Hi.
few days ago i was at the beach and i thought since this car is 4wd i can get near the water...
Unfortunately i got stuck as soon as i went forward. the front tires were not even fully in... I put the gear in reverse and i saw tires don't spin... I mean they try to move abit but looks like they dont have enough power to move the car or even spin. i was like wtf what is 3.5 littre engine doing then if it cant not move the car off some sand, even with 4wd lock!
Long story short i had a big guy come help me by pushing the car from the front so i could get out.
Then later i read the user manual that 4wd should be only engaged when in drive mode and NOT reverse...
so i have 2 questions..
1: is the tire not spining mean my engine or gearbox has issues? or was it weak because it was in reverse?
2: i noticed the rear tires dont help at all... If they would work they would easily help me get out of sand.. is it normal? i mean what if someone is stuck and only way is to go backwards. so the car is basically 4dw only in Driver mode?
3: do you guys have any suggestion how to use the 4wd? like what if i only want to use rear diffrential?
Thank you very much
few days ago i was at the beach and i thought since this car is 4wd i can get near the water...
Unfortunately i got stuck as soon as i went forward. the front tires were not even fully in... I put the gear in reverse and i saw tires don't spin... I mean they try to move abit but looks like they dont have enough power to move the car or even spin. i was like wtf what is 3.5 littre engine doing then if it cant not move the car off some sand, even with 4wd lock!
Long story short i had a big guy come help me by pushing the car from the front so i could get out.
Then later i read the user manual that 4wd should be only engaged when in drive mode and NOT reverse...
so i have 2 questions..
1: is the tire not spining mean my engine or gearbox has issues? or was it weak because it was in reverse?
2: i noticed the rear tires dont help at all... If they would work they would easily help me get out of sand.. is it normal? i mean what if someone is stuck and only way is to go backwards. so the car is basically 4dw only in Driver mode?
3: do you guys have any suggestion how to use the 4wd? like what if i only want to use rear diffrential?
Thank you very much