swilde20 Posted January 24, 2005 Share Posted January 24, 2005 I Have A 95 Legacy Ls Awd Wagon. My Question Is Does The Abs Sensors Have Anything To Do With The Awd. It Seems Like The Rear Wheels Don't Push As Much As I Thought They Would In The Snow. I've Had A 90 Loyale With Awd That Pushed Alot More Than This Car Seems To. Help!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cougar Posted January 24, 2005 Share Posted January 24, 2005 I think the AWD system may use the ABS sensors to detect wheel slippage. If a front wheel is spinning too fast I think it changes the amount of drive to the rear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattocs Posted January 24, 2005 Share Posted January 24, 2005 I Have A 95 Legacy Ls Awd Wagon. My Question Is Does The Abs Sensors Have Anything To Do With The Awd. It Seems Like The Rear Wheels Don't Push As Much As I Thought They Would In The Snow. I've Had A 90 Loyale With Awd That Pushed Alot More Than This Car Seems To. Help!!!! Auto or manual? If its an auto then only 10% of the power is going to the back...until it starts to slip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT95 Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 I've got a 95 Legacy as well--LSi wagon. I have the automatic transmission. I don't "feel" the rear power like I expected when I first started driving the car--and I discovered it's usually just 10% power to the rear--but I can tell a difference between it and a regular FWD car. I have done a fair bit of snow and/or ice driving since getting the Sube this past year--you feel the rear when it needs it. Though I'd like a nice 50/50 split all the time, it's still not a bad drivetrain. I was really impressed with the handeling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzam Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 Just for a HOOT-- put a 20 amp fuse in the FWD plug (under the hood on the passenger side near the firewall) and drive around in the snow without AWD for a few minutes. You'll want to pull it out as soon as you experience the difference. ***Automatics only!!!*** Oh yeah...the ABS has nothing to do with the AWD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattocs Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 Oh yeah...the ABS has nothing to do with the AWD. In the VDC or whatever, dosn't it provide traction controll by applying the brakes to spinning wheels? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzam Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 Yes...it does on the VDC models, however the subject car is a MY95 LSi. So let me revise my statement: Other than a VDC models, the ABS has nothing to do with the AWD. Sorry for the confusion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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