here is your problem.

 

 

YOU ARE DRIVING IN 4WD ON PAVEMENT AND YOU NEED TO STOP RIGHT NOW

 

Pick up the owners manual, do yourself a favor and read it.

 

Your transmission is now stuck in 4WD because there is so much binding in the transmission. In order to get it out of 4WD, drive in reverse if you can. If the trans is siezed you will need to lift either the front of the car or the rear of the car and get both tires off the ground to relieve the tension on the trans.

 

None of your cars are AWD. They are 4WD and there is a big difference. #1 being there is no center diff, you are getting 50/50 power distribution front to rear, with absolutly no slip (its locked in the center).

Edited September 25, 200916 yr by TheSubaruJunkie

here is your problem.

 

 

YOU ARE DRIVING IN 4WD ON PAVEMENT AND YOU NEED TO STOP RIGHT NOW

 

i realize this... but when i go to test drive a car before i buy it i want to make sure the 4wd works.

 

Now i realize that running a 4wd on pavement is a not-so-good thing to do.. but the vehicle should go forward and reverse and turn and all that happy stuff. in my case.. it locked up as soon as i put it into 4wd. i couldn't go anywhere.. even though you arent supposed to use it on dry pavement... i'm pretty sure it should still work.

Well. the 4WD works then.

 

Your tires are not the same size, or the air pressure isnt the same.

 

These things are vital if you want to keep your 4WD working. Oh yeah, dont ever drive on pavement. Test the 4WD on dirt next time.

 

And again, read the owners manual.

i'm pretty sure it should still work.

 

You are wrong. It wont work. You cant turn, and if any of your tires do not match, your car will make it maybe 3' before it siezes the transmission.

 

A friend of mine thought it would be a good idea to put my car in 4WD while we were driving (stupid push button) and we didnt even make it through the intersection before my car locked up. Both him & I were forced to lift the rear of my car... in the middle of the street, in order to get the tranny to disengage and unblock the intersection.

Anyone with a awd loyale have any info on this??

 

They never made any awd loyales.... they were all part time four wheel drive. There is no center differential at all... just a solid lock, that is activated when it's in 4wd. So... you only want to activate 4wd on surfaces where the wheels can spin, just like in a 4wd truck. AWD was only in the legacies and newer, and the RX's and XT6's and such. Loyales were 4wd.

 

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A friend of mine thought it would be a good idea to put my car in 4WD while we were driving (stupid push button) and we didnt even make it through the intersection before my car locked up. Both him & I were forced to lift the rear of my car... in the middle of the street, in order to get the tranny to disengage and unblock the intersection.

 

It's usually not that bad -- I've run for several miles in 4wd in my old GL, on pavement (for various odd reasons, none of which are normal). If you turn very tight at all (like more than 10-2 on the steering wheel) you'll lock and hop the tires. But in a straight line, it behaved fine (nice matched set of tires) and came right out of 4wd afterwards.

 

Sometimes I find that skidding the tires with the brakes while on some slightly loose stuff, while pushing down on the 4wd lever, will get it back to 2wd if it does bind. I've never had to resort to jacking it up.

Yeah its usually not that bad, but I just bought this wagon and the prev. owner had some wierd tires on the rear. Neither matched the front, and didnt match eachother... anyhow, it wont do a ton of damage but it is not good.

The 1990 Loyale wirh the turbo was AWD.

So was the RX from 1987 to 1989. So were GL10 Wagons & Sedans... XT6's, anything with a Full Time 4WD Tranny.

 

However, if you have a lever. Or a button. Or anyway at all to disengage 4WD and turn your car into a FWD car, then you do not have AWD. And you cannot drive on pavement in 4WD.