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!!!!

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.

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.

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.

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.

 

 

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?

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.