Whats the difference between four wheel drive and all wheel drive?

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leak on power steering?

DO NOT BELIEVE THEM^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Only one of the answers on top is correct. AWD is automatic. Whenever it senses that the rear wheels are slipping it gives power to the front wheels. 4WD is where you turn it on at your will. If you run an AWD or a 4WD car on the 4x4 all the time then that will mess it up.

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If you ever see a car with 98 wheels, let me know.

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car wheels?

A 4 wheel drive you can disengage to run 2 wheel drive (rear wheel drive only) or 4 wheel drive (front and rear wheel drive). A all wheel drive you cannot disengage it is basically 4 wheel drive all the time.

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AWD the vehicle is running as front wheel until slippage then up to 50% of power is sent to back wheels. Four Wheel Drive is running front/back all the time, sometimes you activate the four wheels yourself with a control switch/lever.

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You must put your vehicle in four wheel drive, but all wheel drive is a car that is always in four wheel drive. Most vehicles will displace torque to which wheel needs it on a all wheel drive though, so it may be a two or even three wheel drive vehicle for a short time, but you probably wont be able to tell when this is happening.

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Have 94 Ford F250, engine dies when I turn on headlights?

all wheel drive is automatic it kicks in when needed and 4 wheel drive is manuel you kick it in when you want it

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On AWD all 4 wheels are engaged all the time..... this is a bad idea... it will cause extra wear on the transfer case.... but this is how they are doing it. You cannot choose 2wd at all, it is always 4 wheels engaged all the time.

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4WD you have the option of using 2wd or kick in 4 wd high or 4wd low. 4 Wheel Drive is much better, you are not always using the transfer case all the time. I prefer a vehicle with the 4wd and I have 2 of them.

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