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How can you tell if the AWD is working? V70-XC70 2003

posted by  rancher rick on  Tue Oct 29 14:35 CST 2013
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Sorry if this sounds like a stupid question.
I`ve had lingering doubts for awhile that the AWD may not be functioning on wife`s XC70. We had the bevel gear replaced under warranty 4 years ago but it seems to be "traction wise" not what it should be.
A few nights ago we had our first taste of winter with slushy/ icy road conditions & try to accelerate (slowly) from traffic lights the car was sliding lots more than it seems that it should with AWD. Granted, we still have the all seasons on the car(the Gislaveds go on this week!!) but still, the car felt pretty unstable. Our old 95 850 handled better in winter conditions.
If the AWD isn`t working maybe we should take the rear driveshaft off & run it as a FWD + a little better gas mileage.
Thanks,
Rich






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