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Old 04-16-2010, 01:29 PM   #45 (permalink)
wagonman76
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Originally Posted by jamesqf View Post
Got to disagree about that. I've owned a number of 4WD vehicles - several pre-1985 Subarus and a couple of Toyota pickups - and have never had a 4WD-related problem. I admit I don't use it much - the steep half-mile of packed snow down to my friends' ranch in winter, a few trailheads at the ends of steep, rough dirt, up the mountain to ski in a snowstorm, &c - but when I do, it's usefull, not a security blanket.
My dad has owned 4 Jeeps over the last 25 years, put tons of miles on them, and has never had a 4wd problem.

But on the flip side just about everybody I know with a GM pushbutton 4WD has had the actuator fail.
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