Hi,
I have a '02 stock Liberty 2.5 CRD with manual gearbox and the 4x4 version where you have the choice of 2HI/4HI/N/4LO.
I have only owned it since this summer, and yesterday, I drove it in a LOT of snow for the first time and it handled really well. In a slope, starting from standstill, I could confirm that there was a clear difference between 2WD (2HI) and ordinary 4WD (4HI).
However, later i parked in a bad spot, a downhill slope with about 8" of snow and had big trouble backing up. The car didn't manage to find traction, the wheels just spun. This was in 4HI mode.
My neighbour, watching this, first maintained that he could only see the rear wheels spinning, the front ones did not move. I told him this couldn't be, since I understand there is a locked rear/front differential.
He moved around the car and watched me have another go. Now he said that only the front right wheel - which he could not observe before - spun (together with both rear wheels), while the left one was still.
Is this possible if the 4WD is functioning as it should? Can just three wheels spin? Would it be different in 4LO mode?
(Please bear in mind my specification, I understand there are different 4WD systems in the various KJs)
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