Hi All,

I recently bought a 2nd Gen CRV (2002, Manual). And from what I'm told this CRV stays in 2WD most of the time and automatically switches to 4WD when needed. But this raises the following questions for me...

• Is it 2WD front wheels or Rear wheels?
• How do I know when it's gone into 4WD?
• How do I test it can go into 4WD Ok?
• Is there some way I can manually put this car into 4WD and back?

Many thanks for your help.
Neo

 

-FWD
-You dont, it just does it
-Go to a dirt/gravel area, turn full lock and accelerate
-No

Google "Honda RT-4WD" or "Honda Real Time 4WD" and read up on how it works

 

the rear diff has like a clutch pack in it and is powered by hydraulics.

When you go to replace your rear differential fluid, be sure to ONLY use Honda Dual pump fluid.

RT 4wd is pretty cool for snow and loose traction situations. This system is sort of semi 4wd, don't assume you can do real offroading with your V but it will do well in a muddy field or snow which is what its made for. It only engages when the front wheels slip. When they slip it creates a pressure difference which engages the clutch in the rear diff. this happens seamlessly and is all mechanically (YIPPEE). what that means is if you for some reason don't want to have the rear wheels running (say you're servicing the propeller shaft like me) all you have to do is remove the propeller shaft and the rear wheels will no longer engage and you'll be strictly FWD. there's no check engine light and the ECU doesn't care that you just went to fwd only.