I have a 2011 Mazda CX-9. The car is AWD. Should all 4 wheels spin freely when on a lift and the car is in park and the parking brake is off? All 4 of the tires do spin freely. I believe I have a bad transfer case and was trying to diagnose if the transmission or transmission splines are shot before yanking the transfer case. Thank you for your help!

  • Mr_Torque@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    In park I don’t think the front wheels should rotate. Also, you can switch into AWD? I had a CX-7 and I thought it’s full time awd.

    • 1414mjh@alien.topOPBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I thought the same thing. There is a AWD button on the lower left dash. Default is AWD off. When the front tires start to slip the AWD automatically engages to compensate for the front tires slipping. The AWD button allows you to switch to AWD manually.