I own a 2010 Jeep Liberty and this is my first RWD vehicle (when set in the normal 2WD mode of course). I notice that whenever I accelerate from a stop, on even a slightly wet road, the rear wheels spin and I get the traction light on my dashboard. I then need to take my foot of the gas and accele…

Sounds like a tire/right foot problem, not a RWD problem…

I had the opposite problem on the 1952 Dodge with the “lift and clunk” semi-automatic transmission my parents owned when I was in high school. It was impossible to spin the tires on this rear wheel drive. The only way this car would “lay rubber” was if the fan belt slipped.

I agree this is likely an operator and/or tire issue. The fact the tires are only 1 year old doesn’t mean much. The tire compound could be responsible. Some year ago I had a set of Kelly tires on my other Lincoln. Even with 90% tread, on a damp road surface that car would spin the rear tires and o…

The comments seem to indicate that it isn’t an RWD issue. That leaves (1) my driving style, or (2) the tires. I’ve been driving for 25+ years now and have never really experienced wheel spin on acceleration from a stop before (maybe once a year?). With this car I get it regularly. I haven’t chan…

One other possibility - some cars are built with very rapid throttle ‘tip-in’, it takes verly little foot movement to give it lots of gas. Maybe to make the driver on the test drive think it’s a powerful engine, who knows. But I find it easier to spin tires on cars like that until I get used to the…

As an example … every weekday I approach a non-lighted intersection where I need to turn left. The traffic coming from right, to left, is pretty heavy so I need to wait for a sufficient gap in cars to make my left turn. In my AWD, then FWD car, I knew how large a gap was needed before I could pull…

Most RWDs that I have owned were prone to wheel spin when pulling away from a stop on wet streets, especially on an incline. For the past 30+ years I have purchased 4 bags of oil dry and loaded them against the tail gate and covered them with plastic each winter. When there was an accumulation of ic…

Does your truck have any modifications on it? Suspension, drivetrain, chassis lift, engine performance? If you bought it used, the previous owner might have spruced it up a bit. I would recommend you go test drive another one from a dealership under the same conditions, and see if that truck acts…

I agree with BC, see if you can test drive a similar Liberty for comparison’s sake. I’ve driven a 2008 Liberty (basically the same vehicle) with the 3.7 a number of times under a variety of conditions and have never spun the rear tires. And yes, the 4x4 is for part time use on slippery surfaces only…

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katidid79 January 14, 2012, 12:26am 11

Ease up on the accelerator. I made the same mistake once when I was driving my mom’s Nissan Armada (when its not in 4wd it runs on RWD) because I’m used to driving my car which is FWD.

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