During a snow storm a couple of months ago, when my daughter put her 1999 Nissan Pathfinder in 4-wheel drive the car would only steer straight, whether going forward or in reverse. Unfortunately, most of our streets have curves, and she was unable to use her 4-wheel drive. She’s experienced no probl…

Inexpensive , probably not . Have you driven this where the four wheel drive should be used , such as unpaved surfaces . I wonder if there was not really enough snow for the FWD to function . On a 20 year old Pathfinder at least pay for a diagnostic before you actually out a lot of money in this veh…

You’re absolutely right about doing a diagnostic, I just wanted some idea of what to expect to hear from my mechanic. My daughter has had this car for 10 years and never experienced a problem with the 4-wheel drive. I probably could make a case that our poorly maintained roads are similar to off-ro…

Some years ago a friend chose to weld the end gears in the front differential of his CJ7 to “lock” the front differential. He reported that on gravel roads at low speeds the Jeep would not turn, it would only slide forward with the wheels turn left or right. This made it impossible to turn around on…

Just because it was snowy, doesn’t mean there was snow on the ground. Around here it takes a good 20 minutes before snow starts accumulating on the roads. If the roads were still relative dry, then I’d say it’s acting perfectly normal. If not then the transfercase is binding and needs to be looked a…

Roads were wet and slushly, but I will definitely check the transfercase fluid. Thanks for the info.

[image] Randy-109: Roads were wet and slushly, Really not the right condition for 4WD . As I asked before have you driven this thing in loose dirt or sand .

[image] Randy-109: Roads were wet and slushly, VOLVO_V70: Really not the right condition for 4WD +1 4WD is great when someone is off-roading, or if they are driving through deep snow, or if they need to get out of a ditch. For driving on regular roads and highways during the winter,…

[image] VDCdriver: For driving on regular roads and highways during the winter, AWD is far superior, given the variation in conditions from one patch of road to another. I’ve owned both type of vehicles and I’ll take 4wd any day over AWD. Most modern 4wd systems (like in my 05 4runner) is v…

1999 Nissan Pathfinder - 4X4 issue

Maintenance/Repairs

shanonia May 13, 2020, 8:07pm 8

On some 4X4 systems, it can get kinda locked into 4WD and can only unlock if you drive straight and maybe waver a bit L-R while trying to shift it out of 4WD.

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1999 Nissan Pathfinder - 4X4 issue

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