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thierry
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Hi all,
I'm new here and a recent owner of a 1996 rav4 4x4 auto, 5 doors. The car looks and drives fine, as far as I can tell (one of the nicest cars I ever drove).
There is one thing bugging me: when turning and accelerating at low speed on a dirty road (dirt and gravel on asphalt), it's very easy to get one of the rear wheel to skid (the inside one as far as I can tell). I try to avoid it as much as I can, and that requires a light foot on the gas pedal when leaving my alley.
Does anyone has an idea what it means? A defective rear differential? A car with the center diff locked? I don't know much about the car history, because it's a reexported model from Japan. Don't even have a owner's manual...
Thanks,
Thierry
I'm new here and a recent owner of a 1996 rav4 4x4 auto, 5 doors. The car looks and drives fine, as far as I can tell (one of the nicest cars I ever drove).
There is one thing bugging me: when turning and accelerating at low speed on a dirty road (dirt and gravel on asphalt), it's very easy to get one of the rear wheel to skid (the inside one as far as I can tell). I try to avoid it as much as I can, and that requires a light foot on the gas pedal when leaving my alley.
Does anyone has an idea what it means? A defective rear differential? A car with the center diff locked? I don't know much about the car history, because it's a reexported model from Japan. Don't even have a owner's manual...
Thanks,
Thierry