2004 Chevrolet Tahoe Repair Question
Asked on April 10, 2010
2004 Chevy Tahoe 4 Wheel drive service?
Transmission problem
2004 Chevy Tahoe V8 Four Wheel Drive Automatic 64000 miles
While driving my 04' 5.3L Tahoe around town in 2 wheel drive I have no problems. Then, once in a while the car on its own switches normally to 4low (4wheel drive low) and my dash reads "service 4x4."
I've replaced the "sensor" about 2 years ago at the dealors prompting and now its doing it again. It should be noted that we never use the 4x4 feature either.
I then have trouble getting the car to move back into 2 wheel drive and when I do the 3 buttons (2, 4H, 4L) go dark.
Today when this happened, put it in Neutral and switched it back to 2wheel drive and there was a very loud scraping sound.
That doesn't sound like a sensor. What should I be worried about?
2004 Chevy Tahoe V8 Four Wheel Drive Automatic 64000 miles
While driving my 04' 5.3L Tahoe around town in 2 wheel drive I have no problems. Then, once in a while the car on its own switches normally to 4low (4wheel drive low) and my dash reads "service 4x4."
I've replaced the "sensor" about 2 years ago at the dealors prompting and now its doing it again. It should be noted that we never use the 4x4 feature either.
I then have trouble getting the car to move back into 2 wheel drive and when I do the 3 buttons (2, 4H, 4L) go dark.
Today when this happened, put it in Neutral and switched it back to 2wheel drive and there was a very loud scraping sound.
That doesn't sound like a sensor. What should I be worried about?
Asked by stoploverAnswer
Replied on April 10, 2010
Sounds like something isnt happy.The "Service 4wd" is the computers way of letting you know it is having a problem.Best bet would be to have the system scanned to see what trouble codes are stored in it.Ifit is going into 4wd all by itself, it could be a wheel sensor, but the scraping sounds like the engagement motor on the t-case.Scan it first just to be sure, too many things to just throw parts at them
Replied on August 12, 2012
While driving my 04' 5.3L Tahoe around town in 2 wheel drive I have no problems. Then, once in a while the car on its own switches normally to 4low (4wheel drive low) and my dash reads "service 4x4."