Honda CR-V AWD vs 4WD
I am close to purchasing a 2014 Honda CR-V EX-L AWD and will set it up for towing. Most of the recent models on the road are labeled AWD, but I have seen 4WD on the back of some models but not sure i...
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gemsworld wrote:
Honda misused the term 4WD for many years, they are AWD.
Well Sir, not to be argumentative here but, I kind-a think Honda, as big as they are, should know what terms to apply to their automobiles etc. The CRV models that have "drive" to all four wheels ARE all wheel drive but, all the wheels are not driving, all the time. In the pre-2012 models, the link-up from the front axle, through the auto-transfer case system, was purely mechanical and, would take a short amount of time to "link" the back wheels into the drive system, should the front wheels begin to slip on surface.
But, in 2012, Honda converted that link-up system to electro-mechanical. It now takes literally nano-seconds for the drive system to learn that the front set of drive wheels is even " THINKING" about slipping.
So, as the tech(s) (I had a Honda tech living across the street from me) explain it to me, it is not a "full time" 4-wd system or, an "ALL WHEEL full time drive system. It just applies the rear wheels as help, if and when the front wheels need it. By not having the rear wheels drive, when not needed, is a help in boosting gas mileage for that part of their fleet.
To the OP, it really doesn't matter if it says "4WD" or, AWD on the rear, it's flat towable. Honda's had just about all their CRVs, 2WD or 4WD or, AWD flat towable for years. I just checked my files with all the Dinghy towing guides from about '04 to '13 and, every year of Honda CRV whether "FWD" (front wheel drive) or, AWD (All Wheel Drive), they both are flat towable.
Scott
