Question: What the he-- is auto 4x4 and how does it work?

Just picked up a 2000 Blazer and it has this extra button marked Auto
4x4.
I understand the Hi and Lo 4wd and the 2wd, but what's with this auto
button? Can anyone help?

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> Just picked up a 2000 Blazer and it has this extra button marked Auto
> 4x4.
> I understand the Hi and Lo 4wd and the 2wd, but what's with this auto
> button? Can anyone help?

That's where electronics may decide when to lock front and rear axle
together, with an (electro)hydraulic clutch pack.
Just don't confuse it with true/active fulltime 4wd, since in fact it is only
a reactive parttime 4wd (but without the problem of windup on dry roads that
a manual parttime 4wd would have).

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Bye,

Willem-Jan Markerink

The desire to understand
is sometimes far less intelligent than
the inability to understand

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