Car starts but clutch it shows a speed reading but wont drive

No, even a 4x4 will have only 1 wheel that will spin on each axle in this instance. It's called a floating differential. For stock vehicles with non locking differentials like you have, both cannot spin or have full power at the same time. Hard to explain on this, but picture your car making a hard right turn. Both front wheels would be spinning at different speeds because of the turn. The passenger side tire is spinning much slower than the drivers side tire, therefore if both were spinning at the same time, your tires would chirp and skip on the pavement which would eventually ruin your differential. In offroad applications, we WANT the differentials locked and turning at the same time with true 4x4. But in normal everyday vehicles, even standard stock 4x4's, only 1 tire will do the spinning per axle unless it has possitraction or full locked axle. Clear as snow?

My first impression is the hubs are not engageing. Make sure that they are in fact working and haven't seized up or that you havent mis read the sign and in fact disengaged the hubs

quite easy throw the code reader away for a start then work from basics ,disconnect each sensor in turn and check for continuety ,also the wiring connections for corrosion then if all the sensors check out then you check the toothed rings that the sensors pick up on and make sure they havent corroded away or come loose on the drive shafts especialy the front drive shafts as this is a common fault on vehicles used in northern climes where their is snow and wet rain

If you are still stuck in the driveway, that's why the ABS light is still on. Get a snow shovel and dig the car out. Once you get the car on the road and all the wheels are turning the same speed the ABS light will most likely go off. It doesn't hurt anything to drive the car with the ABS light on. What that light is telling you is, the "Antilock Brake System" (ABS) is not working. The brakes will still work but, the antilock portion will not, so when you hit a icy patch, the wheels can lock during braking. The ABS senses the speed of all the wheels and if you have been spinning the wheel in the snow, it throws the system out of sychronization. Once you get out of the snow and you start to drive the light will go off, if the system is in working order. The light should go off in a block or two, if not stop the car shut the engine off and restart it. Try it again and see if the goes off, if not there's a problem with the system, get it to a shop.

sounds like when you got it stuck you tryed to get it out and got the clutches hot and they stuck / welded when you put it in revurse does it pul the engine speed down like it is in gear but you give it gas and wont move trying to go forward and back at the same time sounds like trans rebuld time

you have what is known as an open diff. or worn out clutch packs in a limited slip. most makers put in a open diff because its cheaper and handles better. if you did not pay for it on your invoice your stuck with stock unless you put it in your self.

The 08 Vues AWD system is very different than from previous models. The new Vues system is more like the technology on the Outlook. I' don't know detail on the hardware, but from a function standpoint there are two big differences:

1)The system is PREDICTIVE, not reactive. It does not wait for wheel-slip to make it engage. The system monitors throttle position, steering angle ect. and re-directs torque before wheel spin occurs.

2) The old system sent extra torque to the wheels that were slipping to boost traction. The new system sends power to the wheels that are gripping.

The result is a better, smoother system that will do a better job of keeping the Vue from getting stuck.

The old system was a single gerotor type AWD system. Essentially, a gerotor AWD system uses differences in rotating speed to spin a pump and apply pressure to clutchs. The single gerotor system used in the Vue essentially engaged and disengaged the rear axle when a differences in rotating speed occurred between the drive shaft and rear differential (indicating the front wheels were spinning faster the rears). From here on out, power goes into an open differential and was distributed accordingly (i.e. not very well).

GM also uses a twin gerotor system in the form of Versatrak. This operation in much the same manner, using a difference in rotating speed to spin up a pump and apply pressure to clutches, except the Versatrak system has a pump for each output axle. This allows the rear differential to act of each rear axle much in the way a limited slip differential does, better managing torque distribution.

The new system used in the Vue (as well as the Outlook, Acadia, and Enclave) is controlled by a microprocessor and operates by means of an electromagnetic clutch. It is very similar to the Haldex system marketed by Haldex Traction AB. The main difference being that Haldex still uses hydraulic pressure to apply the clutches, while the electromagnetic system used by GM (which I believe is developed by Borg Warner) uses electromagnetic force to apply the clutches. The operating principles are the same though. The new GM system is well integrated with stability control, traction control, and ABS. The system actively monitors vehicle dynamics and driver input to determine when to being engaging AWD before it is actually needed. With the ability to manipulate power delivery using AWD and stability control (by selectively applying brakes at each individual corner), the new Vue is very robust in terms of torque management. For all you folks in the snow belt, it should be dynamite in slippery conditions!

Hope this helps answer your question. Good luck and be safe on the snow.

mbogucanin82: There are potentially a number of things it could be.
1. If one of the drive axles popped out of the transaxle, you can put it in ay gear you want but the car will not show any signs of even an attempt to move.
2. I you broke an inner CV joint, it would demonstrate the same,
A broken outer joint would have the drive axle flailing away under the car.
3. If this has a manual transmission, the clutch could have come apart which would make it impossible to transfer power from the engine to the input shaft of the transmission.
4. If it is a automatic, have you checked the level of fluid in the transmission? It is possible you may have damaged a cooler line which would cause the fluid to be pumped out when you started the engine.
I would venture that you will find the solution in one of these that I listed and you won't have to wait for the snow to thaw.
Good Luck>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Hi there , in order for your 4 wheel to work you have to drive a couple feet for everything to lock. If you are already stuck and you put it into 4 wheel, it won't engage. hope this helps you out

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