1992 SVX AWD Not Working?

[Ralph]

Hi,

My daughter bought a '92 SVX LSI last summer and has driven it 8000
miles with no major problems.

We just had the first snowstorm of the season here in the northeast
and the car did very poorly in snow - worse than a normal FWD car.

today when I was shoveling, I decided to move it up the driveway a bit
which has a sight incline. There were two small patches of snow under
the front tires, but clear sailing ahead. The car would not move an
inch and only the front tires were spinning.

there is no fuse in the FWD holder in the fusebox. The FWD light is
not on - all normal. Anyone have an idea why it would seem to be fine
but have no AWD action?

 

[HLE]

IIRC, there's a fuse that must be ABSENT for AWD to work.

And when AWD is functioning, the power split is definitely not 50-50, so you
can anticipate that one pair of wheels will spin first. However, if the
fronts spin and the rears don't begin moving the car, I'd look at that fuse.
Sorry - can't recall which one.