My 2006 sorrento occasionally shifts into 4 wheel drive on its own, can anyone tell me how to stop this happening?

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Asked by southworth Sep 16, 2014 at 05:15 AM about the 2006 Kia Sorento

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

My 2006 sorrento xe occasionally shifts into 4 wheel drive on its own. What is causing
this to happen?. Tyres are good all round but fronts have more tread than rears, could this
be the problem?

3 Answers

63,145

Try putting the front tires on the back and the back tires on the front and see what happens.

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Cheers Mark. Have got new rears now and see what happens, don't think this is the problem as my car has manual 4 wheel drive switch to select either 4 wheel high or 4 wheel lo or 2 wheel drive which is the position for normal on road use.Its when in 2 wheel drive that car goes into 4 wheel drive could it be the solenoid switch on the transmission that is faulty or possibly the vacuum pipes that operate the transfer box?

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63,145

Try the vacuum lines first. See if that's the problem. Then the solenoid.

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