Base or SH-AWD?!?
#1
Base or SH-AWD?!?
In the hopes of stumbling upon a secret of my vehicle that I had not known at purchase time I want to get the right answer. And I really hope it doesn't come off as a stupid idiotic question that I should already know the answer to however I saw something on my vehicle that to me seems to be a sh AWD logo in my guages. I have a 2013 pearl white TL I picked up about 6 months to 8 months ago don't remember exactly. No badges indicate that it was sh AWD however I was looking at the gauges inside the car one day and noticed on the left hand side under the temperature gauge it said sh AWD. As in, there was a little area for the illumination of the sh-AWD to be turned on and off now I know that my title and everything to the car did not say anything about this or having this feature but I will say this the vehicle was the only one with any Houston Texas that was pearl white with black leather interior and also the only one that I saw for sale that had the had be a spec lip kit already installed Factory which is why I really ended up buying it in the first place LOL when I pulled up and saw that lift kit on there I didn't tell the salesman at the time but I had already bought in my head. Is this indicated I do actually have an all-wheel-drive or is this something that they include on all cluster gauges in that year? I will provide pictures shortly.
CAN ANYONE ANSWER THIS ? Thank you much!
CAN ANYONE ANSWER THIS ? Thank you much!
#5
You can always put your phone on the ground, center of the car, and drive slowly, phone recording - pick up the phone, play back, and if you see a driveshaft, plus rear differential, you have an AWD vehicle. Do not run over the phone, lol.
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Are you just messing with him? I don't know of a 3.5, SH-AWD, TL, do you?
You can always put your phone on the ground, center of the car, and drive slowly, phone recording - pick up the phone, play back, and if you see a driveshaft, plus rear differential, you have an AWD vehicle. Do not run over the phone, lol.
You can always put your phone on the ground, center of the car, and drive slowly, phone recording - pick up the phone, play back, and if you see a driveshaft, plus rear differential, you have an AWD vehicle. Do not run over the phone, lol.
lol yes I am. cuz he doesn't know what car he bought.
#8
I believe all TL's got the same gauge cluster, I have an SH-AWD light on my cluster down where you find the oil light, check engine light etc. too but it doesn't light up since I have a FWD. Like the other poster mentioned just cycle through your MID and if you see this you have an SH-AWD model:
#11
Thanks!
Well thanks for all the replies... I am going to check later today but I'm pretty sure its not.... Its all good tho. My 3g TL just hit 207k and still running strong but I'm not sure if I should run it to death or rebuild it little by little instead of buying another motor with way less miles? But that's a question for another post. Thanks again!
#12
Yeah, you got a point! I thought it was a bit odd that he didn't know, as well. But, I kind of got worried, for a moment, that Acura made some SH-AWD's (4G) with the 3.5L - just a moment.
I suppose that nobody liked the idea of driving over their cellphone. When I first did it, I was amazed at the utility... I suppose you can see oil leaks, rust, body damage/repair, so on, and so forth.
Anyway, the world is saved, as the OP now knows what kind of 4G he has. :-D
I suppose that nobody liked the idea of driving over their cellphone. When I first did it, I was amazed at the utility... I suppose you can see oil leaks, rust, body damage/repair, so on, and so forth.
Anyway, the world is saved, as the OP now knows what kind of 4G he has. :-D
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