2005 tahoe 4wd switch no 2wd or auto?
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JochenWoern
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I have the EXACT same set up and was educated just recently that this set up is pretty much identical to an AUTO 4WD and that it is NOT AWD.
If you search here, I want to say we had discussed this approx. 2 weeks ago.
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That top button is 2wd. I don't remember 05 but being in 2wd may also turn off traction control 
your owners manual should tell you
your owners manual should tell youWell I don't have the truck yet, I was going to do a trade with a dealer. All the tahoes and burbans I've seen all have auto, 2wd, 4wd and low. But I know the caddy and the denali are all awd.
I just like to be able to select 2wd and lock it, in which I'm ok with killing the traction control.
I just like to be able to select 2wd and lock it, in which I'm ok with killing the traction control.
JochenWoern
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That top button is 2wd. I don't remember 05 but being in 2wd may also turn off traction control
Top button will indeed turn of the traction control! That as far as I know is all the top button does.
The truck will always run in the center setting which is (as I was told here on the forum) AUTO 4WD.
You can switch it to 4 LO, but that's it as far as I know.
I am at 145K miles with this rig and never had an issue with this set up.
Hope this helps.
JochenWoern
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Well, guess what I was educated about a couple of weeks ago does according to the manual not hold true.
This is an AWD with Stabilitrak System, not an AUTO 4WD system, see picture out of my manual.
There is no mention anywhere that 2 wheel drive will be engaged once the Stabilitrak (top button) is turned off.
Hopes this helps and does clarify this once and for all.
This is an AWD with Stabilitrak System, not an AUTO 4WD system, see picture out of my manual.
There is no mention anywhere that 2 wheel drive will be engaged once the Stabilitrak (top button) is turned off.
Hopes this helps and does clarify this once and for all.
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That certainly does clear some things up and helps correct some bad information some of the rest of us had
thank you for posting that! Feel free to post this in that other thread as well so that if anyone searches and finds that thread they get correct info 
JochenWoern
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Feel free to post this in that other thread as well so that if anyone searches and finds that thread they get correct info
Done!!!!!!
http://www.tahoeyukonforum.com/forum/showthread.php?p=866187#post866187
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Thank you, Jochen! I'm glad we finally got this cleared up once an for all. This is why I ALWAYS hold tight to that owner's manual. It usually answers these questions very quickly
I'm glad we finally got this cleared up once an for all. This is why I ALWAYS hold tight to that owner's manual. It usually answers these questions very quickly
JochenWoern
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Thank you, Jochen!
Your welcome Jacob, my pleasure.
I should have looked this up in the manual when we discussed this a couple of weeks back, ...... my apologies.
It is always in 2wd unless sensors detect wheel slippage. The top button turns off Stablitrac and keeps it in 2wd but you have to push the button every time you start the truck. It usually never goes in 4x4 even on jeep tracks. In order to shift into full time 4x4 you have to be in N
