Q: Noises coming from what seems to be the transfer case.

asked by on February 09, 2017

When the pickup is in 2wd it makes a squealing sound from the center of the pickup. But when put into 4wd it starts to make a low rumble, that gets increasingly louder as you speed up. It will also sometimes stay in 4wd when put into 2wd wheel drive. It kind of feels like it doesn't go all the way into either drive, because when you are driving in 4wd it will start pulling to the left than stop and do it again, repeatedly.

My car has 205000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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