Denali 6.2l AWD Question's!

[Nvd]

Im looking into getting a 2008 Denali 6.2 as they dont have the afm, and thats a issue i wouldnt need to worry about.

 

my questions are;

 

they say that the denali are AWD, now does that mean 100% of the time all 4 wheels are going? or is it just the rear (2wd) until the truck slips and then its automatically into awd/4x4?

 

By shutting the traction control off, would that help for fuel consumption at all or no?

 

do all denalis come standard with cool seats and auto start? or is that a option that you could get?

 

not sure if anyone knows or not, but if the truck does not have the navigation unit, but i wanted to add that in later is that a simple plug and play if i have the correct wiring harness or is there a little more to it?

 

Thanks in advance!

[Chris]

All Wheel Drive is that. All wheels all the time. Well open diff in the front and locker in the rear. Remote start should be standard and cooled seats an option depending on year

 

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[Nvd]

All Wheel Drive is that. All wheels all the time. Well open diff in the front and locker in the rear. Remote start should be standard and cooled seats an option depending on year

 

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Thats what i thought, but the dealer says differently? pretty sad, when you cant believe a gm sales person

[Gurrzt]

I would rather have the "AFM" on a 2 wheel drive unit, than have a "AWD" that has a transfer case, and another driveshaft to boot.

 

You can always have the "AFM" deleted by a good dyno tuner, or possibly a hand held device may do it.

 

Unless you live in rough terrian country, I would pass on the "AWD", they are too much of a headache.

 

JMHO

[2018GMC]

You could get the 6.2 in a 2009 or later 1500 non-Denali. Then you would have 2WD / 4WD Auto / 4WD HI / 4WD LO transfer case, no AFM on the 6.2 and the 6 speed transmission.

[GMCustomerService]

All Wheel Drive is that. All wheels all the time. Well open diff in the front and locker in the rear. Remote start should be standard and cooled seats an option depending on year

 

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Thats what i thought, but the dealer says differently? pretty sad, when you cant believe a gm sales person

 

 

All wheel drive uses front wheel drive for ordinary driving conditions and automatically adds rear wheel drive capability as needed. Let me know if you have any other questions. Thank you.

 

Tricia, GM Customer Service.

[Nvd]

^^^^^^

 

Oh ok, so I was kinda right. I though it was rwd, until needed then the fronts kick on. so to confirm, if driving in city or high way the trucks only using thr Front wheels to move. As soon as you start to slip on ice or wet road or possibly towing something then, the rears automatically kick on to which would be AWD?

[Nvd]

You could get the 6.2 in a 2009 or later 1500 non-Denali. Then you would have 2WD / 4WD Auto / 4WD HI / 4WD LO transfer case, no AFM on the 6.2 and the 6 speed transmission.

 

 

Yeah, but harder to find. and the denali im looking at is a 2008 w/50xxxkm great shape for $27-28k seems like a good deal to me!

[Chris]

In trucks the primary is the rear, in cars and smaller suvs the front axle is primary

 

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[yukon25008.1]

I also was looking into a denali just to have the 6.2, But really dont want to have awd.. Id much rather 2wd/4wd/4lo

[Doug_Scott]

They used AWD in the Denali simply to make it an automatic enabled 4 wheel drive system. I have not ever looked, but if they do act like you were told (power is always on one end, with power automatically being sent to other end when required) then it must have some form of a viscous coupler between the two ends. A viscous coupler is very similar in nature to a torque converter, when one end spins, it creates a speed difference between front and rear, and the coupler will drive the non slipping end. It still drives the slipping end as well. I don't see how it can drive one end at a time, it pretty much has to supply equal power everywhere when not spinning.

 

I recall someone on this site has a 2 wheel drive Denali. I cannot remember who it was though.

 

As others have stated, you can get the 6.2 without getting Denali. You can even get it in the SLE level.

[kstruckcountry]

Denalis are either 2wd or AWD. If you want regular 4wd in an upper trim level you might consider a Silverado LTZ.

[yukon25008.1]

Im pretty sure the only yukon that gets the 6.2 is the denali..

[Gurrzt]

Denalis are either 2wd or AWD. If you want regular 4wd in an upper trim level you might consider a Silverado LTZ.

 

 

+1 on that, my 2013 Yukon Denali is 2Wheel RWD.

[Gurrzt]

Im pretty sure the only yukon that gets the 6.2 is the denali..

 

 

That is correct.