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Originally Posted by punchyninja
I've never had to use chains on an awd/4wd vehicle. do you have to put them on all four tires?
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Good question. I have a real-time AWD vehicle (Honda), where it is FWD on normal condition, and the rear tires only engage when the system senses front slippage. So when I'm driving up the Honda to winter resorts here in SoCal, I put the chains in front tires. When I bring my X1 sDrive, I'll put chains in the rears because that's where traction is.
I've read in X3 forums that some owners put chains in the rear tires, so I guess that should apply to X1 xdrive as well.
In the case of symmetrical AWD like Subaru, not sure where to put chains though, or if 4 tires need to be on chains.