can you still drive with awd coupler failing

[dtburgh]

just took my telluride in yesterday and they confirmed what i thought, the awd coupler is failing. the part is on back order, and im going on a trip in about 3 weeks

my question is, does anyone know if you can still drive with this part failing? dealer says you can, but i trust them about as far as i can throw them..

thanks

 

[2020Telly]

I wouldn’t go on a long trip but I think you should be fine. It might be a rough ride at times as it continues to fail. But if the coupling totally failed the FWD would take over. It’s a FWD biased AWD system.

 

[tpgh]

It won’t lock up in a traditional sense, it will act like a solid axle and cause premature tire wear. Nothing to worry about for only three weeks.

 

[dtburgh]

Ya. The problem is it’s about a 2000 mile round trip pulling my boat.