A hush fell over the crowd when, snipped-for-privacy@webtv.net (Steve Joyce) stepped up to the podium and announced:
I have a 2003 Explorer 4x4. My son "thinks' he may have accidently
>pushed the 4x4 button on the dash. I don't see any kind of indicaor
>light to tell you that you're in 4 wheel drive and I hate to push it
>again in case he actually didn't engage it. I can't really feel any
>difference in driving although when I first start the vehicle in the
>morning, it feels a little rough at first (almost like a rough idle).
>Any thoughts? Any way to positively tell if it's in 4WD? Is there any
>harm in leaving it in 4WD for around town driving? I'm heading off on a
>several thousand mile trip and don't wanna compromise my gas mileage. >
>TIA
if it's like my '03 XLT, if it's in anything else besides the default, an indicator on the instrument panel will light up. If there isn't any light on, you're fine.