2000 Toyota Camry Front wheel drive?

Question

If the Toyota Camry is front wheel drive then, why does the owner's manuel states to check the the differential fluid. I thought the differential fluid was only on rear wheel drive cars? Please only serious answers. Is this another way for dealerships to get your money?

Answer 1

Yes your Toyota Camry has a differential. All vehicles have a differential. A differential allows the tires that are supplying the power for the vehicle to rotate at different speeds when making turns. So a differential must exist. For a front wheel drive car, the differential is in the front of the car, for rear wheel drive vehicles the differential is in the back of the car.

The differential is there to allow the inner tire of the turn to rotate slower than the outer tire, which must rotate faster because the outer tire must rotate faster to cover more distance during a turn.

So does your Camry have a differential, the answer to that is yes!

Now as for replacing the differential fluid, well. That's another story. For newer Camry's Toyota typically combines the tranmission fluid and differential fluid into one sump. Meaning the trans and differential pull from the same pan of oil. So changing the transmission oil, changes the oil for the differential also, I believe this is the case for your vehicle.

Answer 2

Hey Dudes. I:m doing a transmission oil change and differential oil change on my wife's 2000 Toyota Camry LE 2.2L 4cyl, auto trans, front wheel drive. The differential and transmission have separate reservoirs, thus they have separate drain plugs. The differential does NOT take gear oil, but transmission fluid like Toyota ATF Type T-IV auto trans fluid for 2000 and later models or Dexron III auto trans fluid for 1999 and earlier models, the same oil as the transmission takes. The drain plug for the trans and diff use a 10mm allen wrench or a special 10mm allen wrench socket. The differential drain plug is about 12-14 inches toward the rear of the car from the transmission drain plug. There is another plug on the rear of the differential about half way up, this is the FILL plug. Once you drain the oil out of the differential, you need to put the plug back in, then remove the fill plug ( use a hand transfer pump or small vinyl hose and little funnel, to put the fluid back in through the fill hole, pain in the ***). Fill the differential with transmission fluid until it comes all the way up to the fill hole and put the Fill plug back in and you are good to go. You will save a lot of money and can do it about every fifth, engine oil and filter change. May just last as long as you. A 2.2L 4cyl Camry auto transmission uses 2.6 quarts for drain and refill. The differential takes 1.7 quarts for a drain and refill. Now for a 2000 Toyota Camry which has a V6 ENGINE, the auto trans takes 5.0 quarts for drain and refill and the differential takes 1.7 quarts. The same goes for a 2000 V6 Avalon and Solara which have an automatic transaxle ( the correct wording) plus they have the separate differential. Make em last forever. I'm out'a here. It's 140AM and I still have to put the oil back in the trans and diff, plus pull the valve cover, put a new gasket on, then new plug wires and plugs and a new thermostat and I should be done just as the sun comes up. I'll put the new custom cold air ram intake I built for her on this fall sometime. My back can only take so much. Give them nothing, but take from them everything.

Answer 3

Front wheel drive. The Solara is the 2 door version of the Toyota Camry that competes with the Honda Accord Coupe and Nissan Altima Coupe. The last RWD Toyota was the Toyota Supra.

Answer 4

unless its auto trans, im sure atf wouldnt be sufficient to lubricate a diff

Answer 5

You raise some good points in your question.

Answer 6

it does have it