2016 3.8 AWD engine off, gear in park, should I be able to turn the front wheels?

[tib]

2016 3.8 AWD, engine off, gear in park, car jacked up to switch over winter tires to summer tires, and I was surprised to notice that I was able to turn the front wheels, both directions, with my hands.

I thought that the car being an all time AWD, all 4 wheels , including the front ones, should be locked when the engine is off and gear in park.

Should I be able to turn the front wheels?

 

[EdP]

2016 3.8 AWD, engine off, gear in park, car jacked up to switch over winter tires to summer tires, and I was surprised to notice that I was able to turn the front wheels, both directions, with my hands.

I thought that the car being an all time AWD, all 4 wheels , including the front ones, should be locked when the engine is off and gear in park.

Should I be able to turn the front wheels?

Sure, why not? The parking pawl is in the transmission and would lock the rear wheels. The HTRAC system varies how it works according to need, not a synchronization of all four all the time. It is electronically controlled so effectively dead when nothing is running.