Considering upgrading an 08 to a 09+ for the traction control
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From: Buffalo NY
Well who ever told you that is full of it. I used it just the other day in almost 2 ft of snow and the wheels would just keep spinning. I know they kept spinning as my wife was driveing whilst i was trying to push the dam thing out with my bro in law and we both got covered in snow and dirt. She was on the throttle hard for over 10 secs and the tires were steaming and TC never come on because i had shut it off. Same thing happen in both 4hi and lo. Go and take your truck to some damp grass and try for ya self.
I live in buffalo, an trust me ive held the button an tryed it. Soon as you get past 35mph tires spin it kicks back on and everytime you pass 35mph you gotta hold the button time and time again...
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Well, I pushed the bottom and the TC light stayed on. I gave it gas and tires slipped and the TC came on. I pushed the button again the the light came off and did the same thing and the TC came on 2 seconds later. Then pushed the button and held it down for like 10-15 seconds and gave it gas and still did the same thing. I did this in 2wd, 4hi and 4lo. When I had it in 4lo it felt like the wheels were going to break off in the front end. Just kept shaking with the TC. I was not trying to get my wheels spinning, just trying to get traction to go up my angle of driveway. Which it just sat there with the TC turning on like a POS. I finally just backed up and got a good running start and had to barrel into my garage with 1 ft of room on either side. So what else did I do wrong then??? I would certainly love to know.
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You guys must be doing something wrong then. I can get a good 10+ seconds of wheel spin with zero issue of traction control coming on. I had to tell my wife to take it easy as we were just digging into the mud and gone way through the snow and ice. You guys just must need more practice with driveing off road and in icey conditions. Not that the wheels spinning were helping at all because we were just digging deeper. But lets just say that TC was turing on at 35mph do you think you are gonna get anymore traction with the tires spinning at 50mph or 60mph When driveing in these conditions i have always found the oposite. Keep your rev's in ratio with speed and you will get maximum traction.
Perhaps read the manual next time guys. perhaps you guys are also confuseing Brake Traction Control with engine traction control. If you dont have a LSD or Locker and one wheel is spinning far faster than the others because the others have traction then that wheel will be braked to slow it back down. It explains all this in the manual.
Perhaps read the manual next time guys. perhaps you guys are also confuseing Brake Traction Control with engine traction control. If you dont have a LSD or Locker and one wheel is spinning far faster than the others because the others have traction then that wheel will be braked to slow it back down. It explains all this in the manual.
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TC stays off but RSC and ESC turn back on. TC will stay of until you press that button again.
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Winter driving is one a totally different scenario when talking traction that some of you southern boys are thinking. Yes better tires help, but some of us looking for tire spin are not talking about lighting them up on a dry parking lot for a smoke show.
When your truck starts to break loose in the snow with this truck, it automatically cuts power, which jerks the truck, you then have to compensate with the steering wheel, then powers up again and breaks loose and cuts power... I find the TC makes it much more difficult to predict what and where the truck is going to go. I have driven trucks and rear wheel drive vehicles my whole life, and a little fish talk is just expected. But this is different for sure, and I know I do not like it.
When your truck starts to break loose in the snow with this truck, it automatically cuts power, which jerks the truck, you then have to compensate with the steering wheel, then powers up again and breaks loose and cuts power... I find the TC makes it much more difficult to predict what and where the truck is going to go. I have driven trucks and rear wheel drive vehicles my whole life, and a little fish talk is just expected. But this is different for sure, and I know I do not like it.
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Yup, stability control is what the issue is, not being able to fully turn off...
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I have driven in a fair bit of snow and drifted higways this past week and a half, and I have yet to find my truck less than stellar in the snow with the traction control. I keep thinking I'm in four wheel drive and I am not. My traction contriol is unbelievable, and I have yet to have the truck power down and land me on my face trying to override wheel spin. I have Goodyear ATS tires I upgraded to from the SLR's (I think they were called), and we all know they aren't the best tire. Several ties I have heard the anti-lock ratcheting on the firewall, but if I decide to stand on it, I can immediately get wheelspin without issue. Is mine malfunctioning? I doubt it. I woudl always need four wheel in the same conditions in my last 2008 F-150, but this 2010 is great. I suer wouldn't rush out to buy a 2010 for traction control, but once I experienced it in our 2008 Expeition EL last year, I knew I wanted it in an F-150... and wallah... it came out in 2009.