)...but the the engine rpms decrease.
How does traction control on the 08 SD work?
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I hope they keep the ability to turn it off... cause guess what - in mud you need high wheel speed to clean the tires. Faster then me or not, I prefer to do the driving and let the truck listen to me, not the other way around
kenny
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Originally Posted by redford
I don't need one, I'm married.
Slow down.
Stop spinning the tires!
You'd think you were 18 again!
Are you trying to kill us both?
Slow down.
Stop spinning the tires!
You'd think you were 18 again!
Are you trying to kill us both?
im not really sure if mine has it or not ... but to be honest i like to fish tail around corners .... on icy or gravel roads...
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Originally Posted by myotis
..at the Portland Auto Show where I asked yesterday one of the people at the Fordvehicles.com information booth. The gentleman explained that the traction control works like a "reverse ABS" system, if it detects a spinning wheel it applies the brake to the spinning wheel therefor slowing it down, using the same "pulsing system" ABS uses to prevent the wheel from locking up. Sounds reasonable to me especially since for $130 MSRP it cant be a very fancy mechanical system. Sounds like it wouldn't hurt to get it.
Thanks everybody fro helping to figure this out,
Myotis
Thanks everybody fro helping to figure this out,
Myotis
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It is an option for diesels, not standard. It does have an on/off switch when you want to spin your wheels.
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Originally Posted by Mercury45
I hope they keep the ability to turn it off... cause guess what - in mud you need high wheel speed to clean the tires. Faster then me or not, I prefer to do the driving and let the truck listen to me, not the other way around
kenny
kenny
only other thing I can say about it is just more crap than can and will go wrong
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I have a similar option on my car, and my truck will also have it. It works great when the roads are wet, and traffic is heavy. You learn that you can floor it, and the traction control will get you up to speed with out spinning your wheels or losing control. I just hope it does not fail with out a idiot light. I highly recommend it.
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Originally Posted by grende7581
I have a similar option on my car, and my truck will also have it. It works great when the roads are wet, and traffic is heavy. You learn that you can floor it, and the traction control will get you up to speed with out spinning your wheels or losing control. I just hope it does not fail with out a idiot light. I highly recommend it.
and what happends when your tires get caked with snow / mud or sand?
They become slicks and since you dont have the tire RPM to spit out the mud snow or sand, your traction becomes worse
thats my two cents... leave the driving to the driver
well if people are horrible drivers then I guess it may be better
I would rather be in control though and not some computer that was programmed by somebody who likely spends no time in bad weather on the road
kenny
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Originally Posted by Mercury45
and what happends when your tires get caked with snow / mud or sand?
They become slicks and since you dont have the tire RPM to spit out the mud snow or sand, your traction becomes worse
thats my two cents... leave the driving to the driver
well if people are horrible drivers then I guess it may be better
I would rather be in control though and not some computer that was programmed by somebody who likely spends no time in bad weather on the road
kenny
They become slicks and since you dont have the tire RPM to spit out the mud snow or sand, your traction becomes worse
thats my two cents... leave the driving to the driver
well if people are horrible drivers then I guess it may be better
I would rather be in control though and not some computer that was programmed by somebody who likely spends no time in bad weather on the road
kenny
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I have it in my RWD Trans Am. I didn't care for it at all. 1) I don't drive the car in bad weather. 2) If I try to spin the tires I always forget to turn it off and look like a fool when it stalls. 3) I pulled onto an exit ramp when it was damp/foggy. It slid out and I counter steered BEFORE the trac cont kicked in. It did, and snapped the car around to the right and right off the road before I could get the wheel back around. I would have been find to steer out of the slide. Fortunately it was a very short curb, no guard rail and leaves and grass on the otherside.
On a FWD car I have liked it, since 1 wheel always wants to spin away. I had a Saturn with and without and definitely preferred with. But they used brake control as well and had an open differential of course. Both the T/A and my Truck have limited slips of some sort so they are different beasts all around.
On a FWD car I have liked it, since 1 wheel always wants to spin away. I had a Saturn with and without and definitely preferred with. But they used brake control as well and had an open differential of course. Both the T/A and my Truck have limited slips of some sort so they are different beasts all around.
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I had traction control on a VW jetta and it almost killed me a few times.
Scenario 1.
And inch or so of snow.
Stop at the end of my street is on a blind curve. I look, it's clear, try to go, roll out about half way into the road, power is cut, brakes applied. I'm a sitting duck as car comes around corner.
Scenario 2.
Standing water on road as I accelerate. Traction control kicks in, car hydroplanes.
A little wheel spin ould have pumped the water out from under the tires with a lot less drama.
No thanks!
Scenario 1.
And inch or so of snow.
Stop at the end of my street is on a blind curve. I look, it's clear, try to go, roll out about half way into the road, power is cut, brakes applied. I'm a sitting duck as car comes around corner.
Scenario 2.
Standing water on road as I accelerate. Traction control kicks in, car hydroplanes.
A little wheel spin ould have pumped the water out from under the tires with a lot less drama.
No thanks!
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