Is it only guys with the 4.6 that are having troubles with the TC not shutting off? It's a shot in the dark, but I've heard stranger!

 

maybe not having the locking dif as well? Our company leases all of the vehicles through Enterprise. Someone told me that they might have had something to do with the t/c setting. Not sure though. Just the other day I was merging onto a main road and the side street was very sandy. With the button off it spun for a min then cut out and I almost got nailed by the oncoming car.

 

My 5.4 cuts power in any type of disabling tractions control. I need to find a fix b4 it snows here...

 

We have had lots of snow, and icy conditions here the past couple of weeks.
My pal has a 2009 F150, and he was so mad, as his truck could barly get around, he actually asked to borrow, and drove my 2004 F150 instead.
He since got it corrected by having it disabled at his ford dealer.
Said it took them about 10 minutes, and they did no wrenching on it, just hooked it to a computer via a cable, and solved the issue.
Its permanantly off now, and he realy likes driving it in the snow, slush and ice now, says its fine.

 

Really, im very happy to hear that. gonna give my dealer a call asap.

 

I hope they help you out.
Seems some will, and some won't.
We live about 4 hours drive from a great ford dealer, and thats where he bought it and he took itto get done.
We have 2 dealers withing a 90 minute drive, but both refused to turn it off.
He has a small hobby farm, and went to go to his day job, and got stuck in his own driveway. Nowing I was home he called me and I went over and easily pulled him out as it was not really stuck so much as just would not move.
We actualy left his truck there, I drove him to my place, and lent him my old truck, that he drove for a week until he had a day off to make the big trip to get his truck done.
His wife really teases him, as she drove out that morning, and back home that night and said her car never even strugled to make it at all.
He said the same with my old truck, it jst drove around like nothing, and he was visibly upset, so I did not tease him about it.
He does like the truck mostly, just a few things he doesn't like about it, and now has the biggest of them fixed.


Now nowing this I maybe would have bought one for myself, but was worried I could not get it turned off, so I bought a nice used 2007 instead, and am very happy with it to.

I heard this third person from my friend, but as he explained it to me from talking to the service department guy where they shut it off, they are seeing problems in offroad applications. Because as the wheel that once freely turned,is starting to spin, the truck now applies a brake to that wheel, holding the truck back even more,slowing the truck more, and then the other tire tries to spin, and so the truck then chops engine power to stop its spinning.
So basicaly you just stop moving.
We live in a heavy snowfall area and often drive in deep snow on backroads, and its never been an issue to have a truck spin some while driving in deep snow.
You just keep moving along, and so who cares if its spinning some as it moves.
I have pushed snow with the grill of my trucks in the past, and when it gets to deep you may spin out on a hill.
Simply back up and take another run at it, and again who cares if the trires spin some.
I am not sure why some are so worried that a tire might spin?
If your worried about tire wear, trust me, spinning in snow causes little wear.
I have spent the last 3 weeks hauling logs out of the mountains north of here, and if some silly computer stopped my logging truck from spinning at all, I never would have gotten up to the logs to begin with.
If they insist on making modern vehicles with all these things in them, thats fine, but they should also alow the owner a control in the vehicles alowing them to turn each and every item on and off as they choose.
In low traction situations, its been proven that the best way to get thru it is spinning from every experience I have had personally.
I snowmobile, quad, 4X4, and stuff to, and the way through is to lets the tires or track spin, and spin fast.
Watch videos of trucks, quads, snowmobiles in rough going, they all use full throttle and spin fast to get the furthest.
I climb some hills in winter while snowmobiling in very deep powder snow and can just keep climbing, and yet my actual speed is slow, say 15 MPH, the speedometer reads 60 MPH as that the track speed.
Thats how we climb, if you have less power and say can only spin that same track at 45MPH you will not climb the hill.
We can climb for minutes at a time at 100% throttle using this technique.
Same when quadding in mud, or my modified 4X4 for offraoding in deep mud, hit the hole and full throttle and then let the tires spin as fast as possible.
The trucks and quads with the most horsepower go farther by a great amount than ones with less horsepower, unable to spin so well.

 

YouTube - *-*MS Mud NutZ*-* The Muddhole-Robertsdale,AL

 

I only linked to the video as an example.
If those quads all had something stop them from spinning, they would never get through that mud hole.

 

i know the video is just an example, but you really dont even have to spin to get through that mud hole. it can be crossed in 2wd, i have done this many times riding in crosby, tx. mudnationals in jacksonville and out in alto. 2wd and a little water wheely is all you need. these guys are just racing. go to youtube and search "crosby atv" and you will see what im talking about.

 

Sorry to bring up an old post but I have a 2010 F250 Lariat with the Happy Traction Control BUT NO BUTTON TO SHUT IT OFF!
HELP! How can I disable it PERTINENTLY!
Does anyone Know?? Or is there a way to add the switch ??
I have searched high and low have found nothing to turn it off with
I love the truck other than the Traction control issues I have had this last winter. I was one of the ones stuck on the side of the road !

Can someone please help me ??

If not Im afraid im going to be putting this one up for sale as Im not going threw the stuck in the Snow deal again this winter IT SUCKED!

Thanks in advance

 

Pertinently? I think you mean permanently...

 

Yes permanently Sorry spelling error I think my Tablet changed it on its own lol

 

On the newer F150s there is a fuse that you can pull that will disable TC. But you also lose the ABS and the one wheel spin control. I never tried it, I just read about someone that tried it. My 1WSC was pretty useless. It worked sometimes but hardly ever on pavement. So I replaced the open diff/e-locker with a Truetrac L/S. I'd rather have a mechanical L/S than the nanny operated 1WSC that is supposed to act like a L/S.




There is probably a fuse you could pull on your F250 to disable TC but you'd have to search the super duty section to find out for sure. I'm not recommending you do it, just telling you what I've read.

 

Yup there is and tried that already it disabled the ABS the E- locker and the ABS and sent the truck in Limp home mode no throttle no boost

 

yes thats completely normal. don't worry. i would also turn it off when towing a trailer when you towing in the dry