Traction control

LouM said:

Well it certainly is your opinion, cause it sure as heck is not mine.
I haven't had my 19 in a situation to see how bad it shuts down,
but my 15 got itself stuck more then once because of the damned traction control.
Nothing like chewing up a 26% grade on packed snow or ice and all of a sudden the f ing
computor shuts the engine power down. (and almost made it 10 feet to go and the worst is over)
Now you have to back down an 1/8th of a mile get around a curve and then back just a bit more
for a second run up it. And if you can't get a good start on that little straight back up more
and around a sharper turn and down more hill to the bottom to get a good start.
Nothing like a 1/4 mile steep uphill 22% to 26% slope driveway with a S turn in it to see your vehicles
ability in the winter snow and ice and the differences in tire abilities.

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LouM said:

Yes, on the 15 I had to hold the button for 5 seconds and it would usually work but not always.
It is quite aggravating to have it suddenly cut power when you are almost home free.
My 15 had a limited slip, this 19 has an E-locker it may be interesting with the E-locker this winter,
the 19 is tighter in 4wd then the 15 was, the 19 will actually buck and jump a bit in the corners in 4wd.
Yes, that turn onto Waite Road does catch a lot of people in the winter up and down hill.
For a great many years I would make that corner every day, with 4wd and studded tires I never failed to make it up
or stop coming down in the morning, did come close a few times.
My hat is off to you I wouldn't drive a 2wd around here in the winter if I could avoid it, or wait for the road crews to finish.
Unless it was quite heavily loaded.
The Town road that gives me the most issues is the one on the way to the ski area,
so many skiers trying to get to a ski area that are not equipped to drive in snow and they get stuck and end up crosswise
in the road by the time you stop for them and help them get turned the rest of the way around to go back downhill
it can be quite difficult to get started again in the middle of that hill.
My old Dakota was fantastic on snowpack or ice, I had downsized to 245/75r16 tires and it could stop on many of the hills help someone out then backup the hill.

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LouM said:

In the 15 with the little eco-diesel low range shifted up and down considerably, high range 1st and 2nd are the best speeds most of the time. This hemi may behave better in the 19. The 15 did much better after I put Brandons switch kit in the transfer case.
Van could be fun On Vly Summit by the Gorsky farm. I'll PM you.

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kurek said:

Something noteworthy in the feature lists referring to traction control is this line:

"When a disagreement exists between the throttle and the brake, the engine controller cuts power."

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