Traction Control: Turn if off or leave it alone?

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  • $uRi
    March 11, 2014 at 7:40 am #1986

    HI There

    I am new to the sand, and for the moment I am enjoying it.

    I have done a few rides and noticed the TC light coming on frequently on the panel, I have tried to research the use of TC in soft sand and found mixed views on several forums, some say pull the ABS fuse!

    What do you experts do?

    Regards

    Suresh Vangara

    Yohan
    March 11, 2014 at 7:52 am #29347
    quote vangara:

    HI There

    I am new to the sand, and for the moment I am enjoying it.

    I have done a few rides and noticed the TC light coming on frequently on the panel, I have tried to research the use of TC in soft sand and found mixed views on several forums, some say pull the ABS fuse!

    What do you experts do?

    Regards

    Suresh Vangara

    Firstly it depends on you’re car. My car has traction control and stability control. With traction control on i get stuck in the sand in less than 10 seconds, so for my car i SWITCH OFF traction control and leave stability control on.

    $uRi
    March 11, 2014 at 9:13 am #29353

    I will switch it off on this Friday’s drive and see the difference, hope fully I will not loose traction altogether! I cant switch off the Electronic Stability Control, there are no buttons to control it, but probably there will be fuse and I can turn ESC off by pulling it, do you recommend that ESC should be off too?

    Gordon
    March 11, 2014 at 9:54 am #29355

    I am driving with it all switched off on my Jeep. If you leave any of it on, your car’s stability/traction control system will keep trying to compensate for the lack of traction. These systems are only meant for when you are on road (except perhaps for the more advanced systems found on Land Rovers or similar 4×4’s).

    $uRi
    March 11, 2014 at 11:45 am #29361

    There is no button on my car to switch off the Electronic Stability control, I think I will have to pull the fuse and live with beeps and lights in the cabin while driving in the desert, I think I will first switch off TC and check if that is any better, then try the fuse

    Anonymous
    March 11, 2014 at 1:44 pm #29366

    With my ford f150 I have the traction control and the advance stability control.

    If I just press the button once it switches off the traction but if I hold the button for about 7 seconds it turns both off.

    Try this in ur tahoe if it works. 😉

    Gordon
    March 11, 2014 at 3:11 pm #29367
    quote duli:

    With my ford f150 I have the traction control and the advance stability control.

    If I just press the button once it switches off the traction but if I hold the button for about 7 seconds it turns both off.

    Try this in ur tahoe if it works. 😉

    It works the same way in my Jeep.

    Ahmad Pervez
    March 11, 2014 at 5:28 pm #29369

    The whole objective of offroad driving is to be able to control the car yourself without any gizmos playing any role. I switch both traction & stability control off when I drive offroad.

    $uRi
    March 11, 2014 at 7:40 pm #29372

    Duli, you are my man…press and hold turns both off!…..waiting to hit the sands….

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