When should you turn off traction control?

[SirEd]

I have done some off-roading in my Bronco Sport but have never turned off traction control. I know how to do it, but am not sure when I should turn it off. When do you think you should turn it off?

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[Maxwellian]

I’ve read that our traction control is good enough that you usually don’t have to turn it off, and the goat modes tune it down when needed. The older systems didn’t respond fast enough when you needed to stop a spin, clamping down too hard too late, robbing power. They also didn’t allow spin when it was useful, so it was better to turn them off. The sampling rates are now higher on the wheel sensors, and the goat modes allow more wheel spin when useful.

 

[fourthgear]

The manual reads it takes power away (Engine ) when traction control is actually needed , so in some cases , you may need the engines power controlled with you gas peddle & not a computer . I will take mine off in Sand mode , not that I needed to when I was last at the beach , it went through loose Sand with out issue , but I was in Sand Mode & in Low , so as said above it may have eliminated it with out me switching it off . You will have to do a trial on how it works in different situations on the trail . Snow or Ice , I would believe it's a good Idea to keep it on .

 

[Fossil]

I have done some off-roading in my Bronco Sport but have never turned off traction control. I know how to do it, but am not sure when I should turn it off. When do you think you should turn it off?

When you want to be a pretend rally driver

 

[pixlpush]

right before you roll it.

 

[johnardsg]

right before you roll it.

in my head i can hear Denzel in that airplane movie

 

[SirEd]

I’ve read that our traction control is good enough that you usually don’t have to turn it off, and the goat modes tune it down when needed. The older systems didn’t respond fast enough when you needed to stop a spin, clamping down too hard too late, robbing power. They also didn’t allow spin when it was useful, so it was better to turn them off. The sampling rates are now higher on the wheel sensors, and the goat modes allow more wheel spin when useful.

Thanks for giving a great detailed answer.

 

[SirEd]

The manual reads it takes power away (Engine ) when traction control is actually needed , so in some cases , you may need the engines power controlled with you gas peddle & not a computer . I will take mine off in Sand mode , not that I needed to when I was last at the beach , it went through loose Sand with out issue , but I was in Sand Mode & in Low , so as said above it may have eliminated it with out me switching it off . You will have to do a trial on how it works in different situations on the trail . Snow or Ice , I would believe it's a good Idea to keep it on .

I haven't driven in sand yet but I plan to in the future so I will keep in mind what you say. Thanks for the response.

 

[Cabezone]

I have done some off-roading in my Bronco Sport but have never turned off traction control. I know how to do it, but am not sure when I should turn it off. When do you think you should turn it off?

Anytime you're low speed off pavement is a good rule of thumb. By "off pavement" I also mean slow driving on paved roads that are muddy/iced/snow covered.

https://blog.bestusedtires.com/when-to-turn-off-traction-control/

 

[johnardsg]

Today i tried driving a curvy/winding road with both traction control on and off just to see the difference, with traction control off i feel like the rear sways out more

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