I found myself in a very slippery muddy situation today, with the truck on a slight slope and wet grass underneath. Had it not been for the REVOs, I would not have been able to get out of the spot I was in. I am well aware of what both TRAC and VSC do - so I am again bringing this subject to the top. The only way I did get going was to have the center diff locked and the pedal mashed to the floor. I did get quite a bit of tirespin, but not without gobs of ABS noise, etc. I have owned the truck since new, and have lived with these issues, but today brought me over the top. If I had been able to defeat both systems, I would have been able to simply floor it and power my way out. Without the center diff locked, the truck just sat there, engine throttled back and the ABS kicking. A few seconds would pass and the computer would allow a bit more spinning before again halting everything. Very, very frustrating!

I know this has come up on many ocassions, so I hope that somebody has made headway with a safe method of temporarilly defeating this crap. Potentially using the factory TRAC OFF switch from the 2WDs.

Let's not have this become another pissing match where everyone attempts to completely define what each system does - it's old news smile

Andreas


2001 4Runner SR5 4WD, Dorado Gold, 303,000+ miles
2014 Audi A4, Monsoon Gray
1995 Porsche 993, Polar Silver