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johnydep · 02-08-2005, 19:05

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Originally Posted by aswigon

Well I just made my first real off road trip in the Terri and am very pleased with the performance. Took it up the beach on Bribie Island with the tyres lowered down to 20......................

Did you turn the traction control off?

aswigon · 02-08-2005, 19:55

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Originally Posted by johnydep

Did you turn the traction control off?

No. I thought I may have to but the only time I noticed it kick in was when I was trying to do donuts on the sand to clear the sump guard. Even in the really soft stuff it powered through. Maybe if you were bogged then it would be necessary to turn it off.

FPV GTHO · 02-09-2005, 21:44

If you were bogged, turning it off would do nothing to help as you'd be there with 1 wheel spinning as the AWD system's made up of 3 open diff's

johnydep · 02-09-2005, 23:04

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Originally Posted by FPV GTHO

If you were bogged, turning it off would do nothing to help as you'd be there with 1 wheel spinning as the AWD system's made up of 3 open diff's

That's my thinking as well.

But Ford recommend turning it off, I think too stop the Traction Control process from retarding engine power & revs as it trys to minimise wheel spin.

Maybe depends on the situation, aswigon left it on and didn't get bogged.

Anyone else with sand driving experience with their Territory want to tell us if you had the Traction Control on or off.