Is it possible to truly turn off traction control in 2WD?

[Orange01z28]

Yesterday we decided to take a quick detour into State Trust land and do a couple desert donuts. I found that even with the traction control turned off, it still kills power right at the apex of a donut

I'm sure this is by design, I've found the same thing in a rental Mustang, but is it possible to turn off completely with a Taser or something? I'm not sure I want to, but I just want to know it's possible. I could envision off-road use cases when you want more wheel speed to not get hampered by an over-protective traction control system

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[DocMike]

Yes. Hit the button. I have just hit the button and could drift in the snow like I belong in Fast and the Facetious.

 

[PancakeCritter]

Yesterday we decided to take a quick detour into State Trust land and do a couple desert donuts. I found that even with the traction control turned off, it still kills power right at the apex of a donut

I'm sure this is by design, I've found the same thing in a rental Mustang, but is it possible to turn off completely with a Taser or something? I'm not sure I want to, but I just want to know it's possible. I could envision off-road use cases when you want more wheel speed to not get hampered by an over-protective traction control system

I have noticed the same thing. I think its actually stability control, not traction. And its incredibly frustrating when in desert sand.

I have a Mojave, and I expect to be able to rip through sand as fast as I want. The control gradually slows you more and more to where you're basically at a crawl and need 4WD to keep going in the sand.

Yes. Hit the button.

No, this doesn't help. Can confirm the OP's issue.

 

[Gvsukids]

There still is stability control that is on.

Yes. Hit the button. I have just hit the button and could drift in the snow like I belong in Fast and the Facetious.

 

[ShrimpHappens]

Press and hold, and stability control will eventually turn off.

But now that I think of it, I've only done this in 4WD. Not sure if I've tried it in 2WD.

 

[PancakeCritter]

Press and hold, and stability control will eventually turn off.

But now that I think of it, I've only done this in 4WD. Not sure if I've tried it in 2WD.

Is there an extra dash light to confirm this?

 

[ShrimpHappens]

Is there an extra dash light to confirm this?

Yes

 

[PancakeCritter]

Yes

I'll give this a try in 2WD and 4WD High. Really hope I don't need a Tazr just for this alone.

 

[DocMike]

UGH. Nanny state again. I'll check mine out again and see if I notice the stability control.

I'll give this a try in 2WD and 4WD High. Really hope I don't need a Tazr just for this alone.

 

[PyrPatriot]

Press and hold, and stability control will eventually turn off.

But now that I think of it, I've only done this in 4WD. Not sure if I've tried it in 2WD.

And even in 4L, I think 5-10% of the Traction Control and Stability Control is still functioning. I recall reading the manual that there is no way to completely turn off these features.

 

[PancakeCritter]

Can confirm that holding the TSC button only disables DSC while in 4WD, and unavailable to 2WD. What a shame.

 

[Willys2Gladiator]

My SRT Charger I had to push the button for about 10 seconds to totally disable it. Try holding it in longer. The SRT would chime when fully off.

 

[ospreyfe55]

So I just went out to my Jeep to give this a try. I will also state that I have a Tazer and I have not tried this without the Tazer unhooked. But I can press the Traction Control button and it will turn off the TCS but if I hold the button for 5-10 seconds it will completely shut off the traction control. Please forgive the background noise! It started to storm as I was videoing. This video was done in 2wd as well.

 

[Willys2Gladiator]

So I just went out to my Jeep to give this a try. I will also state that I have a Tazer and I have not tried this without the Tazer unhooked. But I can press the Traction Control button and it will turn off the TCS but if I hold the button for 5-10 seconds it will completely shut off the traction control. Please forgive the background noise! It started to storm as I was videoing. This video was done in 2wd as well.

So I just went out to my Jeep to give this a try. I will also state that I have a Tazer and I have not tried this without the Tazer unhooked. But I can press the Traction Control button and it will turn off the TCS but if I hold the button for 5-10 seconds it will completely shut off the traction control. Please forgive the background noise! It started to storm as I was videoing. This video was done in 2wd as well.

Damn. That's one heck of a storm. Glad it worked.

 

[red/green hawk]

I just held traction control button for ~6sec in 2H and 4H and got the same thing twice: traction control off with traction control light on, ESC light on, ABS light on, parking brake light on, "service ABS" warning, "service stability control" warning. Lights wouldn’t turn off unless I turned the truck off and wasn't able to turn traction control back on unless I turned the truck off also..

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