Hi, tried to find this on the forum to no avail. Roads being plowed after intense snow a couple weeks ago blocked cars parked on the street behind a 2 ft berm of packed snow. Nobody could get out without 4wd. My brother's Xterra crawled right through with no effort...no need to rock it back in reverse to start again with fresh momentum. I figured the RRS would have no problem. I raised the suspension and put it in "snow/grass/gravel" mode (didn't know at the time, but now I know...snow setting is not for this type of snow...WRONG setting). Couldn't get out. Makes me wish I had my old trusty 10k truck with standard mechanical 4x4.
1. Normal behavior? I couldn't force it to generate power to turn the wheels. I assume that was proper TR action for this mode. But the engine also died when I pushed the accelerator...3 times! Is that also the TR working? Did TR think a soccer mom was running off the road so it killed power on purpose? Or is this a problem I should get checked out? Never expected a rover engine to die in such mild conditions.
2. Best setting? After dying on me, I got the "TR not available" warning so it was just in regular drive mode. I was able to get out in that mode with lots of wheel spin and after reversing a few times to ram the berm. Would "muds/ruts" have been the best setting for these conditions? Or is "sand" basically the same but even better because it doesn't spaz out and try to brake when wheels spin?
3. Best to simulate 4x4? What's the best TR setting that simulates part time 4x4 like on cheaper trucks, i.e. Xterra? "Mud/ruts?"
1. Normal behavior? I couldn't force it to generate power to turn the wheels. I assume that was proper TR action for this mode. But the engine also died when I pushed the accelerator...3 times! Is that also the TR working? Did TR think a soccer mom was running off the road so it killed power on purpose? Or is this a problem I should get checked out? Never expected a rover engine to die in such mild conditions.
2. Best setting? After dying on me, I got the "TR not available" warning so it was just in regular drive mode. I was able to get out in that mode with lots of wheel spin and after reversing a few times to ram the berm. Would "muds/ruts" have been the best setting for these conditions? Or is "sand" basically the same but even better because it doesn't spaz out and try to brake when wheels spin?
3. Best to simulate 4x4? What's the best TR setting that simulates part time 4x4 like on cheaper trucks, i.e. Xterra? "Mud/ruts?"