Are you in Lo mode?At Law said:Hello All,
In the snow, when you select the "snow" traction mode, is it typical
for the transmission to not shift beyond third gear?
Is this mode only designed for slow travel and digging out of snow?
Are you in Sport/Manual or Normal mode on the shifter? I believe "Snow" only lets you do Manual in the Sport/Manual setting and I think it starts out in 2 if you are stopped when you select "Snow", but you should be able to go up past 3 manually.At Law said:Hello All,
In the snow, when you select the "snow" traction mode, is it typical
for the transmission to not shift beyond third gear?
Is this mode only designed for slow travel and digging out of snow?
Just my observations...I'm sure there are some points I'm missing, but I'm just going from memory---its been a while since its snowed :crybaby2:At Law said:I am a bit confused how this mode works and what is its intended purpose.
Sport mode in "Snow" will function as a manual, you have to change the gears yourself. If you leave it in Normal (Non-Sport/Manual) it will change gears for you. This applies to Hi-range, don't know about Lo-range.At Law said:I was in Sport mode at a stop sign when I applied the Snow setting.
The RPM's climbed to 4k or 5k and did not shift any further.
I then took it out of the Snow setting.
I did notice the transmission showed it was in 2nd gear.
I am a bit confused how this mode works and what is its intended purpose.
Thank you Gentlemen.
Wait, is this like the river crossing? We need pics.gooseyloosey said:In you are stuck in 1+ft of dry snow, you may want a bit of wheelspin to get some momentum and I find Sand mode to be useful.
TripleE said:Sport mode in "Snow" will function as a manual, you have to change the gears yourself. If you leave it in Normal (Non-Sport/Manual) it will change gears for you. This applies to Hi-range, don't know about Lo-range.At Law said:I was in Sport mode at a stop sign when I applied the Snow setting.
The RPM's climbed to 4k or 5k and did not shift any further.
I then took it out of the Snow setting.
I did notice the transmission showed it was in 2nd gear.
I am a bit confused how this mode works and what is its intended purpose.
Thank you Gentlemen.
If the transmission is showing you what gear you are in, that means you are in a manual mode.
Hope that makes sense. :thumb:
Ah ha. This does make sense. I didn't realize that in Sport Shift Mode with the Snow feature selected,
manual shifting was required.
That explains why my RPMS were high--I wasn't shifting manually.
A 2 did come up on the dash so I must have bumped it into second gear while messing around.
I appreciate the information. I am anxious to leave the office. It has been snowing
hard all day and I will have 10 inches of fresh powder to play in on the way home. :dance:
Wait, is this like the river crossing? We need pics.gooseyloosey said:In you are stuck in 1+ft of dry snow, you may want a bit of wheelspin to get some momentum and I find Sand mode to be useful.
Ok, once we get some snow maybe I'll do a similar write up/pics on how to get unstuck.TripleE said:Wait, is this like the river crossing? We need pics.gooseyloosey said:In you are stuck in 1+ft of dry snow, you may want a bit of wheelspin to get some momentum and I find Sand mode to be useful.