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| Originally Posted by jesiali I have the 06 Explorer and I had a similar experience.
What I feel is that the Explorer have invested heavily after past overturning issues.
After we disable the Traction control , it still works because the Explorer is equipped with a roll sesing gyro. When the car is rolling and yawing a lot the computer thinks that we are getting into an accident so it kills the power to the engine.
I'll tell u 3 words that will help u in the desert . Tyres , tyres , tyres.!!
The tyres on the explorer are all terrain BF Goodrich's.
These tyres dig a lot of sand and hence the car keeps trying to get ground. You can notice this from the tread patterns on the tyres.
Basic rule , the less the treads on the tyres the better it will be on the desert.
Hece the balloon tyres excel so well because once deflated the leave a big footprint on the sand.
If u wanna keep those tyres and still hit the dunes, make sure u do not over rev the car , keep it below 5300rpm and try it in Low four gear.
next time I hit the dunes I am gonna try climbing a dune on the auto cause when u climb u would need more traction in the rear.
do let me know of u'r experiences |
I never expected to find some comments after all this time lol but anyway thanks a lot, yes, you are right but my tyres were replaced by Michelin brand yet still they suck. I will try to use the balloon type, as for low gear... no way!!! it gets stuck even worse!
hitting the dunes at lower RPM will cause it to stop because of its heavy weight. Yesterday I went to the local distributor and they seemed to have worked on a solution, they showed me a prototype on another explorer. Very simple a manual switch and cables connected to both censors that will disable them for good until the car is restarted and the switch is back to off. I will try it soon and update you. By the way the agent said this was done locally and is not supported by Ford yet the warranty will not be affected. They will cover
Ford insist that this feature has to reactivate itself after 40KMs/Hour even if you switch it off.
Honestly it is a very good feature on road, try drifting the explorer on flat ground it won't work! I also have a Ford Focus 2006, and I tried to drift it using sharp turns and hand breaks, instantly the drift is stopped!!! It is a life saver.
Now back to main subject. Hitting dunes with auto or rear wheels... hmmmm.... in theory, it sounds interesting and logical only if you get to have the power diverted to the rear wheels when on auto, will try that too.
On the other hand, and although the AdvanceTrack break down the power of your engine when it sense none stable ground, there is another reason why you get stuck in the sand and that is "NO DEFLOCK"!! dammit Ford how much would it cost you to install a defflock system in your gear like the one in Nissan Patrol or Land Cruiser and the Toyota Prado???!!
Those cars ROCKS on sand, I've seen them and tried them. Even Hummer H2 or H1 cannot compete with the power and performance of a Nissan Patrol in the desert! yes.
The benefit of deflock is all your wheels have equal power. If one gets in a soft sand hole and spin in the air the rest are still functioning and at least 2 will get you out however, with ford what happens is once the car feels that a wheel is spinning in the air, it will divert all the power from the other three to that one! I saw it happen in my own eyes, one wheel spinning in the air (4x4 low or high) and the other 3 not spinning an inch.
Now as much as it sounds stupid, it is one hell of a feature on the rocks.
Just to be fair, I went in a trip to an extremely rocky place. In the valley, I had to cross a tough path where nothing but rocks and really big rocks. In that situation, each wheel was rolling over a different size and shape of rock. I started hearing the sound of the def distribution power and the performance was amazing and crazy!!!! each wheel will get more or less power to climb/roll over which makes the explored jumps over these rocks like a rabbit.
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