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Wow it is worse than I thought - 4-cylinder, 3.73 gears, torque management.

Seriously though it is not just the 2.3 that lacks what I call “jump”. All turbo mills lack the low end grunt to plow thru soft sand. You gotta spool it up. Which brings me back to gears - base 3.73 gears have you at a serious disadvantage.
It’s not power and it’s not traction. This is beach sand for gods sake lol
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It’s not power and it’s not traction. This is beach sand for gods sake lol
I’m not sinking in. After about 10 minutes of successfully driving and stoping and driving again and stopping, for some reason out of nowhere, It feels like I’m dragging an anchor through the sand.
I’m in the same depth, dryness and angle and for no reason, it feels like my parking brake locks up.
I’m absolutely spitting sand out behind me in 4wd before this starts.
 

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You try holding down the traction control button for 7-10 seconds to totally disable the safety systems?

Don’t use a goat mode - just put it in 4H, totally disable traction control and keep your RPMS 2500+ and see if you still feel it. Lock the rear if you are able.

That’s as dumbed down as this vehicle gets, so if it still feels wrong, it’s either driver error or an actual hardware fault, but you should have an ABS code at a mimimim.
 

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I’m not sinking in. After about 10 minutes of successfully driving and stoping and driving again and stopping, for some reason out of nowhere, It feels like I’m dragging an anchor through the sand.
I’m in the same depth, dryness and angle and for no reason, it feels like my parking brake locks up.
I’m absolutely spitting sand out behind me in 4wd before this starts.
Just guessing here, but could it be the 2.3 / 7 speed issues that have been discussed on here? Could be the transfer case and or transmission is being overworked? Sand stresses / torques everything.
 
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You try holding down the traction control button for 7-10 seconds to totally disable the safety systems?

Don’t use a goat mode - just put it in 4H, totally disable traction control and keep your RPMS 2500+ and see if you still feel it. Lock the rear if you are able.

That’s as dumbed down as this vehicle gets, so if it still feels wrong, it’s either driver error or an actual hardware fault, but you should have an ABS code at a mimimim.
I appreciate the reply. My earlier thread replies touched on this.
I’ll report back when the truck gets into the shop.
 

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I appreciate the reply. My earlier thread replies touched on this.
I’ll report back when the truck gets into the shop.
I started writing that earlier and it took forever to post. Terrible internet around my parts today.
 
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Just guessing here, but could it be the 2.3 / 7 speed issues that have been discussed on here? Could be the transfer case and or transmission is being overworked? Sand stresses / torques everything.
I’m very new here. Can you tag that for me? Thanks!
 

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Are you in 4H or 4L? I have a 2.3 7MT, climbing steep river banks in 4L it feels just like you're describing, heavy kinda tractor-ish. I assumed it was the low gearing. 4H doesn't have the same feeling. I have a BD so the 4.46 gears.
 

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After 5-10 minutes of driving in deep sand, it feels like I’m dragging an anchor behind me.
I’ve tried every drive mode, put it in 4wd low etc.
I get the “doom lights” advance trac disabled, drive modes disabled etc
I’ve manually shut traction control off and advanced trac by manually holding it down.
It’s like the parking brake stays on.
anyone else have this?
@JaredWilm28401 I apologize. I misunderstood what you were trying to say - that you start out strong but then things happen and it bogs down. So maybe it stores a code that the shop can read. Outside of that I wonder if something is getting heat soak and going into self-protect mode.
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