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Noticed it first time I went off-roading with my new Bronco, but decided it must have been my foot hitting gas and brake pedal at same time. Took a difficult trail yesterday and am near certain that when I experienced it (2wice), my foot was only on the brake, or over brake. Odd sensation as your moving slowly, then you feel the truck accelerate by itself. Could be issue. Curious if anyone else with Wildtrac has experienced? AND JUST TO AVOID THE NEWBIE SCOLDS, I've 30 years of off-roading experience so no rookie issue here.

Back-up camera issue previously sited still constant. Oil change on Friday and hope the dealer has a sw fix.

Finally, not sure the correct tire fitment on OEM Sasquatch. Left some serious scrapes on my pristine black rims, while jeep partner had none. Thinking wider tire to protect rim. Battle scars are inevitable (this was a challenging trail in Rockies), but it's pretty lame to see the scraping done that would not typically impact rim.

Otherwise, STOUT vehicle, definitely more rock crawler than given credit by some with f/r lockers working to perfection. Crab crawl around a turn with tight trees was awesome.
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I only ask because these modern motors (on other vehicles at least) will bump up the throttle if you are braking against the motor without using the clutch. This is the truck trying not to stall. Just a thought.
 

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Trail control or One-pedal-drive on?
 

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was going to say it is the auto shifting. I am pretty sure you can avoid this by going into manual mode where you decide when to shift.
Interesting, glad to have my experience validated. If it's just a gear shift, guess that's unavoidable. Could be bad though it it launched you over cliff or into a tree!
 

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you are between gears 1 and 2 or 2 and 3... the trans is either shifting up for down BUT given that you could be in precarious position during the shifts .. it feels like a sudden jolt or acceleration.

Put in manual mode and it should not do this unless you are really giving a lot gas on a steep incline and the ECU will shift to protect the trans.

Interesting, glad to have my experience validated. If it's just a gear shift, guess that's unavoidable. Could be bad though it it launched you over cliff or into a tree!
 
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Sorry missed that it was a Wildtrack.
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