How to Bronco: Hero Switches Lesson by Loren Healy & Vaughn Gittin Jr.

Nice video. The end, when they were talking about the Traction Control button…reminded me how useful that can be for us gear rowers. It can help simulate the TTA, which does not come with the manual transmission. I’m perfectly confident without TC, as I have years of experience of driving powerful rwd vehicles in all sorts of situations.

Great share. thanks

I think these guys do a nice job of balancing thier personalities and being “professional “ spokespeople for the Bronco.

Good video! But what I find with driving vehicles with traction control (not just the Bronco) on the beach is to shut it off. When traction control starts cutting power on & off it wants to dig.

MrGreen55 said:

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Without lockers, does the Bronco use differential braking to give you a limited slip function?

Beachin 74 said:

Good video! But what I find with driving vehicles with traction control (not just the Bronco) on the beach is to shut it off. When traction control starts cutting power on & off it wants to dig.

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Is that with half of the traction control off or did you turn it all the way off? One thing I found out in this video that there 2 traction controls on the bronco some vehicles have this I didn't expect this on the bronco.

Always yelling.
Good content though.

A little thin on the TC, which I never understood in my Tundra, either.....

So if I'm in mud or going into mud, switch to GOAT mud or sand mode......and TC what? Does it help? I'd heard that when you get stuck, to turn it off. Very confusing.

Same with snow, I always heard to turn it off in deep snow if your stuck.

Thanks a lot! God bless you, guys!

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Awesome! Great share.

Headsong said:

A little thin on the TC, which I never understood in my Tundra, either.....

So if I'm in mud or going into mud, switch to GOAT mud or sand mode......and TC what? Does it help? I'd heard that when you get stuck, to turn it off. Very confusing.

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My experience- the GOAT modes work very well and have several programming parameters that lend themselves to the terrain you are operating in/on. They give you a baseline set up for the selected terrain related to locker, stay-bar disconnect, throttle sensitivity and level of influence of traction control. That being said, I have turned off traction control both for “straight ahead” defeat and full “yaw” defeat in certain instances (slow snow over ice as an example for me). It is really dependent on the situation. When I am locked up, stay-bar disconnect engaged and on rocks? I prefer the traction control off. Out in the dunes? I have found Baja and Sand mode both more often than not. Both are better than me at figuring out braking, throttle sensitivity and shift points. Hill Descent control is mind blowing and definitely applies the brakes more effectively than I can manually. One side note- none of the systems can defy physics and it’s scary when you are on an steep, icy downhill and you exceed any available grip and turn into a sled

They forgot to mention.... When offroad (WITH AN AUTOMATIC) 4WD low.... don't put it in "D" (aka)Drive it will constantly keep trying to shift.... You really need it in "M" (aka)Manual. That is what they instructed us at OFF ROADEO>>>(Las Vegas)
Found out the hard way this weekend. .... I was descending in 4WD LOW and put it in "D" and it keep shifting up.

And sped up the RPMs when I tried to shift down....

What was I thinking?????

Yea you really need to be in Manual to hold gears in 4WD (ESPECIALLY CRAWLING OR DESCENDING)
I KNOW THIS IS BASIC .... BUT FELT COMPELLED TO ADD!!! (please for give me )

Lake Tahoe Traveler said:

They forgot to mention.... When offroad (WITH AN AUTOMATIC) 4WD low.... don't put it in "D" (aka)Drive it will constantly keep trying to shift.... You really need it in "M" (aka)Manual. That is what they instructed us at OFF ROADEO>>>(Las Vegas)
Found out the hard way this weekend. .... I was descending in 4WD LOW and put it in "D" and it keep shifting up.

And sped up the RPMs when I tried to shift down....

What was I thinking?????

Yea you really need to be in Manual to hold gears in 4WD (ESPECIALLY CRAWLING OR DESCENDING)
I KNOW THIS IS BASIC .... BUT FELT COMPELLED TO ADD!!! (please for give me )

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Why didn't you just use Trail Control on the descent?