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Brian-H
Member Since: 10 Nov 2010
Location: Chippenham
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Hi,
Went to walk the dogs at the weekend and got onto a very wet grassy slope. Put the car into grass/gravel/snow and was getting nowhere with the dsc cutting the power. So i pressed the button till my dash displayed dsc off, (can't remember the exact phrase) but as i was trying to power up the hill the dsc was coming back on when the wheels started spinning.
Can someone advise if i'm doing something wrong or if the car has a gremlin?
Thanks
Bri
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 14th Feb 2013 5:33 pm |
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DSL
Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
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DSC never switches fully off. You took it back up to where it cut in. Looks like you found out you can still get stuck in a D3. Unfortunately when there's no grip you ain't going anywhere.
On rereading, that was traction control kicking in, doing what it should do.
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| 14th Feb 2013 5:45 pm |
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Brian-H
Member Since: 10 Nov 2010
Location: Chippenham
Posts: 75
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Didn't really get "stuck" just felt hindered by the t/c.
Is there no way to override it then at all? We were making progress every time until it cut in and i lost any momentum.
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| 14th Feb 2013 5:58 pm |
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DSL
Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
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DSC off and not in GGS mode, allows a bit more wheel spin. Plus GGS really damps down the throttle response. 
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| 14th Feb 2013 6:00 pm |
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Brian-H
Member Since: 10 Nov 2010
Location: Chippenham
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Ok, so may have been better in normal mode and maybe using transmission command shift?
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| 14th Feb 2013 6:05 pm |
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DSL
Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
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If it was me i'd have done that, left it in D and nailed the pedal to the floor. The car can then sort it all out. Might not be the technically correct way but works for me.
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| 14th Feb 2013 6:15 pm |
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Brian-H
Member Since: 10 Nov 2010
Location: Chippenham
Posts: 75
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Funnily enough that was my first resort! 
But having road tyres which are not that new, the trc killed the power and we just stopped.
Thanks for the input, at least i know it's not broken!
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| 14th Feb 2013 6:19 pm |
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kp
Member Since: 27 May 2011
Location: Sticking the Ex back in the skanks bin
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Or in sand mode as that should allow a fair amount of spin 
With DSC off and normal mode the systems will then work out which is slipping the most and sap a bit of power from it or start locking up diffs to help even the power out FFRR Owner, very nearly became a D3 owner
Test piloted a new D4 XS SDV6.. Gone and being forgotten i hope!!
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| 14th Feb 2013 6:53 pm |
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DiscoDunc
Member Since: 08 May 2006
Location: Bristol
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Low Ratio, 3rd gear, DSC off and mud/ruts or sand should sort it.
i rarely ever use GGS as I find the other settings work better Duncan
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| 14th Feb 2013 9:18 pm |
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jezbera
Member Since: 25 Jan 2008
Location: Zalesie
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I also found that GGS mode is lessworking then standard or rockcrowl when max traction is needed. RRS 2006 TdV6
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| 18th Feb 2013 5:29 am |
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