What does Slippery mode actually do?

[ShadowDragon24]

On this side of the ocean all variants have 4A except XLT

Nice. you guys also got rear console ac vents. we dont.

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[Satex]

Works pretty good here in Wyoming. Really dampens the throttle and reduces spin. Front doesn’t feel as floaty too on snow/ice. Don’t get too confident however and end up in a ditch.

I don't want a dampened throttle. That will make it more likely that my foot will slip off the pad.

 

[AssolMarandy]

Slippery mode changes how the truck responds to the road.

It reduces throttle response so the truck does not spin the tires as easy. It also changes how traction control and stability control work. The truck will try to keep wheel slip low.

Slippery mode can work in 2H or 4H, depending on the truck settings.

4H sends power to all four wheels all the time. It helps with traction but does not change throttle or shift behavior.

Use Slippery mode for snow covered roads. Use 4H when you need extra traction at low speeds.

 

[YukonRanger]

Slippery is good for highway cruising, acceleration on slick roads or going up an icy hill

but it's easy to get yourself stuck in deep snow as you can stomp on the gas and the wheels wont turn

 

[JDW]

The best mode for snow is the competent driver mode. Learn how to control the truck yourself, don't rely on nannies and modes.

Absolutely everyone should do the following. It goes double for people who are nervous about driving in the winter or in general. Experience is your friend.

Go find an empty parking lot or some other place that is safe, flat, and free of obstructions the first day you get some decent snow.

Then learn the limits of traction of your car and how to maintain or regain control once you've passed those limits. Do donuts, drifts, hard braking, hard cornering under power to induce over and under steer, whatever. The idea is to purposefully make the car lose traction so you know what it feels like and have an idea how to get traction back or maintain control when it happens.

You'll be a lot better off if you familiarize yourself with slipping and sliding someplace safe first, rather than feeling it for the first time on a busy road.

 

[BigAir]

The best mode for snow is the competent driver mode. Learn how to control the truck yourself, don't rely on nannies and modes.

Absolutely everyone should do the following. It goes double for people who are nervous about driving in the winter or in general. Experience is your friend.

Go find an empty parking lot or some other place that is safe, flat, and free of obstructions the first day you get some decent snow.

Then learn the limits of traction of your car and how to maintain or regain control once you've passed those limits. Do donuts, drifts, hard braking, hard cornering under power to induce over and under steer, whatever. The idea is to purposefully make the car lose traction so you know what it feels like and have an idea how to get traction back or maintain control when it happens.

You'll be a lot better off if you familiarize yourself with slipping and sliding someplace safe first, rather than feeling it for the first time on a busy road.

^^^^^This^^^^^

Most people have no idea how to control a vehicle in a slide or steer out of it. Some practice in a safe environment would teach them a lot.

 

[joordan]

and do not forget to lower your tire pressure if you just ride on the snow. as low as 20psi is the sweet spot

 

[rocsteady]

The best mode for snow is the competent driver mode. Learn how to control the truck yourself, don't rely on nannies and modes.

Absolutely everyone should do the following. It goes double for people who are nervous about driving in the winter or in general. Experience is your friend.

Go find an empty parking lot or some other place that is safe, flat, and free of obstructions the first day you get some decent snow.

Then learn the limits of traction of your car and how to maintain or regain control once you've passed those limits. Do donuts, drifts, hard braking, hard cornering under power to induce over and under steer, whatever. The idea is to purposefully make the car lose traction so you know what it feels like and have an idea how to get traction back or maintain control when it happens.

You'll be a lot better off if you familiarize yourself with slipping and sliding someplace safe first, rather than feeling it for the first time on a busy road.

This is great advice^^. Playing around in sports cars when I was younger in wet conditions, at track events on the wet skidpad, and hooning around in snow-covered big parking lots saved me a few accidents later in life I'm sure.

I would also add to do the above but with all the traction nannies turned all the way off so you can understand how much they are saving your butt, even in just light rain. I think a lot of people will be surprised at how many times you would normally have been spinning the drive wheels if the computers/traction control weren't intervening. In normal driving, it's really not so noticeable after you have gotten used to the truck.

 

[JDW]

This is great advice^^. Playing around in sports cars when I was younger in wet conditions, at track events on the wet skidpad, and hooning around in snow-covered big parking lots saved me a few accidents later in life I'm sure.

I would also add to do the above but with all the traction nannies turned all the way off so you can understand how much they are saving your butt, even in just light rain. I think a lot of people will be surprised at how many times you would normally have been spinning the drive wheels if the computers/traction control weren't intervening. In normal driving, it's really not so noticeable after you have gotten used to the truck.

This is a very, very important distinction you've added. I didn't even think of it because it's second nature to me to turn off stability and traction control as soon as I start a vehicle, but yes it's absolutely worth mentioning. Especially lately as some people seem to not even know how to do this.

All nannies need to be turned off as much as possible! This is critical to make the most out of your time spent learning control.

Sadly even in the Ranger Raptor they can't be turned all the way off, but enough to have fun.

 

[daedalus]

You would not believe this but I had to use Slippery Mode the first day of Summer and a Trip to Crater Lake. It was white out condiotions on the mountain and I felt very secure in its ability to modulate the throttle response and the changes it makes to tracton control.

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