Had our first real snow and had to take on my 800 ft very steep driveway with my 2021 PB.

One thing I liked about my previous RAM was that if my wife was driving it, all she needed was 4W Auto and she would be good. Not the case with the F150. The traction control literally will stop the truck in the snow. My wife would have no idea what is wrong so now I have to try to explain to her the drive modes or the concept of 4W Auto vs 4W Lock. Reminds me back in the day when she called with our 4Runner to tell me she was stuck. I could here the stupid traction control beeping in the background as she was in some deep snow. Had to talk her through turning the traction control off so that it would actually allow wheel spin. Once she did that, she was no longer stuck. It was the first vehicle I owned with Electronic Throttle control.

 

I agree that it sucks. On my 2021 XLT there is a button on the dash that you can push to disable the traction control. The 4X4 has a button to activate it too. But, if you turn the **** that says "mode" you will get to the deep snow mode. In that setting it turns on the 4X4 automatically.

 

Hold the tsc button. Hitting it limits things. Holding it turns it mostly off. A bar comes up on the gage
guage cluster. Says hold to turn rsc offrsr something like that. Maybe it disables it all but I still feel like it's not. Toyota is the same way. Hit tsc and it lets you dig a little bit will still get you stuck. Hold it and you can dig.

I don't know about your ram but my wrangler rubicon will limit you down to choking the engine completely. Its a stick shift but you can hold it to the floor and it won't spin at all. One Touch of the button and traction Control is off on that one. Or in 4 lo is off. I wonder if it's all of in 4 lo in the Ford. I should have 2 feet of snow Sunday. I'll find out

 

I'm just here to say that of all of the vehicles I've ever owned or driven, performance vehicles or not, the '21 F150 with it's electronic brake booster and ABS system in concert with the powertrain calibration offers the most seamless and effective TCS system I have ever experienced in the dry. In the snow, it seems on par with everything else. With that being said, hit the 4H button (I presume your truck is not a Lariat with 4A) and go!

 

I hate the traction control in my 2021 F150, it is unbelievably sensitive and extremely intrusive. I don't feel safe turning onto streets with traffic unless I have the traction control turned off. On multiple occasions the TCS has completely cut the throttle and left my truck barely idling forward for a few seconds instead of accelerating up to speed.

There is no good reason for the TCS to be kicking in and aggressively cutting power when I'm in 4A and on dry roads. I feel like the TCS is constantly overreacting to wheel spin that didn't even occur when I have the wheel turned. Driving perfectly straight the TCS is fine, but it really seems to think that no amount of throttle is acceptable while turning.

 

^This^

My truck is the same.

 

That is what 4WD hi is for--then you know you are in 4WD and it is way easier then messing with the different drive modes and hoping the 4A doesn't take over switching between 2WD and 4WD

 

I agree with slow3v. Makes me glad I do not have 4A. TCS with 2H and 4H is excellent. Every day I make an uphill right-hand turn from a dead stop, accelerating to 50mph into traffic. Wet or dry, in 2H, I have never felt the wheels slip or hop and it certainly doesn't limit acceleration. Same with 4H in snow. In my old 1996 regular cab short bed, this turn would have caused major wheel hop every time even on dry pavement trying to accelerate it any reasonable speed. I was actually dreading this corner of the first time after getting my new truck and was amazed and how well the traction control works.

 

Interesting - I think it sucks, but for the exact opposite reason. I have an FX4 Lariat, and in 2WD mode with Grabber ATx tires, the rear end breaks loose easily on wet or dry surfaces. I'm worried about its performance in snow as a result. Sounds like I shouldn't,but should be concerned about it going into crawl mode. We shall see! Snow coming tomorrow.

 

Me too, left me dead in the middle of an intersection once for a good 5 seconds, felt like an eternity. Thankfully no cars were coming because I was blocking both directions and the truck just sat there like a potato....dangerous.