TC Effectiveness

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Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

Not trying to confuse the issue,, or go offtrack[bighmmm]
The RR's pioneered traction control,, first rears then all 4,, then the D2's got it,, but by then the RR's had far Superior TC software (and still have [biggrin])

My question is,, with TC, the trick on the 4 wheel TC on D2's is to either rev the tits off it and wait , or stop a wheel,,
but if that RR only has it on the rear,, how to activate???

Good question Pedro.
Because it is part of the ABS, the ABS computer picks up that one rear wheel is spinning more than the other and pulsates the brakes on the slipping wheel to allow the power to be distributed to both wheels evenly. It takes no notice of the front axle. As a driver you only know it's happening because the TC light on the dash lights up when the TC is activated. I've heard of the issue you raise in Defenders with 4 wheel TC and I've heard that it can be a real pain. Perhaps it is the same system as D2s? But I can assure you the rear axle only TC on a Rangie (mine was an LSE and the first model with it as standard) worked brilliantly. Nowhere near as clever as the D4 system, but after a quarter of a century development, what do you expect!