Dan Ike
Member
- Joined
- May 1, 2017
- Messages
- 13
- Reaction score
- 3
- City, State
- Floyds Knobs, IN
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 2013 Explorer Sport
My 2013 Explorer Sport AWD is terrible in snow compared to my 2013 Escape Titanium AWD and F-150 FX4. I have a gravel driveway in rural area with little to no snow removal. My tires are hancook summer tires which I know are terrible for snow. However, both other vehicles can make it up. The Explorer has traction control off, Snow mode on, and I'm monitoring the AWD gauge on dashboard. It starts with front wheels turning as i have momentum getting up the steep part but then as i start to slip in front, the back wheels don't try to spin, the dashboard just says "AWD turned off" and I have to turn the car off and back on again to get the AWD to say it's on. The AWD gauge DOES SHOW REAR WHEELS GETTING POWER but my brother outside says they don't spin. For testing, i parked on a known sheet of ice and attempted to give it different levels of acceleration but never once does the rear wheels try to spin. Only the front. Is this perhaps a defect i need to have looked at? I've owned many makes and models of AWD vehicles and this has been the least helpful in terms of sending power where it's needed.