Ford Explorer 4WD Off Road / Diagonal Test / All Terrain Modes Tested
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 ต.ค. 2020
- 2016 Ford Explorer just testing out how good or bad the 4wd system is.
To my surprise the mud / ruts mode worked the best. It applied the brake to the wheel slipping the most almost instantly. - ยานยนต์และพาหนะ
Great test! IME mud & rut is the best mode for locking all the wheels in. This is a really great AWD system.
We recently just had a bunch of snow and cold weather. Unfortunately I couldn’t do more tests. But I was on a road that had ice on one side and pavement on the other side. In Auto mode the wheels on the ice spun a lot but I still had some forward movement. It’s pretty cool how it works. If there wasn’t a car behind me I would have stopped and put it in mud and ruts to see if it had minimal wheel spin. Maybe next time.
It's actually 4WD as there are many more "options" as shown in this video that AWD systems don't offer.
*Did it have electric diff lock or didnt have?*
instablaster
Well done. Best video explanation of the Ford intelligent 4wd I've been able to find.
Thank You!
This is an underrated 4WD system (my wife drives a 2018 Sport, and it does fantastic in the heavy snow and ice we get in Minnesota). Too bad the Explorer isn't a true off-road vehicle as it was in the past.
Most Jeep or Bronco drivers don't ever put their vehicles in a good off road test. I think its way more fun to off road a normal car. I took my 2016 Exploder to an off road park. Most other vehicles were actual ATV or side by sides. Everyone looked at me like I was crazy as my car was only about 8 months old when I took it to this park. I had a blast doing river crossings and off roading it. Only think I needed to be careful as my oil pan is exposed. Other than that I did crazy climbs and downhill obstacles including river crossing.
In the mud/rut mode you can see the ABS engaging the front left & back right brakes to move the power over to the other cross axle aspect. Very cool
isn’t ABS for braking? Why would it need to activate brakes in order to take off?
All new cars do it now@@cyrusIIIII cheap torque vectoring
nice demonstration 👍
I have the 2017 sport and coupled with Goodyear's Weatheready's, the intelligent 4wd was unstoppable in the snow/mode, absolutely incredible. I literally tried to get stuck in 2.5ft snow to above the bumper on an unplowed street for 2 blocks and it did not get stuck. I purposefully stopped in the 2.5ft of snow to see how it would do burried, without momentum and it got going without a problem. Did really well with slushy crap that drags your car left or right, better than anyone else I saw on the roads, including 4wd pickups. ABS/traction control is predictable and gives you just enough of a sensation that you need to slow down before it corrects yet kn normal 2-3 inch packed/unpacked snow I could launch it like on pavement lol. Turning off traction control I'm able to drift in snow covered parking lot but the anti roll system can't be turned off and kills the fun.
Tip1: snow mode gives the throttle pedal a lot less sensitivity/response to limit low end torque, making it easier to feather the gas when starting out. I also call it "wife/fuel sipper mode" as I don't see her jolting her head all over when I leave stop lights lol Tip2: Best launches are obtained in sport mode in combination with sand mode whilst doing a brake stand. Don't use the paddles, it'll shift for you. Sand mode gives the snappiest throttle response, awful for city/ with the wife driving.
Have yet to tow our 20ft enclosed festherlight, but its has the same engine as the F150 of same year-ish so towing isnt a problem, obivously less tongue weight in comparison. Will be offroading this summer w/ Truxx 2.5" lift and 255/70/17's, so we'll see how that goes!
Fordexplorer.org/forums. for all Q&A's and mods.
Thank you for such a detailed explanation. I'm about to get a 2018 explorer platinum trim.
The biggest thing I notice with the intelligent 4wd system is in situations like this (vs driving down the road) when certain tires lose traction, the system takes 5-10 seconds to vector the power to the wheels that have traction. Now my 01 F150 didn't have a limited slip so, you lost traction on the front left and back right, you were done for, regardless how long you wanted to spin them for, w/ limited slip diffs being a bit more helpful.
I feel like an appropriate summary of this vehicles intelilegent 4wd is this: primarily front 2wd, but also 4wd as needed and when that doesn't work, it's got the ultimate AWD/ABS assist. Incredible how far things have come since the 2000's.
I noticed in mud and ruts it reacts a lot faster. In all other mode there is a significant delay applying the brake to the slipping wheel.
Great video. Great car. Thank you.
Thank you for this! Now, I know!
I use to have a 17 toyota rav4 awd. I took that thing down jeep trails in the mountains. 3 wheeling the crap out of it. Had the rear tire 3 feet off the ground couple of times. But one thing it struggled with is tire spin. Fords intelligent 4wd and how the abs locks one side to send power to the other is pretty amazing. I have a 17 explorer sport. (Family got bigger so rav had to go)
I miss my Explorer, been thinking about getting a 2008 Jeep Grand Cherokee Overland for a winter / adventure vehicle. Has a Hemi and front and rear lockers :)
I have a 2013 and it seems to work.
Great video! So would you say the "Auto" mode is an AWD system? and the "modes" are the real 4WD?
There is no transfer case so it’s not a “real” 4wd system. But I’m auto mode from a stop it always powers the front and back wheels and once getting up to speed it sends power to the front to save fuel. Snow mode does the same thing. Mud & ruts and Sand mode send power to all wheels all the time. So they are like a truck in 4 hi.
Because the old manual shift transfer case with 2WD, high and low range was just way too damn hard LOL. Never needed all those modes, when it was in 4WD it was in 4WD the truck didn't care what you were driving on.
My Explorer just has auto high and low, that's plenty of options LOL.
Yea I hear yea, but what’s nice about electronics is how it simulates a locking diff without having one. Now it’s definitely not as good as a true locker but it does help give you a lot of extra traction when needed. I wish this explorer did have a low range but this is no true off roading vehicle anyways.
try it with steering going left and right 90 degrees, seems even it is a 4 wheel, the front wheels has no traction until it gets on the hard part
If your stuck in deep snow put it in mud mode to get unstuck. Just did that yesterday. Obviously if your really stuck it’s not going to work but mud/rut mode got me out of my driveway.
I like mud and ruts mode the best. Sand mode can be fun but it makes the throttle response to sensitive. Thanks for the comment.
I've noticed this too. I was driving in deep snow and put it in mud/ruts....waaay better!
I owned a 2011 limited fully loaded and I buried it in mud and snow and it pulled out since I traded it for the 2017 xlt sport appearance package front wheel based and I still get my way with traction control off and in sport mode. But I do missed the intelligent 4wd system. Just dont let the battery go bad you'll have to get the system flashed . It's good to have ford mechanics as friends lol
So you got rid of 4wd for FWD thats a bummer unless you live in a warmer climate. But I am loving the 4wd system. I found the mud/rut mode works the best for off-roading. I just uploaded an off-roading video it was pretty fun doing.
@@EverydayCars yes unfortunately I did the one I have now is a pavement prowler. But honesty I love the look . I'll be getting a 2019 or 2020 soon now the trim on the 3rd one will be platinum or st. Awd I do miss my limited though I took that thing through deep mud all I needed was a shovel here and there lol it has power
What happens if the battery dies? Mine died about a month ago and I never had any issues.
I have a 2017 explorer base that has a 4wd logo on the back but it doesn't have a button or switch for it in the cabin, how do I turn that 4wd on
It will have a dial right below the shifter. To the left of the cup holder.
@@EverydayCars the dial us for drive mode only, no selection for 4wd or 2wd
@@abugibreal Sorry I misunderstood, the vehicle is really AWD not a true 4wd. There is no transfer case. But I’m mud and sand mode it sends power to 50/50 front and rear all the time. In auto and snow it starts off 50/50 then sends all power to the front wheels to save fuel.
@@EverydayCars so if I want to put it in 4wd I should put it in mud sand mode /snow
@@abugibreal mud and ruts mode would be best.
The Mud and Rut has not failed me yet.
Wish I still had my explorer. Surprisingly I miss it. Would have been nice to do a small lift and 1 size bigger tires.
Nice!@@EverydayCars
Tnx#
Something must have been messed up. My 4wd explorer did just fine off roading.
Mine did good when I actually went off road. But this is a good test to see the different modes.
Does this Explorer have a lift kit on it?
This is stock height.
Hello, can I make a trailer with a splash screen for you, do you need for the channel??TV___rr
Some better tires would make that a breeze
There were Firestone Destination AT-2. They were pretty good tires. I think lack of articulation hurts it.
@@EverydayCars yeah but if you put a set of duratracs or k02s you would be laughing
Its not a diagonal test
Perhaps not, but it still did an adequate job of showing the capabilities of each mode.
That’s pretty bad.
This should be about testing the tires not the Explorer
Sounds like regular street tires
And rookie driver
Not very intelligent jeep does it way better
Did you test a jeep on it? Lol
@@ajgreen868 yes I've done lots of Awd testing on jeeps
@@TnTTyler where’s the videos? Anyone can got on here and say that
bad car
It’s not to bad. Mine’s been super reliable 106k miles with 0 issues. What do you drive?
@@EverydayCars
I have an Explorer, a 2012 model, the shaft is broken, the screen has stopped working, the explorer is bad in muddy ground.
@@mohm4070 how many miles? And being bad in the mud is a tire issue not so much a car issue.
@@mohm4070sounds like a driver issue to me. 😂😂
Roll the truck back 15 feet after every terrain selection, this will make sure the hubs roll back into the free position!!
I am not impressed with your performance. . .