We had some heavy snow last week and snow mode made a difference in getting and maintaining traction.
Snow mode engaged!
Finally got him in the snow and engaged snow mode. Very handy and useful in the slush. Better than a limited slip in that it cuts power to one wheel and increases the other to keep my man straight. The tech on this little guy never disappoints.👍🏼
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The best description I can think of to describe Snow Mode is Posi-Trac on steroids...computer uses the ABS wheel speed sensors to detect slipping front wheels. When it does it changes engine power and applies some brake on the slipping wheel to allow the opposite wheel to get traction. On the fly it adjusts engine torque and shift patterns to suit the road conditions.
I know that when I'm using it I risk going too fast for the road conditions because of the enhanced stability.
I'm loving snow mode. We've gotten about a meter of snow in last week with little of it melting. I had to take daughter to her grocery store job this morning at 8am. A lady in our complex in a Civic pulled out and couldn't get traction at all so she just pulled back in and went inside.
The co. the complex hires to do plowing sucks and shows up hours after we get dumped on.
But in snow mode, I easily went through what she couldn't. Then I got out of the complex and immediately notice the town didn't plow the side streets. A Chevy Impala sedan was hopelessly stuck on the road in the middle of street, so I had to wait for him ten minutes to sorta back into a side road which barely gave me enough room to get by. Would've been way easier without him in my way.
Daughter made it to work on time. 20 of her coworkers called off. I bet the Kia Soul doesn't have snow mode.
Also remember there's a tow hook up front under a plastic cover. You pop that off and insert the large bolt and screw it in. The bolt is on top of spare tire near the tire tools. And there's a hook under rear bumper. Hopefully none of us get stuck though. Lol. But in heat of moment we may forget about the front hook location, and chances are the rescue tow driver won't know either. As usually it's under the bumper.
The co. the complex hires to do plowing sucks and shows up hours after we get dumped on.
But in snow mode, I easily went through what she couldn't. Then I got out of the complex and immediately notice the town didn't plow the side streets. A Chevy Impala sedan was hopelessly stuck on the road in the middle of street, so I had to wait for him ten minutes to sorta back into a side road which barely gave me enough room to get by. Would've been way easier without him in my way.
Daughter made it to work on time. 20 of her coworkers called off. I bet the Kia Soul doesn't have snow mode.
Also remember there's a tow hook up front under a plastic cover. You pop that off and insert the large bolt and screw it in. The bolt is on top of spare tire near the tire tools. And there's a hook under rear bumper. Hopefully none of us get stuck though. Lol. But in heat of moment we may forget about the front hook location, and chances are the rescue tow driver won't know either. As usually it's under the bumper.
I have a 2022 Ultimate (Canadian model) - it has "Snow, Mud, and Sand" modes. I cannot figure out how to change it back to normal mode, and normal is not an option/ Does anyone know how to do this?
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