Ford Ranger 4x4 snow traction test : 2WD, 4WD, Diff Lock and Terrain Management system!
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- čas přidán 18. 02. 2020
- The new Ford ranger can be fitted with a terrain management system! This advanced technology provides an added measure of control, on or off the road. The available Terrain Management System (included in the FX4 Off-Road Package) has four selectable drive modes. Choose Normal, Grass/Gravel/Snow, Mud/Ruts or Sand. The system, shifting on the fly, automatically calibrates engine responsiveness, transmission gearing, and vehicle control systems to provide optimum traction, drivability, and performance. Our new Ford ranger was equipped with the FX4 Off-Road Package! This off-road package features a unique off-road-tuned suspension, all-terrain tires, a frame-mounted heavy-gauge steel front bash plate and skid plates, rear locking differential, innovative Terrain Management System with four distinct drive modes and Trail Control! Just lock that rear diff and: just send it! This Ford Ranger off-road is a beast when it comes to winter fun and snowdrift! ( Even if it's not the Ford Ranger Raptor )
So check out our video of our traction test in the snow with the Ford Ranger Fx4 Off-road!
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Ford Ranger test note, with all that ice and no proper winter tires, considers this test was made just for fun!
What is this engine? Rangers from Brasil ultli 3.2 diesel in Xlt and Limited (200hp) and utili 2.2 in Xls(170hp)
Without winter tires, correct?
@@alessandroriboni396 those are AT with all season index probably..
I think a lot of people missed the point. Everyone is an expert. Great vid, exactly what I wanted to watch. To see the difference between 4wd and 2wd with a locker (for my next purchase) .
Thanks
Glad you enjoyed it!
Yes, exactly, the 2WD with the locker did well, add snow tires or something like the Falcon Wildpeak AT3s and you could do a lot. The 4WD was smoother and stickier, but the 2WD is significantly less money.
I live in New Zealand. I ended up getting an xlt ranger 4wd. I don't do much off roading but we do go up some steep mountainous gravel roads sometimes towing a couple of horses. We don't have a lot of the big American pick up here as they need a conversion to right hand drive. Once taxes etc are added, the price doubles. Even the smaller ranger and Toyota hilux pick up are quite expensive here. In saying that, the ranger is one of the top selling vehicles here.
Have a 2020 FX2 and this answered my curiosity about the locking diff in snow. We rarely get snow so I don’t need 4WD. Locking diff does help when a wheel goes off of the driveway into the mud. Saved me from tearing up a landscaped bed next to the concrete driveway. :-)
Instantly one of my new favorite videos on CZcams. It shows you exactly what each system helps do and the video makes it’so damn simple to understand.
LoL, people say it’s more like a sedan or suv just because it drives better than the old truck? It is a truck, it is body on frame, it has more torque than the na v6, it pulls more, it is faster and handles better, it has better fuel efficiency and a smooth ride. You can keep your old-school way, but those are the facts and most people like them.
Well done, one of the most informative videos on the Ranger on CZcams, and not a word spoken! I have just bought one of these and thought I had an issue with intermittent drive to front wheels in low box, I now see this is as designed and can understand why. Superb video! Cheers, Jon
Now this is a video on truck capabilities. Best on youtube. Keep this style of content please!
Excellent test. Ranger performance was great.
Good electronics, impressed with the difference the terrain management made
The snow mode was the most obvious for that test
@@CarQuestion yes but there seemed to be ice under the snow, so i wouldn't expect it to get grip just using electronics instead of say snowchains
@@pablomoreno1999 mostly wet cold grass :P
Wich is one of the slipperiest things in off-road and farming territory!
good demo showing rangers capability on ice
glad you like!
Honestly can’t wait for winter ❄️ my Ranger is totally ready
Actually impressed
Why?
Thanks for making th is video. I have all these features on my truck and it just iced here in Louisiana. Now I know what to put truck into to drive in the ICE...THANKS
Looks like the Diff lock works against TCS a bit especially in 2WD (not surprising since not much TCS can do other than cut power when both wheels slipping together)
The diff lock only works up yo 23MPH i think, or even lower than that. So ones one wheel spins faster than that rpm it disengages. So a slow start is needed
Impressive, and doing that with a AT tire was very good. I wonder how it would've done with a dedicated snow tire but regardless a very informative video.
glad you like!
Great video thanks!
Great video
Was this test also performed with no extra weight in the bed? I live 2 miles from work in the city in southern Missouri and I’m thinking the fx2 would suit me just fine for a Ranger.
Am I missing something? From the US here, my '19 fx4 won't engage the diff locker unless it's in 4 low
I always wondered if you could use the differential lock in two-wheel drive Dang one of them new Rangers would be so much fun in the snow two-wheel drive diff locked donut Heaven I go out and play in my old 98 every time it snows unfortunately I don't have a differential Locker I still have manual hubs and manual transmission lol
Hola buenas noches una consulta en que pagina puedo encontrar los focos led traseros?
Greeting !!! from Maryland I am thinking to return my 2021 ranger is regular 2x2 very worry for the weather in the last few weeks I park the truck at home .
Love mine
It takes a driving experience for one to understand that the 4 banger in this thing is ACTUALLY SOLID. 100 mph is easily achieved on the freeway
Would like to see same video in snow with nissan frontier pro 4x, to see what old technology can do
What the speed limit with rear lock difertial?
So in that kind of snow, should I leave the 2WD truck home? Looks like you still got up that hill 👍🏻
Klasse 👍
What kind of tyres have?? At or mud??
Love this pick up, American Version of course!!!!😅👍
America F**K Yeah!
@@CarQuestion 😅😅😅 OKEYYY
YOU ARE WONDERFULL AMONG SO VIDEO TEST , Good wishes from Colombia HERO!!!!!
Uk Verizon is pretty good more torque output than the 3.5 eco when it comes to proper pick ups like 150s etc yeah America has the win
Awesome car
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So Car Question what would you rate the Ranger in capability and performance compared to the other trucks in its class?
More agressive than the Tacoma TRD, but the TRD PRO could be a beast with more agressive tires and crawl control.
Colorado / Canyon: The front end is too low in basic package, but the ZR2 is the ultimate off-road truck !!! front and rear locker are a must and those suspension are WOW!
The Frontier pro4x is not bad but lacks cool terrain mode
Ridgeline: is not there at all.
Can't afford 600 a month on an f150, will definitely be going the ranger route next year for around half the price
Can any of the ranger 4wd drive modes be used on dry tarmac without tyre skipping? Such as 4Hi?
No, just 2wd
I have a 2019 Lariat 4x4 no FX4. Do you have a similar test for my version of Ranger?
I just purchased a 2020 Ford Ranger XLT because my old 4x4 truck finally decided to retire itself...I was unable to afford a 4x4 I tow a vehicle but live in Florida so 4x4 is not totally necessary unless you want to go to some fo the boat ramps that are off the beaten path...so I am a bit worried as I used to go to some of those places....my question for the 4z2 version it says its an open diff...which not sure what that means...anyhow I saw that they had a FX2 package but that was only after I purchased my regular XLT...is there a company that can make a locking differential for a Ranger? I am looking at changing the tires which I know will help a bit..and then maybe better shocks...any other tips for 4x2? Thanks. Other than not having 4x4 I do love this new truck
ARB Sell a locker for the rear that’s air operated quite expensive and a pain to fit ! Sounds crazy but any slippy boat ramps use winter chains it will bite down to hard stuff and keep you planted ! Off road tyres actually reduce contact patch so on a hard standing thats just slippery they are worse than stock tyres.
The Ranger has a Dana 44 rear end. There is literally no differential with more aftermarket than the Dana 44. It also underpins the Wrangler Rubicon, Nissan Titan, and Nissan Frontier (albeit lower spline count). For your application I would suggest a helical gear ( Torsen or Truetrac) differential carrier. Not as aggressive as a locker so it won't crab walk, and works exceptionally well with traction control. About $4-500 + install.
Hi guys!
Good test and fun to watch.
What kind of engine and how many n.m. does it have that unit?
It seems to me, that at 2:00 the traction control goes crazy on the front axle trying to control the traction (beyond that on the display say TCS: off)
Greetings from Córdoba, Argentina
Hi to all Argentina friends of CQ :)
Even if the TCS is off, in most vehicle, the car still keeps it active! Terrain mode will give you some wheel slip but will be more agressive to find traction!
Its an anemic 2.3L turbo 4 cylinder. 270HP, and 310ftlbs torque....its a bloated family sedan with a truck bed....think Explorer Sport Trac but more expensive. They're not that great, I tried driving one for a loaner for a week, its not a Ranger and I've had several Rangers, this new one isn't even close to what people wanted, its 3/4 of the size of an F150 and the same price. The back seat in the crew cab is useless unless you are 4 feet tall or shorter...a standard cab with a 6-1/2 or 7 foot bed would have been much more welcomed than what they gave us here....there have been rumors about the "Courier" coming back, hopefully they don't screw that up too, and keep it the size the original Rangers were without that useless crew cab nonsense.
All those electronic safety nannies will still intervene when they choose to do so regardless if you think you've got them turned off. The different management modes will change how quickly and how much they intervene but there's no disabling them completely, at least not from the driver's seat without a fancy dealer level scan tool.
@@wildbill23c This is nothing like a sedan, it is a truck with a true ladder frame, that little 2.3 has more torque than anything in class except the gm diesel, and out pulls everything in class. This Ranger trounces the old one pretty everywhere. As for prices walk into a Toyota dealership and try not to passout when you see the prices of a Tacoma, if you looked around you could find a XLT or XL Ranger at a good price. The Courier if they are making it, will be based off a small "family sedan" the Focus, so your not gonna like that other than it might be close to the size of the old Ranger.
@@garys2157 The price on the Tacoma is why I bought a Tundra, price was about $1500 difference I bought the larger truck with a V8 instead of the turd bucket Tacoma. Paid $27k for my 08 Tundra Double Cab 4x4 5.7L new. The price has gone up on them quite a bit and many features that were in my base model Tundra aren't even in the SR they sell now but the price has gone up. Newer isn't always better LOL.
Yeah, if they do bring the Courier back it'll be much smaller than the bloated Ranger they have now, problem is the Courier will also be front wheel drive.
Not a fan of what they did to the Ranger, its 3/4 of the size of an F150 but with an F150 price tag and a very underpowered 4 cylinder in the real world you get horrible fuel economy with them when you actually use it as a truck, same goes for the ecojoke F150's. 1/2 size engines trying to do the work of a big block = less than full size truck fuel economy...I don't like my cars sounding like weed eaters either, I'll keep my V8 that'll work all day long without ever being overworked.
@@garys2157 fact 👍
Hi, those taillights, will they fit my regular 2019 Ford Ranger? And where to buy?
If you are asking if these will fit the base model, they will. You can get them at a junk yard, ebay, or from Ford. They are just stock taillights with the blind slot monitoring. The non-blind spot monitoring tails won't look like that. Those stock tails from ford in the video cost around $1,200 each. Keep in mind the tail lights might fit but they might not function properly on a Ranger without blind spot monitoring
good
Why does the manual say that with the diff lock engaged the traction control is disabled?
1ohtaf1 it’s not the case
I would love to see such a video with a Tacoma, both with and without the ATRAC system. I own a TRD Sport MT lacking such system and I wonder how it compares to other 4wd or the TRD Offroad kit.
The ATRAC in my 08 Tundra did ok, but you have to realize of course its an electronic nanny which if over-worked does overheat the ABS system and will disable your antilock brakes as a result....it is all tied into the ABS, traction control, stability control, rollover mitigation system, etc....so the ATRAC just works with all those systems to try and figure out what the heck you are trying to do and attempts to keep the vehicle going somewhat in the right direction. Wish they offered a 6 speed manual in the Tundras LOL, I would have kept mine....maybe, if I could have kept a front differential in it and rear axle bearings together...2 recurring issues that forced me to dump the truck after 8 years and 104k miles...otherwise it was a good truck, but with all the long distance driving I was doing I couldn't afford to have the truck down for stupid things like that and often a week to 2 weeks at a time while the dealer scrounged around for parts...the differential was replaced twice, rear axle bearings 4 times...not impressed :(. My 05 Tundra on the other hand has been great and hit 167k in it last week. The older ones were much better built.
two thing that might interest you!
Toyota trucks AUTO LSD system | In ACTION and How it work!:
czcams.com/video/j1mXSAGMG5Q/video.html
This was done on a Tacoma
And an older video
4x4 Test: Toyota Tundra / Diagonal and Auto LSD / A-Trac test!
czcams.com/video/G5z0ae_nA4U/video.html
Recent Tacoma's with ATRAC (Offroad and TRD PRO trims) differ from others in the sense they have a beefed up hydraulic brake system, as well as a software that does its magic. Your former videos show LSD, ATRAC but I'd like to see how quick (or not) the ATRAC-less system would figure out the diagonal test in a 4wd setting.
it looks like 2wd and good at tyre is enough for me. I am sur it can handle some basic off road too.
True.. now a days people think they need 4wd/awd because it's chilly and rainy
@@DevoraFierroGrande 😆
2014 Jeep Wrangler had B LD on front diff works the same as last video
I'm buying a 2014 Ford F-350 4x2 with Rear axel Shift Locker. Does this feature work on snow or off-road ground? Please advise. Thank you
Yes but dont drive fast or you will go sliding around on ice and snow be careful using the diff lock in the snow go in a parking lot and get a feel for how it drives. Off road it will add some capability.
@@pacific4x444 diff lock cuts out at like 15MPH or 20 mph to not cause damage i can’t remember the exact number. Its evident in this video in 4x2 diff lock on and traction off when the truck his floored it one wheel peels it real quick
@@Thirty-OughtSick that's good full lockers or even limited slips can be a handful in snow or ice
@@pacific4x444 thank you 👍
I'm not really a fan of 4cyl but would you say the 2.3 ecoboost is more than capable?
Oh yeah - it blows away most v6 non-turbo.
1:52 -- not even center locked. front not turning at same rate as rear.
What are you running for tires on the Ranger?
dynapro AT
more info here: czcams.com/video/281Bunn__6Y/video.html
It depends on version. FX4 should have Hankook's new AT 2 which is a quite a jump from there ATM's older version. Other packages have Michelin's similar to Tacoma any package.
4 months from now I’ll be sitting in one 😭😭
FORD RANGER US VERSION WHY DON'T AVAILABLE IN IRAQ
You were able to get the international version (T6) for the past 10 years and still can, while us in Canada and USA had no Ranger at all
So, only the fx4 has the locking diff?
You can buy the locking diff alone for around $450-500, without the FX4.
No. I have the 2020 Ranger XLT Sport 4x4. It has the rear locker but not the TCS nor the beefed up suspension and skid plates as on the FX4 package.
FX2 as well or order a 4x2 with the locker
Just voided the trucks warranty by driving it off the lot
Lol
Starting to see reports now of fuel getting mixed into the oil in the rangers.
So nit-picking here but shouldn't the first few tests probably have voided the later tests because the tire spinning most likely melted and/or displaced most of the snow and ice on the road where the tires repeatedly traveled.
Yeah, we don't call them scientific test :P
My 33 year old Ranger does that too, without a diff lock, without traction control, without stability control, and without terrain management...So what's your point?
Why do you Feel the need to brag and compare?
Unless that old Ranger has mechanical limited slip differentials, I highly doubt such a claim. Otherwise only two wheels would have spun hence much less traction.
@@jstgermain256 LOL, you don't need a limited slip differential to drive in snow and in many cases if you aren't careful one will quickly get you sideways across the road. My Ranger has done great in snow/ice and its not even 4WD, my Bronco 2 and my Jeep are 4WD, the Ranger isn't, haven't had any issues going in snow with it, but then again I learned how to drive long before electronic nannies existed to get people driving that have no business doing so in bad weather.
I wish my Ranger had limited slip it would make it even more fun in the snow, maybe someday I'll throw a Lock-Rite in it, but 33 years and no problems, I had to chain up once to get up my cousin's driveway in 18" of snow, but I was pulling a 14' travel trailer...if I didn't have the trailer the truck would have made it all the way up without the chains.
Its 100% knowing how to drive and having the right tires and chains when needed...
@@CarQuestion Same reason the OP made the video, and I'm just sayin you don't need a $40k+ 4x4 pickup to drive in snow, people were driving in snow long before 4x4's ever existed, and this video proves absolutely nothing about the 4WD performance of the new Ranger at all, it just shows tires spinning just like any other vehicle out there.
Driving in snow is 100% driver competency and tires...it has absolutely nothing to do with the vehicle and older vehicles do much better in snow/ice due to their lower power output reducing wheel spin issues and slippage that occurs with today's vehicles that have way too much power going to the wheels in those low traction conditions.
You're full of shit. I owned a 94 Ranger and if there was even just 4 inches of snow in my driveway I was getting stuck. Once I put snow tires on it, it was better but still not like this in the video. They are not babying the throttle like you would have to in an old rear wheel drive.
To look the video is great.
To drive my Ranger is much better. 👍😃
It doesn't matter that you can get your truck "going on ice/snow," What matters is that we all have the same "stopping capacity" as every other vehicle on ice/snow...NONE!
All-wheel drive or 4 wheel drive, both only get you in deep trouble if you get too confident.
Thanks Ralph Nader
Wait until you're stopped at a red light on a steep incline on snowy/icy day, and you'll see why it matters to have enough traction
@@adamharris2674 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Sounds like a lawnmower. It’s a FORD.😁
Oh I guess you like the less powerful minivan engines the others have huh? HA!
Oh ok, v8 5.0L coyote has sweet sounds if you're looking for it.
Ok,ok, here's my test...I live in Georgia & I own a 2014 Raptor & my son has my 2003 Ranger Edge....the 2019 Ranger could not keep up with him in his 2003 Ranger muchless my 2014 Raptor....so prof in the pudding
In what way couldn't the 2019 surpass the 2003?? The new one is better in every way possible - except it's just slightly bigger and heavier, and you can't get it in a manual transmission.
Miserable because I got a 2wd ranger. Haven’t needed 4wd yet, and I hope I never will haha
Sorry, but this is a horrible test of a locker in the snow. Try it with maybe 4"s of snow of snow. Fully locked just meaning fully sideways. I owned an F150 fx4 with the Elocker. I couldn't get out of my mild driveway with 4"-6" of snow with the locker on. It was better in 2wd TCS on.
Hum ok then get some real winter tires i guess lol
@@CarQuestion running Duratracs.
@@terrencejones9817 those are not winter tires !
@@CarQuestion legally they are. 3 peak mountain rated. They are also studdable.
Terrence Jones “3PMSF-branded all-season and all-terrain tires cannot match the traction of dedicated winter / snow tires in all winter weather conditions and should not be considered a replacement for where and when a dedicated winter tire is needed.”
This has nothing to do with the truck, it has everything to do with the tires. With the right tires a sports car could do this.
Bronco better be 10x better than this without a lot more options
Yhea but for all that money u still ony get a four cylinder engine 😂😂😂 lol .wtf 😒.ford ?????
Ok.......,zero context, nothing gained by watching.
cry me a river geez! what can't you understand... you want me to talk to you?
ok then, there is snow, there is ice, let's have fun!
geez.
Let's say I know nothing about the Ranger, I see a video that says snow traction test.
I want to know how the trucks system works, and how does traction control work.
Swap test with fun, problem solved.
yes there is something gained in this video for knowledge. It proves that the terrain management assisted the truck up that hill at the end.
so what.. are you jealous?