Was out driving in about 4 inches of wet snow and came to an intersection where I wanted to turn left. I was doing under 20 mph and slowing. The rear end swung wide and when correcting by turning the wheel to the right, it seemed to swing wide again.

I got the feeling that that the QS may have contributed to the handling. I finished my snow driving in 2WS and did not encounter any problems. Has anyone else had any problems with QS in snow?

I have found that driving in the snow takes a bit to get used to. Just like when the roads are wet with rain and you hit the accelator to hard the truck will kick out on you.

The one thing I have have gotten in the habit of doing with wet or snowy roads is to put the truck into auto4.

Have a good day.

Bill

I always lock it out to 2 wheel in any significant snow. It gets real squirly and unpredictable in 4 wheel steer. Think about what is going on in 4 wheel steer. under 40 miles an hour your rear wheels are turning in the oposite direction the front wheels are turning. And in snow where the rear end is prone to break out on you, the 4 wheel steering actually makes it worse.

Thanks Paulie K, that is what I figured was happening. FYI, I was in 4wd when it happened. This was my first snow test. Will know better next time.

Now that it is summer time this shouldn't mater at all but...

I would agree that 4ws takes some getting used to in the snow (as does fwd too...) but I haven't felt that it was "unsafe" at all.

Where I normally end up driving (both sides of the lake michigan snow line) they're pretty bad about plowing the roads so its either really deep and slushy or else hard as rock and slippery as heck. For both cases I just leave it in 4ws and 4wd-auto and go slow. I also have a Suburban so I got plenty of weight on those rear wheels.

I haven't had the ass end of it swing out on me ever, when its slick enough outside I drive it like I'm driving a fwd. Of course the highway stability of quadrasteer has defiantely kept me on the road at speeds that I shouldn't have really been doing while the rest of the road is doing 360s or better (My friend in a honda behind me actually did that this winter).