Stuck on pavement!

Tomaz · #1 01-23-2006, 11:53 PM

Today I pulled off the road and angled onto a steeply declining driveway. My front right tire was on the decline and the left rear was on the road. When I attempted to back out, my left rear tire burned rubber continuously. I have a 01' 4.4, but I thought that the brake system would kick in to stop the spinning wheel and transfer power to the wheels with traction. I tried the DSC on and off, tried using the handbrake, and finally had some people sit on the tailgate to weight the rear tire and backed out. Shouldn't a four wheel drive vehicle be able to handle this situation?

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vreynaud · #2 01-24-2006, 12:00 AM

Coincidentally the exact same thing just happened to me (weird timing...), I even looked up make sure that ALL x5 are supposed to have the "permanently engaged four wheel drive".
I too am surprised: shouldn't a limited slip prevent that?
Any suggestions?

Tomaz · #3 01-24-2006, 12:03 AM

I don't think we have limited slip, we have open differentials, the ABS breaking is supposed to prevent wheel spin. I know newer X5's have an even more sophisticated system.

vreynaud · #4 01-24-2006, 12:08 AM

what is awd or 4wd worth if you loose power to 3 wheels when 1 spins. . .

vreynaud · #5 01-24-2006, 12:10 AM

i would have expected more from the bmw engineers, at least some sort of limited slip

Tomaz · #6 01-24-2006, 12:12 AM

Right! It's embarrassing. That wouldn't have happened with my Jeep Grand Cherokee.

somewhereinla · #7 01-24-2006, 12:47 AM

we did get more from BMW engineers... with the Xdrive system.

x5GuyInLA · #8 01-24-2006, 01:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tomaz

Today I pulled off the road and angled onto a steeply declining driveway. My front right tire was on the decline and the left rear was on the road. When I attempted to back out, my left rear tire burned rubber continuously. I have a 01' 4.4, but I thought that the brake system would kick in to stop the spinning wheel and transfer power to the wheels with traction. I tried the DSC on and off, tried using the handbrake, and finally had some people sit on the tailgate to weight the rear tire and backed out. Shouldn't a four wheel drive vehicle be able to handle this situation?

if you turned your DSC off, you should have been able to drive...check this article http://www.xoutpost.com/showthread.ph...&highlight=dsc
oops, wrong article.....there is an article on here about the problem you have, just can't find it right now.
here it is http://www.xoutpost.com/showthread.ph...&highlight=dsc

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