100%. He was too slow and kept aiming for that dip. Driver mod is the best mod. Stop wasting money on parts and take an offroading class. Much better use of cash
Gotta start from further back and come around that turn in 2nd gear. You'd be up the hill no problem if you came with momentum. With the Element you gotta send it, its not a crawler.
Your rear differential clutch was not engaging at all, probably due to overheating. There is a thermal protection valve that will totally disable the system if you overheat it. It takes quite a while to cool back down.
Read diff doesn’t have a clutch. It’s a Newtonian fluid system that use clutch fluid. When slip is detected then the fluid thickens and increases fricten to drive the wheels
@@richeyrich2203 You are completely wrong. The old Honda Dual Pump II system used on all years of Element uses hydraulic fluid running through 2 pumps, one running off the ring gear of the rear differential and one attached to the propeller shaft which is running off the ring gear of the front differential. If the front pump goes faster than the rear the excess fluid pressure activates the clutch plates and locks in the rear wheels. It is not exactly AWD and not very elegant but it is very reliable. Honda has used similar since the early 1980s.
Exactly it’s not a 4x4 it’s AWD it kicks in when you get stuck but I don’t think it’s meant to do it the way he was driving it. You can’t turn it on and off
@@DJThiccums it doesn't kick in when you get stuck... It kicks in when the front tires start slipping/spinning.. maybe this model is a fwd, not an awd.
Given how little torque is sent to the rear, and the rear is open-diffed with no computer brains to split the torque left-right. It's really not a 4wd system for off-road.
Either bad driver, fwd, or both. I know for a fact even my mustang can tackle terrain like this because I drive it down forestry access roads all the time. No reason this can't as well.
@@KushasNetwork Traction control is a feature of the Vehicle Stability Assist option that was standard on ALL Elements beginning the 2007 model year. VSA can be turned off with the button on the dash to the left of the steering column.
