It's a remarkable system, but the ability to
use Crawl Control for descending steep gradients forward or backward is one of the nicest off - road safety additions to come along from any vehicle manufacturer.
The ability to
use Crawl Control in Reverse allows you to focus on safely steering the vehicle back down out of a sticky situation while the traction aides, throttle, and braking system work together to keep you from sliding sideways and potentially rolling.
Not exact matches
We wager some of the prominent
controls near the transmission selector will never be
used; they're for low - range gearing, locking the differential and setting off - road
crawl speed.
A five - speed
crawl control is a way of
using cruise
control off - road at low speeds.
Going one better than even the most skilled off - roader,
Crawl Control individually adjusts the power and brakes applied to each wheel, limiting progress to one of five speeds dialed up by the driver
using an overhead rotary switch.
It then
used its new «
crawl control» (in reverse) to pull sand back under the tires — one at a time — effectively lifting itself back up out of the sand.
Crawl Control also
controls power to each wheel independently
using information from the ABS system to drive and brake individual wheels as needed to maintain traction and speed.
2016 Tacoma,
using its computer
controlled crawl control, descends a 47 - degree grade (photo: Howard Elmer)
* Dual overhead camshafts (DOHC) and four valves per cylinder * Twin counter-rotating balance shafts for operational smoothness * Electronic throttle
control * Low - friction, roller - finger follower valvetrain with hydraulic lash adjusters * Low - maintenance chain - drive for the camshafts * 58X crankshaft positioning * Direct - mount accessories, which reduce or eliminate traditional sources of noise and vibration * Full - circle transmission mount to reduce noise and vibration * GM Oil Life System, which can reduce the frequency for oil changes * Innovative cast - in oil filter housing, which eliminates the need to
crawl under the vehicle to perform oil changes and eliminates throwaway oil filter cans that retain
used oil
It also makes
use of the cruise
control system to provide an off - road
crawl road.
It takes some getting
used to and seemed a little gimmicky at first, but
Crawl Control does work pretty well.
The location of the rear locker button and
Crawl Controls (more on those in a moment) took a little getting
used to, as they were positioned just ahead of the sunroof.
CRAWL control, as
used on vehicles like the Tacoma and 4Runner, is like a low - speed cruise
control.
Multi-terrain Select: Also easy to
use and utilizes the same rotary dial as
Crawl Control.
It is also
used to
control downward speeds while descending steep gradients and to improve the vehicle's off road
crawl ratio.
Because Ferrari
uses variable damping in the car's shocks as part of its roll -
control strategy and varies almost every other aspect of its chassis setup according to the driver's selection of one of four operating levels at the wheel - mounted manettino lever, it can dial back chassis
control to settings as mild as a Toyota Camry's when you're
crawling.
In a nod to some serious off - road equipment, the S60 Cross Country also features Hill Descent
Control that
uses brakes and engine braking to help drivers
crawl down icy declines with confidence.
«Toyota wanted to demonstrate how
Crawl Control used in concert with the Tacoma's low - range transfer case to to scale a steep rock incline.
«About 20 percent of the calls are about insecticides, which are commonly
used on pets for flea
control or around the house to
control crawling and flying bugs,» the organization wrote in a press release.
From the inability to directly
control the
use of healing and status - curing items, oft - monotonous dungeon
crawls, to the abysmal framerate exhibited when exploring, co-developers Idea Factory and Compile Heart seemed content to sully the series» moe - motivated charms.
Marvel Heroes Omega plays like most dungeon
crawlers; in an overhead view, players
control their character
using the joystick and different powers are activated with assigned buttons, up to eight different ones (L2 is
used to switch to a secondary set).
plays like most dungeon
crawlers; in an overhead view, players
control their character
using the joystick and different powers are activated with assigned buttons, up to eight different ones (L2 is
used to switch to a secondary set).