driving in snow

Hi, I was driving home from work this evening in bad snow blizzard conditions, drifts across road, I had 4x4 engaged, and was doing great 20MPH, then i drove into an area of deeper snow, say 5 cm, where I slowed down a little with the gears to arround 10MPH(no Brakes applied), and then it happened, the tail end of the jimny was all over the place, I tried steering into the skid but the only way I managed to get back control was slight acceleration. Anyone else had this problem, is it a Jimny problem, or a bad 4x4 driver. :dry:

Your front wheels may not have engaged 4wd correctly
Search the forum there are loads of theads detailing how to check them

heard the usual click when the hubs locked, and the green 4wd light was lit up on dashboard. Without the 4x4 on, i was just wheel skidding, so I'm pretty sure it was engaged.

what tyres are you running, and how much tread is on them?

I find if i gear down in the snow my back end tends to try meet the front, but i'd say i'm alot more agressive than what you described,

say plodding in 4th and dropped to second, this is purposly to kick the back end into a slide for drifting etc, it happens in 4wd but more so in 2wd its great!


enjoy it whilst it here will be gone soon and everyone can go back to driving sensibly

Matador izzarda mp71 A/T, tread depth 6mm 'ish
www.matador-tyres.co.uk/products/4x4-tyr...tador-mp-71-izzarda/