Do you turn on “slippery surface” when driving in the rain?

[hemiarch]

Just noticed today this doesn’t turn itself on. You have to go to dynamics and select it.
Do you recommend doing this? What exactly does it do? Have you noticed a real world difference?

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[Jhodgesatmb]

I turn it on with snowy/icy roads and it seems to work. I haven’t noticed rain producing slippery roads but it might for the first rain of the year with oil on roads.

 

[Pulaski]

It's still supposed to come on automatically even if you don't click it.

 

[hemiarch]

It's still supposed to come on automatically even if you don't click it.

Mine doesn’t seem to

 

[Jhodgesatmb]

It's still supposed to come on automatically even if you don't click it.

Does it show on the screen with some icon. In slippery conditions I am focused on the road…and others.

 

[GardensCT]

I always turn it on in the rain. Not sure I notice a difference but probably doesn’t hurt.

 

[Cyberham]

From my understanding it always has anti slip engaged but toggleing the switch makes it react slightly faster or more....? I turn it on in snow/ice or even rain when my tires were getting long in the tooth

 

[webspeedracer]

Just noticed today this doesn’t turn itself on. You have to go to dynamics and select it.
Do you recommend doing this? What exactly does it do? Have you noticed a real world difference?

I searched for @wmorrill3 comment on Slippery Mode in X but can’t find it.
Iirc, he said Slippery Mode makes the suspension more proactive to evenly distribute weight on the tires, eg on uneven ground, so the truck can maximize available grip at every tire. Example would be off-roading or driving through ruts in frozen snow.
[Edit: I can’t find that comment from Wes so I’m retracting, but I asked him for a explainer on X, see if he responds. Grok explainer indicates I’m wrong and there are more nuances and complex changes with that Mode]

The CT already has amazing traction control without using that mode. You don’t need to activate anything special when driving in the rain.

 

[RonSol]

I use it often especially this time of year in my area. A snowy parking lot makes it very obvious that it is engaged. Seems to me it keeps the front motor always on, like putting my old Chevy into 4WD. And the truck overall is just more alert.

 

[Tecyber1]

I know it uses it automatically but I have manually selected it several times because why not?

 

[Jhodgesatmb]

From my understanding it always has anti slip engaged but toggleing the switch makes it react slightly faster or more....? I turn it on in snow/ice or even rain when my tires were getting long in the tooth

Speaking of tires, I have almost 28,000 on mine and I had Tesla measure the tread wear and they told me 6/32 and 7/32. They told me that new they are 9/32 and that I should replace at 3/32. So I might have another 10,000 on them yet. I expected to replace them at 20.000 based on my Model Y so I am very, very pleased.

 

[Canino2025]

Just noticed today this doesn’t turn itself on. You have to go to dynamics and select it.
Do you recommend doing this? What exactly does it do? Have you noticed a real world difference?

Yes!

 

[Willinak]

Heading to Denver area, are the stock AWD Pirelli Scorpion tires good enough?

 

[REM]

From my understanding it always has anti slip engaged but toggleing the switch makes it react slightly faster or more....? I turn it on in snow/ice or even rain when my tires were getting long in the tooth

I think the only thing the mode does is significantly lower your torque sensitivity.

 

[Outdoors]

I can measure a slight change in sound when engaged.

Yet when driving near Diddy's house I turn it on and lock up the rear diff.

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