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What is the brand, and model of your current tires??

If you press your DTC button it will put it in DTC mode which will let the wheels slip a bit, but correct over steer. If you hold the button down for 13 seconds it turns all traction control off. You will see the DTC light up in the instrument cluster. Press it again once you are up the hill, and you are back in normal mode. You will get a feel for what DTC does if you go to an empty parking lot in the snow, and play around with both modes. In the manual it states that DTC mode is for allowing the wheels to slip a bit in the winter. There is nothing worse while going up a hill then your traction control decides to apply the brakes, and you basically stop, and loose all momentum. DTC mode prevents this from happening.