I believe that the off road button is an option on the 4WD SE's

It is cheap as a factory fit option at £85

Can the off road button be fitted by the dealer?

If so anyone have an idea of the cost

This has been asked before, and I believe the answer was no then.

I asked the question when I bought my ex-demo from Faintree, and they looked into it and found the answer was no. It is not just a question of reprogramming the electrics. There seems to be some physical differences as well, what I'm not sure.

Edited 11 March, 201115 yr by Llanigraham

Thanks - I did a search but could not find the answer

To clarify the ABS/ESP unit for vehicles with the off-road button has a different part number to those without.

Regards,

TP

Does anyone know if this is still the case? I'm a little peeved that the dealer didn't get back to me on this and now I have a 103 tdi that can't go offroad.

Does anyone know if this is still the case? I'm a little peeved that the dealer didn't get back to me on this and now I have a 103 tdi that can't go offroad.

No, things haven't changed, and this is still the case, and I'm sorry but I don't understand the highlighted comment. My Yeti doesn't have the off-road button but gets regularly taken off-road, with no problems at all.

Why are you of that opinion?

I don't even have the off-road pack underneath either.

I'll second Graham's opinion. The off-road button is more of a convenience than a necessity, aiding inexperienced off-roaders in overreacting.

That's good to know. I've only had it for a couple of weeks and was planning to take it across Australia. Being more familiar with a prado or land cruiser, I was worried about all the computer controlled torque distribution but if you guys think it's quite a capable car, it gives me a degree of comfort.

I thought that the offroad button aids in diff locking. Is this true or does the yeti do it natively?

The Off-Road button switches on a set of functions to HELP in off-road driving, including:

1/ Uphill start assist

2/ Downhill assist (Hill Descent Control)

3/ Alters the ABS response

4/ Alters throttle response

5/ Alters the diff lock response

Please note the first word of the last 3. They will all work without the "magic" button, but what it does is takes away the need to think about things for the inexperienced. It is an AID and nothing more than that. If you have any experience of driving off-road then it really isn't required.

My wife is out in the car so I can't see what the handbook says, but certainly the UK brochure gives a good description of what it does. It was sometning I was concerned about before I bought mine, but my dealer assured me that it was not something I would require with my experience, having been trained to drive Freelanders and other LR's off-road by Land Rover.

nd to add, the Haldex unit plays along underneath all the 4x4's perfectly, without you even realising it is doing anything most of the time. The only thing you do notice is that you've driven through what you thought you couldn't!

I've never had any off road training, I used the off road button once which made the accelerator so stiff I turned it off. I recently had to drive through a car park that looked like a prototype for the Isle of Wight festival. At a good sensible pace the Yeti just went straight through it, an Xtrail behind me was going sideways. For a car which is not a true off roader it is very capable as long as you remember the limited ground clearance.

It made the pedal stiff because it limits you to 2500 revs, plus by having it stiff it stops your foot from jumping up and down on it as you go over bumps, plus it means you can't "slam" your foot down, causing wheel spin.

And I think the Yeti would be just as capable as my old Freelander with the same tyres on, which is my only gripe!

....an Xtrail behind me was going sideways....

The XT might have been a 4x2 version. My 4x4 has only travelled sideways once, briefly, and that was downhill on ice.

It made the pedal stiff because it limits you to 2500 revs, plus by having it stiff it stops your foot from jumping up and down on it as you go over bumps, plus it means you can't "slam" your foot down, causing wheel spin.

And I think the Yeti would be just as capable as my old Freelander with the same tyres on, which is my only gripe!

The part about preventing my foot jumping up and down had never ocoured to me. The Yeti really is a very capable car. There is a firm not far from me that has had a couple of offers on groupon for a 4x4 lesson. I don't intend off-roading my car but a lesson might be benificial.

Lessons on driving a 4x4 offroad are great fun. Recently drove an auto disco offroad and was amazing what it could do. Totally knackered car but it taught us some valuable lessons.

The Yeti is amazing offroad, you just have to be wary of the lack of ground clearance and chose your route carefully.

I had the opportunity to help on the Isle of Wight to help all the stranded cars off the rather muddy festival site, but even the land rovers were struggling if they didn't have snow chains as well as mud terrain tyres. I was working and decided even though it would be great fun, that my little Tonka Toy would not be up to much in those conditions. Not convinced that pulling many cars/vans would do it a lot of good. Also I don't have snow chains......and I seem to remember you can't fit them to the front wheels with 225/50R17's or 215/60 R16's because of clearance issues.

I don't consider myself to be experienced but I have driven a large selelction of Landrover vehicle for over 20 years in a variety of very unfavourable conditions.

I think the 'off road' button (ORB) isn't just to aid inexperienced drivers, but also for those experienced drivers who have si****ions where it comes in handy. (Edit - why does the filter take out t u a t, is that a swear word I've not come across?)

For example we have a long hill that we have to reverse down, the ORB works a treat keeping the vehicle at a constant speed without the need of the foot brake - a trivial use of as sophistacted control system but it's 'courses for horses.' I last really used it in anger when ascending Hard Knott pass, Cumbria, in fresh snow (for those who don't know, it can be a 'white knuckle' ride to the uninitiated even in Summer!). It is also very unnerving relying on a vehicle safety system to control your (steepish) descent - you really do need to have a lot of faith in technology! The worst bits were the switchbacks when you're side ways to the slope - no amount of experience (to manoeuvre) or vehicle safety technology is going to help there!

....Hard Knott pass, Cumbria, .... can be a 'white knuckle' ride to the uninitiated ....

...Especially for the front seat passenger...

...Especially for the front seat passenger...

Yes, I can imagine those who are not driving are definitely exercising their sphincter muscle to the maximum - in a similar fashion to the 'hill descent' feature I suppose (just in case anyone was thinking I'd gone off topic.......!).

I drove along the hard knot pass quite a few years ago, not somewhere that I would like to go in the snow, could end up in a bit of a si****ion. :sun:

A one point our youngest needed to empty his baldder, it went sideways and up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I thought Sandy was joking about the filter

It does not mind bladder though :rofl:

Edited 30 June, 201214 yr by The Hood

i took my old octavia and my roomster through hard knott, good fun in summer with the roomster, but my old octavia there was snow on the ground but luckilly the road itself was clear

my passengers used just about every expletive known in my direction when they saw the route we had come down and some of the drops on their side of the car

Many, many years ago went over Wrynose and Hardknott in an MG Midget. Got out at the bottom for a breather and to look back at the road, and noticed a burning smell. Looked down at the wire wheels ... and the quite literally red hot brakes glowing!

I took my Yeti over both back in March when we had summer (remember!!)

I was on winter tyres still, as it was still quite cold at night, but was up to low 20's during the day time.

Here she is at the top of Hardknott Pass:

...Here she is at the top of Hardknot Pass...

Very atmospheric - a Yeti in near-native environment! Might you post the pic in the 'Extremely Useful....Picture' thread, so it doesn't get lost?

Here she is at the top of Hardknott Pass:

And I've got it almost on my doorstep - we walk in this area of the Lakes at least two or three times a month especially when we've got DofE Groups on the hills between Mar 31st and Oct 31st.