This is a little disconcerting being as we dumped a Volvo XC90 for this and reliabilty issues. My wife called me one day stuck on a hill and the car(Volvo) would not move. A big truck had forced her to slow way down and the VSC just kept taking power out until she was at a dead stop. It would not respond at all to any throttle input. She ended up having to back about 200 yards and get a run at it. It again slowed all the way up the hill but she was able to crest it before the car came to a complete stop. LUCKILY there was no other traffic approaching her from behind!! In my opnion this is a MUCH too aggressive VSC.
There needs to be a mode where it will at least turn both axles at a slow enough speed to not damage the motors but still allow some forward progress. Even our Seqouia allowed one to turn off the VSC by locking the center diff.
I just drove Wolf Creek yesterday, in my 99 4WD F250, and saw numerous vehicles stalled on the West ascent because of deep snow. I wonder how many were stuck because their VSC disabled the drive axles. Kind of dangerous to attempt backing up on a 7% grade, snow and ice covered road.
Toyota needs to come up with a load that will not totally disable the drive axles and still protect it. It can be done!!
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06 Sonora Gold, LTD, 4WD-I . No Nav 
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