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Tesla’s 2026 summer update quietly added three new Traction Control Modes<\/strong> to the Model 3 and Model Y: Auto<\/strong>, Slippery Surface<\/strong> and Stuck Assist<\/strong>. Most owners will never touch them on the motorway. But at a muddy, sandy or rain-soaked campsite, they are quietly brilliant — and they turn the one thing EV campers used to fear (soft ground) into a minor inconvenience. Here is what they do and how to use them.<\/p>\n You find them under Controls → Dynamics → Traction Control Mode<\/em>. The system resets to Auto at the start of every drive, so you will never set off with a leftover setting by accident.<\/p>\n It is an aid, not magic: a deep rut may still need boards. But for the everyday squelch, it gets you moving in seconds.<\/p>\n A 2048Wh LiFePO4 Portable Power Station<\/a> is handy for running a small air compressor to re-inflate tyres after a sandy run, and a Tesla Trunk Organiser Box<\/a> keeps traction boards, a recovery strap and gloves organised in the boot. A Tesla Roof Top Tent<\/a> means you sleep dry and above any soggy ground if a pitch turns to mush, and a 35L Dual-Zone Compressor Fridge<\/a> stays cold no matter where you end up parked. Pack the kit once and the soft stuff stops being scary.<\/p>\n Soft ground used to be the thing that made campers hesitate about an EV. With Stuck Assist and Slippery Surface, it is just a story you tell later — not a problem that ends the trip. Learn the mode, pack the boards, and the mud becomes a non-event. Time to point the car at that muddy pitch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Tesla’s 2026 summer update quietly added three new Traction Control Modes to the Model 3 and Model Y: Auto, Slippery Surface and Stuck Assist. Most owners will never touch them on the motorway. But at a muddy, sandy or rain-soaked campsite, they are quietly brilliant — and they turn the one thing EV campers used […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":752,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.auto-tsl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.auto-tsl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.auto-tsl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.auto-tsl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.auto-tsl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=754"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.auto-tsl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/754\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.auto-tsl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.auto-tsl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.auto-tsl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.auto-tsl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}What the New Modes Actually Do<\/h2>\n
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Where Campers Actually Need Them<\/h2>\n
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How to Use Stuck Assist<\/h2>\n
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Gear That Pairs With It<\/h2>\n
A Few Safety Notes<\/h2>\n
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The Bottom Line<\/h2>\n