Posted: Jul 16 2004 at 10:13am | IP Logged

All Titans with the Big Tow Package include Vehicle Dynamic Control. Part of VDC is what Nissan calls ABLS (Active Brake Limited Slip). If you have wheel spin on one wheel wheel, ABLS applies the brake to just that individual wheel, transferring the power to the other wheel.

A later option is the Electronic Locking Differential. This was an afterthought in the Titan. The decision was made to add it after talking with focus groups and realizing that so many current truck owners had it in their head that it had to have "limited slip" that they could not grasp the concept of ABLS. Nissan was affraid some buyers may stray if they could get a 'good 'ol lockin diff".

The VDC / ABLS is newer technology. VDC alone is worth the cost of the Big Tow Package even if you never plan on towing anything.

Dan

Posted: Jul 16 2004 at 10:13pm | IP Logged

Attached is a copy of the official Nissan model guide for July. This is the document dealers use to prepare and place their order.

http://www.sutherlinonline.com/modelguide.pdf

The Titan starts on page 12.

Note there are now two Off Road Packages and two Tow packages for the 4x4. The differences being that one (of each) has the ABLS (part of VDC) and the other has the Locking Diff.

Dan

Posted: Nov 08 2005 at 10:35pm | IP Logged

VDC is great news to me!  I think I have a tow package on my '05 LE 4X4.  I was thinking I wished the guy who ordered this truck would have order the electronic locking diff, but after reading this if I have VDC I'm very happy. 

How can I find out what exactly this truck has for tow package?  It does have a transmission temp guage, the larger mirrors, a receiver hitch mounted?

Posted: Nov 14 2005 at 11:07am | IP Logged

One way to tell if it has the electronicly locking differential is to look under the truck. It will have some wires going to the center of the rear end. Most 4X4 trucks with the off road package has this.