The 2021 GMC Yukon comes standard with an electronic Traction Select System that allows the driver to quickly switch between multiple pre-set vehicle settings and configurations.

What’s the point of having a traction control button that doesn’t do what it says? And why have some automakers resorted to making it so hard to turn off?

So how do you do it? Press the traction control button twice and you put the car in performance mode, rock the ZR1-only traction knob once and you're sitting pretty in the performance dry programming.

First, you put your foot on the brake and push the traction control’s off button. Then you turn it on again. And then you activate the parking brake, take your foot off the normal brake, and hit ...

The launch can be repeated until Watts to Freedom mode is exited. To exit, select a new drive mode, press the traction control button, or turn the vehicle off.

For this method to be a little more effective, you will have to press the traction control button for five seconds. You will see the same icon on the dashboard, but you will not have to count the ...