I have to agree with most everyone else... the ABLS wasn't your problem.

I have been severely impressed with the ABLS so far. I remember a couple months ago when some friends and I were at an OHV park and I was trying to crawl up a really muddy, uphill, rutted trail (and it was raining). At one point about 1/3 of the way up the hill the X came to a complete stop in a rut. I just kept a little bit of steady pressure on the gas and a few seconds later I could hear the ABLS kicking in. A few more seconds later the X just lurched out of the hole. My passenger (who doesn't do any off-roading) was pretty impressed. I've had a lot of moments like that. I'm glad that Nissan gave it to us for free and didn't make us pay for a push button "A-TRAC" like Toyota did to the FJ buyers.