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In my D3, I found the DSC intervened far to early. It kept dabbing the brakes and killing the power, long before the tyres were giving up grip. Our current Kuga is much better as DSC only intervenes when pressing on in the wet.
What I think happens is this. When driving in fresh snow the front tyres are always pushing a ridge of fresh material in front. In effect, the front tyres are always climbing a little hill while the rear tyres have an easy time of it running on freshly compacted snow. Unfortunately the extra grunt needed up front to overcome this little hill results in the rear wheels spinning and kicking in the DSC.
I could, of course, be talking a load of bolleaux, but that's how it feels to me.