Anti lock brakes & traction control
#21
The traction control kicks in when you are spinning the wheels allowing so if you let off the gas it may not have had to kick in. I have it in my taurus and it drives me nuts in the winter. I would never go without ABS again but with the tc on the front wheel up in Maine I hate it. Nothing more scary then pulling out on the road and a car is off a ways and you hit ice as you take off and next thing you know you arent moving and the car is on your arss.
#23
Originally posted by Webba@April 17, 2005, 7:44 PM
The traction control kicks in when you are spinning the wheels allowing so if you let off the gas it may not have had to kick in. I have it in my taurus and it drives me nuts in the winter. I would never go without ABS again but with the tc on the front wheel up in Maine I hate it. Nothing more scary then pulling out on the road and a car is off a ways and you hit ice as you take off and next thing you know you arent moving and the car is on your arss.
The traction control kicks in when you are spinning the wheels allowing so if you let off the gas it may not have had to kick in. I have it in my taurus and it drives me nuts in the winter. I would never go without ABS again but with the tc on the front wheel up in Maine I hate it. Nothing more scary then pulling out on the road and a car is off a ways and you hit ice as you take off and next thing you know you arent moving and the car is on your arss.
Thanks, that's what I thought but I wasn't sure.
#24
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The first time I noticed it would allow me to do a lot more spinning than my '03, I didn't notice if it came on. I was used to the idiot light of the '03. That one can be seen with perifial(sp?) vision.
A few days later I purposely tested it and that's when I found out the "indicator" was the information center. I NEVER would have seen it if I wasn't looking for it. Not a good place for it, if you ask me.
As for giving it time to kick in before I let off, belive me it had time. Like I said before, I did MORE than a full "S" before I let off.
A few days later I purposely tested it and that's when I found out the "indicator" was the information center. I NEVER would have seen it if I wasn't looking for it. Not a good place for it, if you ask me.
As for giving it time to kick in before I let off, belive me it had time. Like I said before, I did MORE than a full "S" before I let off.
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Originally Posted by Shannon,April 17, 2005, 8:31 PM
From your other post, I'd get your brakes checked, you might have a problem. I went into a slide with the wheel slightly turned and slipped the clutch... the back end swung about 2-3 feet and jerked itself straight, as it was coming back I turned the wheel the other direction and gassed it... same thing, kicked out and jerked itself back straight. (ooh, my poor axles) Turned the TC off and did the same thing and ended up doing a nice little 180.
When you did this did your message center display the TC active? I've only seen mine activate once (gravel road and lots of rain). I've accidently taken a turn too fast and the back end has swung out but I don't remember if the TC activated or not. Would taking my foot off the gas have stopped it from kicking in?
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I didn't notice it, but that doesn't mean it wasn't there. Honestly, when I'm trying to put my car into a 30mph slide on wet blacktop, I wasn't interested in reading my guages. I'm just glad there's no 'ding' when it kicks in and displays the message on the message center. That'd really be distracting when you're trying to recover from losing control.
#26
I wouldn't have noticed it either except I was only going 10mph. That turn though, whew, I could only think about "What do I do to NOT hit one of these cars parked on the street! "
#27
From your other post, I'd get your brakes checked, you might have a problem. I went into a slide with the wheel slightly turned and slipped the clutch... the back end swung about 2-3 feet and jerked itself straight, as it was coming back I turned the wheel the other direction and gassed it... same thing, kicked out and jerked itself back straight. (ooh, my poor axles) Turned the TC off and did the same thing and ended up doing a nice little 180.
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