I had the TC off because I needed to spin the car 180 degrees to park in front of a friends house. It's ice and snow here, so there's no drama involved. Just a little blip of the throttle and you've got to countersteer like crazy as to not over-rotate. Works well.

Anyway, I spun it and parked, looked down and the ABS/traction control lights were lit, and I couldn't turn the TC system back on with the button.

I'm thinking either level indicator for the master cylinder, or a wheel sensor might be giving out.

Anyone else have this happen to them?

I shut the car off and re-started it and everything has worked since.

 

No idea, but it could be the master cylinder fluid level sensor. If it saw that the fluid level was low when you did your 180 and the fluid sloshed to one side, it may be thinking that something is wrong and disables the system. Just thinking out loud here.

 

This happened to be during my 720 degree spin out in 6 inches of snow on Sat. Once you spin the ABS and TC turn off. Restarting the car resets both of them. No problems.

 

Well, I'll check the brake fluid when I check my oil today, it's interesting that the system shuts down after a spin, it's like it gets confused!

Hope your car didn't get hurt from that ride, Kris.

Thanks folks!

James

 

The car is good. Just missed the telephone pole. Got to work eventually, but got stuck at work because I was not driving the stang in 20" of snow.