by "SaigaShooter - He's got an Impreza" (saigashooter)
Published 01/04/2017 at 19:15
by "SaigaShooter - He's got an Impreza" (saigashooter)
Published 01/04/2017 at 19:15
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On the drive to work this morning the car decided it would turn of the traction control for me, how nice of it, as the system is really pretty useless once there is any measurable snow on the ground. Still, I think i’d rather be in control of that.
On a related note, Look at all those 5's I acquired on the way home! Also, apparently the traction system decided to mend itself during the day, how nice of it. And yes, I took this traveling 72 MPH, through my steering wheel with an airbag warning light on.
"comes over to help work on your car and only drinks beer" (00cyclonefan)
01/04/2017 at 19:26, STARS: 0
Lucky you, I had a wheel sensor go bad on an older TCS, and shutting it off didn’t help. Tried to limp it across town for service, but the brakes slamming on at 30 MPH didn’t make for safe travel. Ended up getting towed.
"SaigaShooter - He's got an Impreza" (saigashooter)
01/04/2017 at 19:32, STARS: 0
Nothing like a fail safe that slams on the brakes at random.
"TahoeSTi" (tahoesti)
01/04/2017 at 19:35, STARS: 0
Always good when things break and it improves your cars performance.
"SaigaShooter - He's got an Impreza" (saigashooter)
01/04/2017 at 19:40, STARS: 1
It’s FWD, I now get MAAAD torque steer from the 3.8 V6.
Ehh, I can’t make that seem exciting.
"TahoeSTi" (tahoesti)
01/04/2017 at 19:45, STARS: 0
Well that doesn’t help you get to oppositlock .
"SaigaShooter - He's got an Impreza" (saigashooter)
01/04/2017 at 19:50, STARS: 1
Stupid understeer. Opposite lock is reserved for when I get to drive the wife’s Impreza after it snows.
"Stephenson Valve Gear" (stephensonvalvegear)
01/04/2017 at 21:42, STARS: 0
My pickup has a habit of doing this when a wheel gets packed with snow. I assume that the snow packed in the cogged thingamajig confuses the sensor doohickey.
If you think about it, this is just amazing... there is snow on the ground, so the average driver is most likely to need traction control in those conditions, and those are precisely the conditions that cause the traction control to go off line. Rube Goldberg couldn’t have done any better.
"theloudmouth" (theloudmouth)
01/05/2017 at 08:51, STARS: 0
ABS failure also? Or just TCS?
"SaigaShooter - He's got an Impreza" (saigashooter)
01/05/2017 at 22:13, STARS: 0
Didn’t have he opportunity to find out.
"theloudmouth" (theloudmouth)
01/06/2017 at 08:49, STARS: 0
If the ABS is out you should have a warning for that as well. I was curious since if both are out it’s highly likely it’s a wheel speed sensor which is, relatively, an easy fix.