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: Traction Contorl Problems


CloudDMS
Apr 24th, 2012, 03:16 PM
I've been having issues lately with my traction control coming on when it's not supposed to. It happens every morning when I leave my house, after the car has been sitting all night. I start my car, everything start up fine, no issues there. I reverse out of my driveway, then I put the car in first and start pulling away. B4 it's time to shift into 2nd gear, the traction control light comes on and I loose all power. The light comes on while the problem is happening, then I let off the gas and the traction control goes off, as does the light, and I continue driving. I don't have to re-start the car or anything, I just let off the gas and after 10 - 15 seconds it stops on its own. This does happen periodically throughout the day if the car has been sitting long enough.. There are no other lights that come on during this issue. I'm really not sure why the traction control is coming on. The tires aren't slipping on anything, the roads are dry when I leave my house so there really is no reason for it to turn on suddenly. Sometimes I'm able to get in to 2nd or 3rd gear b4 the issue starts happening.

Can someone shed some light on this for me???