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(Message started by: aukeho on Apr 17^th, 2004, 8:10pm)

Title: traction control
Post by aukeho on Apr 17^th, 2004, 8:10pm

problem:

my traction control comes in action when i accelarate and reach plm. 50 kmph (30 mph)! The road is dry and clean! The problem has begun when I changed my wintertyres!

who knows the solution for this strange problem.

Auke Oldenbeuving
the Netherlands

Title: Re: traction control
Post by sg_frost on Apr 17^th, 2004, 8:38pm

are the front wheels the same size as the rears. If they are different sizes, it could confuse the abs rings so that the car doesn't know what speed the car is doing because the wheels will turn at different speeds. :-/

Title: Re: traction control
Post by aukeho on Apr 17^th, 2004, 9:16pm

Yes, all wheels have the samen size.
I just fitted the original wheels again.

Title: Re: traction control
Post by allante on Apr 17^th, 2004, 11:56pm

Its not that youve disturbed an abs wheel sensor when you changed the wheels? does the abs light come on at the same time? just a thought.
BTW, the thing with the different sized wheels? brilliant! i would never have thought of that one! :)

Title: Re: traction control
Post by aukeho on Apr 18^th, 2004, 7:30am

The ABS en TC lights comes up during the selfcontrol session, and then everything is ok. When I reach 50 kmph, just the TC light flashes and I can't accelerate any more.
But TC uses the ABS sensors of the rear wheels, doesn't it?

Title: Re: traction control
Post by allante on Apr 18^th, 2004, 10:57am

yes it does. I would guess that either theres something at the wheel thats making it think that the wheel is slipping or theres a fault with the TC module, apparently the module has been known to go wrong.

Title: Re: traction control
Post by Alan on Apr 18^th, 2004, 11:54pm

Hi there

Try cleaning the quadrant teeth on the actual shaft.
The front ones are quite easy to do just pop of the plastic wheel bearing cap with a screwdriver and get a small screwdriver an old rag and clean each tooth one by one.

The rear ones are more difficult I done mine when I changed the wheel bearings But you may find that just by cleaning the front ones will make a diffrence.
Good luck
Alan

Title: Re: traction control
Post by Scorpioen84 on Apr 19^th, 2004, 7:53am

Hi...
Had the same thing with mine.
Came up to 50km/h and the Kicked the trottle back all the time...

That was becouse i had different tyres on front and back...
Ok now...