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disabling traction control

Old Oct 19, 2006 | 10:14 PM
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Is there a fuse I can pull to disable the active handling on my vette? or a wire? I know i can disable it with the button on the console but I don't always remember to do it.
 
Old Oct 19, 2006 | 11:16 PM
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Default RE: disabling traction control

No leave the fuses alone, and try to remember to disable it, thats the way it's meant to be
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Old Oct 20, 2006 | 12:21 AM
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Default RE: disabling traction control

Thats ok till i forget to disable it and then when I apply the brakes the pedal vibrates and the car pulls to one side or the other.
It has made me cross the center line and go onto the shoulder. Traction control may be a nice safety feature when it's working, but it could be deadly when it malfunctions like this. Unfortunatly I can't afford to put it in for repair right now (time and money).
So again I ask, is there a way to disable this feature?
 
Old Oct 20, 2006 | 10:35 AM
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Default RE: disabling traction control

Get it fixed if it is not working!!!! The car is telling you something is wrong.

The owner's manual will tell you how to disable the traction control, etc., to the extent you ever should, with the button on the console (you hold it down a long time - read the manual). This turns off just about everything that ever should be turned -- until the next time you start the car -- then you have to do it again.

But the point is the active handling, ABS, and traction control are there for a reason. Not only that, but the engineers who design the car know those systems are there and thus design the brakes and suspension with that knowledge -- they designed a car that really depends on them for safe and extreme performance! The C5 is not so bad as some other cars in this regard: the C6 ZO6 and the Porsche Carerra just should never be driven on the street with them off (both are nearly treacherous to drive without the electronics in action).
 
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