Traction Control = Death Trap

[8cyl]

Man, I almost got rearended the other day cuz of my stupid traction control.

The roads were dry and I'm pulling out of my development, when I notice that the car that I'm pulling in front of is coming faster than I thought...so I hit the gas. Next thing I know, I feel like some one hooked a wench my car and is reeling me backwards.

Now the car is right up my ass....lo and behold the stupid green wheel comes on my dashboard....I hate it when I forget to turn it off!!!

 

[03Sleeper]

Tell me about it !
I swear if My T/C ever caused a Crash I'd sew Ford!
I've come close once before when On the on ramp when a semi was tring to get off and I was tring to get on the ramp and I nailed it so I could get out of his way when BAMB the T/C came on and He BLEW his HORN at me so loud I couldn't hear right for a day or so!!!
He was pissed But I lived to tell another Green wheel light killer !!

 

[DarkHorse02GT]

I hear ya... I only leave it on when it rains

 

[v8thunder1]

My 99 GT didnt come with it, after hearing this Im now glad.

 

[jason1320]

I was complaining about this on another site. I was told it's possible to program it so that its off by default and you can turn it on. Haven't tried it, so I can't validate the claim.

I was also told that if you turn it off alot the bulb burns out and then your really screwed!

 

[DoctorGeek97GT]

It can't be THAT bad can it? I've never driven a car with it... but you'd think that this option would save your butt (especially in the rain) more times that it would hurt you....

 

[gtrackd02]

FEAR THE GREEN WHEEL!!!!!!!!!!!

I hate it~~~~ some kid in a stock civic thinks he me the other day cause he gunned it from the light and I decided that i should show him what was up..... and then the gren wheel of death came on!!!! oh well... stupid wheel!!!

 

[gtrackd02]

its good in the rain... also snow... but thats it!!!

 

[gnat]

yeah it sucks, I've had some cars up on me real quick when turning off of my parents dirt road. As soon as I hook up I take off but you have to hate watching that rear view.

 

[black02gt-t]

I hate traction controll too!!! I was gettin on the freeway one day and my car just started shuttering and stumbling and sliding back and forth it was wet outside also. well i was like WTF and i look down and there it is the GREEEN KILLER i was lucky no one was behind me. But i did go to the track one day and forgot to turn it off but it neva came on???? go figure!!!!

 

[ZIPP0]

TRACTION CONTROL = THE NO FUN BUTTON.

 

[cantthinkofname]

TRACTION CONTROL = THE NO FUN BUTTON.

werd...

 

[zgarske1038]

i almost drove into a lagoon once because of stupid traction control. i was going around a turn and it kicked in out of no where i wasn't even accelerating hard and i spin sideways in a 90 degree angel i just about 'Kiss Me''Kiss Me''Kiss Me''Kiss Me' my self ever since then ive turned traction control off as a habit when i start my car

 

[neoclasiccl]

I thought the traction control was bad in the GT the cobra is much worse and it engages alot quicker and harder

 

[1of3901SpringGT]

I hate it even in snow. When you pull out and it feels you slipping, which will happen in even a little snow, it robs power and leaves you stranded in the middle of an intersection. I turn it off and do much better with a little slipping and driving through it.

 

[sickstickGT03]

TCS is no excuse for a civic to beat you, I ran a 14.8 when I accidently left the TCS on the first time I went to the track. I don't think its that bad...then again I live in hte North West for the half of the year that it rains there. Its saved my ass a few times. Also I don't see how trackion control could have caused your car to spin out, it does just the opposite, I notice that if I am making a left hand turn at a light or something and I hit it too hard, the TCS simply straightens me out. The cars we drive have a lot of power, and I think that if Ford haden't included TCS, there would be a lot more crash stories on this site. It makes a muscle car street drivable under any conditions. I do understand what you guys are saying about losing the power at the wrong time but thats why there is a button to turn it off. Ford should have just programmed the stock computer to remember whether the TCS was on or off the last time the car was driven.

 

[JonJon]

pull out when it's safe and not when someone is barrelling down on you?
I don't have TC

 

[CottonBurnerz]

I hear ya... I only leave it on when it rains

I learned it the hard way...

DO YOURSELVES A FAVOR AND LEAVE THE T/C ON WHEN IT RAINS

 

[dkshadow]

they should have made it to where TC is off and you turn it on.


Also TC off when it rains = fun when theres no cars around. I was coming up into a 90* bend/turn and before I took it I turned off traction control and gave it some gas. My ass went sideways and went inside a gas station! It was fun but I was also lucky I didnt hit the sidewalk. I just played it off as I was goin into the gas station. Got back into the road... give it some more gas ass shakes a little, let off and give it more gas and the ass shakes more. Fun times!

 

[gtrackd02]

TCS is no excuse for a civic to beat you, I ran a 14.8 when I accidently left the TCS on the first time I went to the track. I don't think its that bad...then again I live in hte North West for the half of the year that it rains there. Its saved my ass a few times. Also I don't see how trackion control could have caused your car to spin out, it does just the opposite, I notice that if I am making a left hand turn at a light or something and I hit it too hard, the TCS simply straightens me out. The cars we drive have a lot of power, and I think that if Ford haden't included TCS, there would be a lot more crash stories on this site. It makes a muscle car street drivable under any conditions. I do understand what you guys are saying about losing the power at the wrong time but thats why there is a button to turn it off. Ford should have just programmed the stock computer to remember whether the TCS was on or off the last time the car was driven.

I know... he took off before me, and when i hit the gas the TCS came on and stayed on..lol So at that point I let off the gas and just drove normal.... I know I made it look bad for the stang.. So yeah Icoulda just got back on it and killed him but i didnt.... Thats why i said he THINKS he owned me... And I do agree with you about it being benifical to us to have it on our cars... Saved my butt a few times in the rain and snow on the freeway , just Its always on when i dont want it to be!!!(like when i forget to turn it off...)
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