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Old 06-24-2008, 12:14 AM
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I was driving the other day and was coming to stop at a light and my low trac light came on...i have a non-traction control car though. There was a slight vibration in the brake pedal when the light came on also...as if the abs have activated momentarily also. It has done this a few times since and im guessing it has something to do with just having the 373's installed...Any ideas?
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its normal... my bf car does it
its slippage while brakeing...like rotor and brakes were prob hot
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u dont have to have traction control for the light to come on....where u brakeing hard?
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That light comes on when theres a variance in wheel speeds or when the ABS is active.
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you lost traction while braking....what everyone else said.
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That light comes on when you activate the abs. Activating ABS also induces a slight pedal shudder, which you noted.
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um, you all are right but it will also come on with excessive wheel spin mine does all the time if i spin alot when launchin and thats not even tapping the brakes at all
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Originally Posted by thebart455
um, you all are right but it will also come on with excessive wheel spin mine does all the time if i spin alot when launchin and thats not even tapping the brakes at all
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That light comes on when theres a variance in wheel speeds or when the ABS is active.
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Originally Posted by 9000th01ss
That light comes on when theres a variance in wheel speeds or when the ABS is active.
BINGO_ mine will do that too if I brake hard. I have no TC either.
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Originally Posted by thebart455
um, you all are right but it will also come on with excessive wheel spin mine does all the time if i spin alot when launchin and thats not even tapping the brakes at all
you have asr.
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I wasnt braking hard...i was just coming to a stop slowly
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Originally Posted by LS1>girlfriend
you have asr.
It sucks when you got to scan the damn owners manual to get people to believe you.
Look at the attched pic of the owners manual.

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Everytime i drop it into 2nd and spin, i get that light. Can't be JUST abs.
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OK well that clears it up...as long as it was adjusting thats fine with me...thanks
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Originally Posted by fortmyerspolice
Everytime i drop it into 2nd and spin, i get that light. Can't be JUST abs.
And what does the light say?
LOW TRAC right?
That means low traction, obviously (to most of us)
I have ASR and get the light with it switched off.
It's telling you that one or more wheels is going a different speed than the others, which means that one or more wheels has low traction.
Why don't you go outside and start the car, jack one wheel up, put it in drive and spin the one wheel. Or just put bigger tires on the back like a drag set up. Different sized tires will cause the low trac light to come on because the sensors are picking up different speed readings. People race all the time and ignore the light and it has no effect on anything when they have no ASR.
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Originally Posted by 9000th01ss
And what does the light say?
LOW TRAC right?
That means low traction, obviously (to most of us)
I have ASR and get the light with it switched off.
It's telling you that one or more wheels is going a different speed than the others, which means that one or more wheels has low traction.
Why don't you go outside and start the car, jack one wheel up, put it in drive and spin the one wheel. Or just put bigger tires on the back like a drag set up. Different sized tires will cause the low trac light to come on because the sensors are picking up different speed readings. People race all the time and ignore the light and it has no effect on anything when they have no ASR.

I have 3 channel.

and yes its the low trac light. m6 btw



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