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Old 09-07-2005, 11:10 AM
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Default Newb Question! How do you know if you have Traction Control?

Well, I thought I wouldn't have many newb questions since I frequented this board for a long time before I joined (as I looked for an LS1), but it turns out that I have one: How do you know if you have traction control? I don't have a little swich on my dash, I don't think. It's pretty safe to assume that I don't have TCS, because she'll light the tires, but I was just wondering. Is there an RPO code?

Car is a 1999 Z28 M6.
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You will have a TCS button below your radio, if not you will have a nice little cubby hole to stick timeslips
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On a Camaro, the switch is above the radio, right next to the Fog Lights. If you haven't seen a switch, you don't have traction control.

Be thankful, it's useless, and when its off there is a yellow light on the dash.
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TCS has saved my *** a few times , its nice for those entering the RWD LS1 world from a FWD POS world
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I can see the benefit of it saving your *** in an A4 car, but an M6 is easier IMO to be safer when it comes to decel than an A4 in slick conditions.

I didn't order mine with it, figured for $400 it wasn't needed we rarely have slick conditions here. Limited traction, yes in ice or snow but not many people run Fbods in snow.
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RPO is NW9
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My Formula is my daily driver, even in the snow unfortunately, and coming from a FWD 125HP 88 Oldsmobile to a 300HP RWD Formula ... TCS was a nice thing to have for the first month or so and in the rain and soon the snow, But I always turn it off now
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Thanks, thanks, thanks!
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Floor it in 1st on the wet, you'll know instantly

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Originally Posted by JoeyAnderson
On a Camaro, the switch is above the radio, right next to the Fog Lights. If you haven't seen a switch, you don't have traction control.

Be thankful, it's useless, and when its off there is a yellow light on the dash.


Firebirds have theirs in the little cubby hole beneath the radio.
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No TCS on my SS but I do have ASR!
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if all else fails post a screenshot of your engine bay and we can tell you.




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