handle just as good without it.
does every vette have active handling?
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does every vette have active handling?
My 2000 coupe doesn't seem to have active handling, the dealer i bought it from was telling me every car had it and you hold down the buttom for traction control for 5 seconds or something and it comes on. Well i've held it for forever and it hasn't changed anything. Is there a chance my car doesnt have it or is it broken and something i need to get fixed...btw its a loaded mn6
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Originally Posted by Y2Kvert4me
Active Handling was introduced in 1998 as an option.
It didn't become standard until 2001.
Your 2000 apparently doesn't have that option.
It didn't become standard until 2001.
Your 2000 apparently doesn't have that option.
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Originally Posted by Y2Kvert4me
Active Handling was introduced in 1998 as an option.
It didn't become standard until 2001.
Your 2000 apparently doesn't have that option.
It didn't become standard until 2001.
Your 2000 apparently doesn't have that option.
To be 100% positive, look on your cars RPO tag. IF the car does have active handling the RPO code JL4 will be there. If there is no JL4 on the tag, you do NOT have Active Handling.
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I assumed I had it as well for about a year. I remember a handful of times I would get into a hairy situation and on coming back out I would say to myself, 'man this active handling system is amazing'. If I had a passenger with me at the time who was still willing to stay 'inside' the car after such a recovery I would then treat them to a treatise on my cars active handling system, describing how it senses yaw and pitch and roll and activates each of the four brakes independently to assist in straightening out the car. Well, needless to say we would both agree that it seemed to be doing a damn fine job. 
Then I heard about the competition mode on the forums one day, and couldn't figure out why my button was broken since it would never activate either...
On the plus side, having been behind the wheel of my car for a couple years now the need to go sideways around corners has somewhat diminished and other than the occassional long straight burnout my driving is pretty tame. Knowing now that I don't have AH has definitely contributed to my change in driving style...
Then I heard about the competition mode on the forums one day, and couldn't figure out why my button was broken since it would never activate either...
On the plus side, having been behind the wheel of my car for a couple years now the need to go sideways around corners has somewhat diminished and other than the occassional long straight burnout my driving is pretty tame. Knowing now that I don't have AH has definitely contributed to my change in driving style...
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Originally Posted by cuspid
I didn't order it on my 2000, it was about $500 option. I never missed it. I've got a 04 z06 never had it come on.
It will straighten a car out (or more so, keep a car from getting out of line) without you even knowing it involved itself.
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Originally Posted by Blue Lion
I thought my 2000 had it also but it's not there. I've never used it so I can't miss it, but I wonder if it would have kept me going straight a time or 2 when I nailed the gas. 
Traction control keeps me stright. Enough
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Originally Posted by Glennm27
To be 100% positive, look on your cars RPO tag. IF the car does have active handling the RPO code JL4 will be there. If there is no JL4 on the tag, you do NOT have Active Handling.the button on the console will also say "active handling" instead of "traction control".
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Originally Posted by Glennm27
It comes on without warning that it's activated and without notice that it just helped you.
It will straighten a car out (or more so, keep a car from getting out of line) without you even knowing it involved itself.
It will straighten a car out (or more so, keep a car from getting out of line) without you even knowing it involved itself.
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In 2000, active handling was still an option. Mine does not have it either. Every C5 had traction control though.
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Originally Posted by notoriousdax
My 2000 coupe doesn't seem to have active handling, the dealer i bought it from was telling me every car had it and you hold down the buttom for traction control for 5 seconds or something and it comes on. Well i've held it for forever and it hasn't changed anything. Is there a chance my car doesnt have it or is it broken and something i need to get fixed...btw its a loaded mn6