C5 Traction Control ??

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Aug 9, 2005 | 09:58 AM

MTurnbo

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C5 Traction Control ??

Heading back from Texas to Delaware Sunday I ran into some pretty major rain just outside Knoxville, TN. When I hit some standing water on the road my DIC came on and said "Traction Control Active" . The owners manual doesn't say much about this. Could someone answer two questions about traction control?

1. What does it do?
2. How does it do it?
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Aug 9, 2005 | 10:07 AM

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1. What does it do?

When your cars slips or loses traction the traction controls helps the vehicle stay on the road. Traction control helps with traction.

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2. How does it do it?

Haven't a clue, some excellent technology.

Aug 9, 2005 | 10:44 AM

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it is some interesting technology, what i believe part of it does, is it applies braking to certain wheels that may have spun or slipped when you go over water..hope this helps

Aug 9, 2005 | 10:52 AM

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It uses the ABS system to apply the brakes when you get wheel spin.

Aug 9, 2005 | 10:57 AM

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Did some more research and found the answers. Some of you may find this interesting.

http://www.corvetteactioncenter.com/...ehandling.html

Aug 9, 2005 | 11:03 AM

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Originally Posted by MTurnbo

Did some more research and found the answers. Some of you may find this interesting.

http://www.corvetteactioncenter.com/...ehandling.html

it was pretty interesting

,these cars are pretty smart

Aug 9, 2005 | 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by MTurnbo

Did some more research and found the answers. Some of you may find this interesting.

http://www.corvetteactioncenter.com/...ehandling.html

That's a nice indepth article... 'cept it's about "active handling".

"Traction Control" is a totally different system.

Aug 9, 2005 | 01:54 PM

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That's a nice indepth article... 'cept it's about "active handling".

"Traction Control" is a totally different system.

Mike is right. TC was the father of Active Handling.. AH was not available in 97 and early 98 C5s, then optional for a few years (2000?), then standard equipment (2001+?). [I may be off by a year on these]

TC simply detects wheel spin and pulls the power to try to stop it. It does more harm than good IMHO. It reduces power by retarding the timing and overriding the fuel injector commands. It does not do anything with the ABS system (that is AH)

I find that after ditching the GY runflats, TC is basically useless on a stock C5 with sticky tires.