Is this normal?
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Is this normal?
I stopped by my Dad's house this morning and as I left his house my traction control light came on in the instrument panel. I thought maybe I accidentally hit the off button but I didn't. Then a message came on saying "traction control warming up" or something similar to that. About 15 seconds later a message said "traction control warmed up" and the light went off again.
Is this common? It was about 50 degrees outside, but it is the first time I've seen this.
John
Is this common? It was about 50 degrees outside, but it is the first time I've seen this.
John
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"Active Handling Warming Up" and "Active Handling Warmed Up" were the messages. I just read a little and it states if it were 14 degrees it would do this. I know is wasn't 14 degrees outside. Do you think that it is an indicator that something may be ready to wear out?
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I have had this happen to me twice. Both times I was steering back and forth more than usual. Once leaving a parking lot, taking a short cut, and the other time, leaving a parking lot with some dirt and loose gravel. That was what I attributed it to.
The outside temp was very warm both times.
The outside temp was very warm both times.
Last edited by gdaddee; Oct 6, 2008 at 12:55 PM.
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My dads house has the angled curbs. I was parked with half my car on the sidewalk and the other half on the road. I wonder if this confused it a little as I pulled back onto the road.
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Hi Z28Johnny -
Yes - normal.
I believe it has to do with the computer calibrating the steering wheel position sensor and you did not have the wheel aligned straight when you started up and started driving - I read that here on the forum a while back.
I have had the message a few times, always when leaving my parking spot here at work, where I am turning left when I start moving the car.
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mqqn
Yes - normal.
I believe it has to do with the computer calibrating the steering wheel position sensor and you did not have the wheel aligned straight when you started up and started driving - I read that here on the forum a while back.
I have had the message a few times, always when leaving my parking spot here at work, where I am turning left when I start moving the car.
best regards-
mqqn
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Yes it is normal.
You turned the wheels and one slipped a bit versus the other before the system completed its calibration on start-up. so the system goes through a self check to diagnose whether there is a system fault .
It happens to me frequently when I start up and instantly turn.
You turned the wheels and one slipped a bit versus the other before the system completed its calibration on start-up. so the system goes through a self check to diagnose whether there is a system fault .
It happens to me frequently when I start up and instantly turn.
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