Almost wrecked my vette
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Its the cold weather . If you check out the tires you have you'll see that the operating temp is a lot higher that you had them up to . Summer tires winter tire ,I have the same prop. not the trans tires ..
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That wouldn't explain why it suddenly kicked out if you were just going straight. But, it definitely would explain why it was so difficult to recover and took you on a wild ride before coming to a stop.
Glad you made it out safe!
Glad you made it out safe!
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thanks, I'm going to pull codes this afternoon, I must have a bad wheel sensor somewhere because abs light came on. my only question is why did the abs light not come on until late after I stopped? it was not in prior.
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the ABS light, could be that in a skid one wheel (or more) will have a different speed, don't know if you had the brakes on ??
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That is a perfect excuse to upgrade to thicker sways.
Maybe it hit a serious pot hole over and over.
Would the rear sway bar cause the problem mentioned? The base C7 doesn't even come with one (similar style suspension).
Maybe it hit a serious pot hole over and over.
Would the rear sway bar cause the problem mentioned? The base C7 doesn't even come with one (similar style suspension).
Last edited by Rob 02; Dec 9, 2016 at 08:02 PM.
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I don't think it caused the traction break but I'm sure that's why it was so difficult to get under controll
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You can get the codes from the dash.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SviRjIsy9G4
In case you haven't seen this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SviRjIsy9G4
In case you haven't seen this.
