Unless I cannot see the forest for the trees I can not seem to find anything on Traction Control in the factory manual other than switch location and replacement. Anyone know if and where it is in the book?? (1998 year)

 

Traction control is really a misnomer anyway-all it does on most cars with only front or rear drive wheels is throttle back, remove timing and possibly use the ABS to slow the car down till spin stops.

 

It is covered in the Brakes section under Anti Lock Brake System.

 

Thanks !!!! Mark C5

 

Traction control is a function of the ABS system where the ABS unit determines whether or not the drive wheels are slipping too much. If they are the ABS system requests a torque reduction from the PCM to control wheel spin, however, if that isn't sufficient it then applies the brakes at one or both drive wheels. On C5s you can test this easily by swapping front and rear wheels and then trying to drive the car. TC will activate almost instantly and slow the car. If it isn't turned off you can't even coast down hill in neutral since the rear brakes are applied.

In conditions where traction is low and one of the rear brakes is being applied it really assists the Vettes LSD in controlling traction by adding resistance torque to that wheel and causing the differential to transfer power to the other wheel.

Bill

 

Just push the TC button on the console untill it reads OFF on the DIC. It will be OFF.