Service Active handling...?
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Cruising
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Service Active handling...?
I was on my way home last night with a buddy following in a japanese tin box.I wickedly pulled into an open car park and proceeded to do three doughnuts(360's) while in 'Competitive Driving Mode'.As soon as i stopped i saw the flash on the DIC,it said: 'Service Active Handling'. naturally i was worried, so i fiddled with the switch and was ONLY able to turn on or off Traction Control, Active Handling was completely gone from the DIC screen...i couldn't even get back into 'Competition Driving'. I drove home slowly and when i parked in the garage, i switched off and did a check for codes...there were none...I switched off and then started the car and to my surprise everything was back to normal!! Can someone tell me what happened here? Has this ever happened to anyone? I have spun my vette before and this has never happened.
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Re: Service Active handling...? (jr cumberbatch)
I was on my way home last night with a buddy following in a japanese tin box.I wickedly pulled into an open car park and proceeded to do three doughnuts(360's) while in 'Competitive Driving Mode'.As soon as i stopped i saw the flash on the DIC,it said: 'Service Active Handling'. naturally i was worried, so i fiddled with the switch and was ONLY able to turn on or off Traction Control, Active Handling was completely gone from the DIC screen...i couldn't even get back into 'Competition Driving'. I drove home slowly and when i parked in the garage, i switched off and did a check for codes...there were none...I switched off and then started the car and to my surprise everything was back to normal!! Can someone tell me what happened here? Has this ever happened to anyone? I have spun my vette before and this has never happened.
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Re: Service Active handling...? (jr cumberbatch)
This message is not uncommon on a road course. My guess is that when the tires are sliding around at vastly different rotation rates signals are sent to the computer that fall way outside of the expected range, resulting in an error. An ignition cycle clears everything up.
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Re: Service Active handling...? (Elk)
As the others have said, pretty much WAD (working as designed). Might I suggest, though, that you would be better served turning the whole system off for doing things such as donuts? The system will just fight you and needlessly apply brakes/kill throttle/etc to try and stop the car from doing exactly what you are trying to make it do. There's no curve in the Comp. Driving mode programming that is going to match up with the data the sensors are sending while doing donuts so it's better to just disable the whole system - and then not be bothered by this matter at all. Just my $0.02.
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Cruising
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From: Bridgetown ch ch
Re: Service Active handling...? (jr cumberbatch)
Thanks guys for yours responses to my confusion...and i'm glad that there is no serious problem with the system. Can't say i wont do this again but knuckle-head me will turn the systems completely off next time, afterall ,isn't that what GM put the switch there for in the first place?! :cheers:
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Re: Service Active handling...? (jr cumberbatch)
I got this light and message in DIC while driving on freeway normally.
And still get it intermittently (and not doing anything crazy.....yet!).
Z06vette.com mentioned something about loose ground wire someplace.
Anybody have any ideas?
My Z06 is 3 days old!
TIA!
Steve
And still get it intermittently (and not doing anything crazy.....yet!).
Z06vette.com mentioned something about loose ground wire someplace.
Anybody have any ideas?
My Z06 is 3 days old!
TIA!
Steve
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Re: Service Active handling...? (jr cumberbatch)
I was on my way home last night with a buddy following in a japanese tin box.I wickedly pulled into an open car park and proceeded to do three doughnuts(360's) while in 'Competitive Driving Mode'.
If you really want to waste tires doing something like this turn off both TC & AH.
