Traction control and active handling
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Re: Traction control and active handling (Ward-D)
no.
Traction Control will close the throttle-by-wire butterfly if the rear wheels are going faster than the front wheels. For traction on ice and snow.
Active Handling was available as an option from mid 1998 through 2000. Starting model year 2001 is was standard equipment.
AH uses yaw sensors to detect a sideways movement... then will apply a single-wheel brake to straighten the car out.
Traction Control will close the throttle-by-wire butterfly if the rear wheels are going faster than the front wheels. For traction on ice and snow.
Active Handling was available as an option from mid 1998 through 2000. Starting model year 2001 is was standard equipment.
AH uses yaw sensors to detect a sideways movement... then will apply a single-wheel brake to straighten the car out.
Burning Brakes
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Re: Traction control and active handling (Ward-D)
Is their a button somewhere in the car to turn off traction control? Or is it on all the time?
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Re: Traction control and active handling (JAvery20)
Read your owners manual...
OR, push the button down for 5 seconds (?), you'll get a message on the DIC saying "Active Handling is OFF" or something like that.
One quick push of the button just turns the traction control off, but keeps the sideway slide part on, you need to hold it donw for the 5seconds to turn the Active Handling AND Traction Control off -- I Think
OR, push the button down for 5 seconds (?), you'll get a message on the DIC saying "Active Handling is OFF" or something like that.
One quick push of the button just turns the traction control off, but keeps the sideway slide part on, you need to hold it donw for the 5seconds to turn the Active Handling AND Traction Control off -- I Think
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Re: Traction control and active handling (JAvery20)
Is their a button somewhere in the car to turn off traction control? Or is it on all the time?
Yeah theres a circular button just in front of the arm rest. If you have an active handeling equipped car, you can either press the button and turn off both active handeling and traction control, or you can hold it for 5 secs and that will place the car in comp mode. Comp mode will leave the active handling on, while letting you break the tires loose. This is a great feature on the vettes.
Yeah theres a circular button just in front of the arm rest. If you have an active handeling equipped car, you can either press the button and turn off both active handeling and traction control, or you can hold it for 5 secs and that will place the car in comp mode. Comp mode will leave the active handling on, while letting you break the tires loose. This is a great feature on the vettes.
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Re: Traction control and active handling (Ward-D)
I the 99 corvette I was thinking about getting is fully loaded even with HUD but I don't know if it has active handling or not. Is there a way you can tell by the VIN code or something? Or is it most likely a car with HUD would have it?
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Re: Traction control and active handling (Ward-D)
Many magazines have stated that the C5's Active Handling is second only to Ferrari's system. :cheers:
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Re: Traction control and active handling (Ward-D)
so the dial is for traction control and the button is for active handling?
Was traction control standard in 99?
Was traction control standard in 99?
The button is for traction control and active handling, or just traction control if you don't have AH.
In cars equipped with both, you can press the button to turn both on or both off. You can also hold the button down (only while stopped in earlier models) to turn off just traction control and keep active handling on. This is called "Competition mode."
