I have owned my first corvette for just over 2 weeks, a 2005. Last week, after a tight turn I had a message on the dash that read "have traction control system serviced". I got to my destination turned the car on and when I restarted the car the message did not appear. I called the dealership and they told me as long as the system reset itself and the message did not come on again not to worry about it.

this morning I skipped the tires a little (wet pavement) and the same message appreared. Again, after I turned the car off and on the message was no longer displayed.

I have done burnouts before and no problem..

Do I have a problem or what ???

 

I don't think so. But, if you want to be sure, get it checked for codes. I had that happen once, and I didn't even do anything. Honest.

 

All I can think of is you may want to have the tranny and/or differential fluid checked.

 

Sounds normal. My other car will show the same message if one wheel spins a little in gravel. I've seen it a few times in my 05 C6.

 

Watch out for the AHS warning message. See other threads on the forum abut the AHS. IF you see that one pop up on the display, treat it very seriously.

 

I had the samething happen when I purchased my 05 in Feb, I took it to dealer and it was a connection in the steering colum

 

FWIW any time you're going WOT shutoff traction control (or use comp mode or no nannies at all if you're so inclined). If you're concerned about possible fault codes and you don't have a code reader, I believe AutoZone stores will check for codes free of charge. I'd call first to make sure.

 

You MAY have a serious problem.

There have been issues with wire connection in the steering column that reads the position of the steering wheel. As the wheel telescopes, the connection can get compromised. If this happens, the active handling systems gets false readings from the steering wheel.

The handling system may think you are trying to make a hard left when it gets erroneous readings from the steering position sensor. Since the remaining sensors will indicate the vehicle is heading straight, the system may activate the driver's side brakes in an attempt to help you make a hard left. This could send your vehicle into on-coming traffic!

This is a known issue and there is a TSB to fix it. Basically a clip is installed on the wire that gets pulled when the wheel telescopes, preventing the problem.

I encourage you to take the vehicle to a dealer and get this addressed in the near future.

 

As far as I'm concerned, it's a problem. Basically, to me, this means that the computer was attempting to perform some traction control during these tight turns and slippery conditions, but was not able to do so.

I'd say it's an issue either way, but, I'll still ask the question: does the traction control ever work properly? Or, does the traction control system display that message EVERY time it is attempting to kick in.

Added edit:
As for trusting what dealers say, there are some good, and some bad. I'll spare you my opinion on which is more common. I'll just say this... I had a car in for traction control problems (non-Vette). I took the car to the dealer about 5x before they finally solved the problem, each time telling me there was nothing wrong. I even took the service writer for a ride, went to an icy patch, and just spun the tires until the cows came home with no evidence whatsoever that the traction control system was going to do anything to stop the wheel spin. Finally, they found that they had hooked up a couple of leads BACKWARD the last time they were working on my car. Anyway, long story aside, what I'm trying to say is: don't trust anyone but yourself. It's a good thing to come to this forum, but sometimes it seem like even 80% of the people here spout out nonsensical garbage on topics they know NOTHING about whatsoever. I guess the world will never have a shortage of idiots that just like to hear themselves talk (or write, in this case). I know I'm exaggerating a bit, but, if you ever look in some of the threads here, oh my, you'll see some real whopper nonsense from time to time, and I truly wonder why people even bother writing ANYTHING when it's so damned clear that they know NOTHING. But, anyway, in the end, just use your judgment and trust yourself. If your traction control system NEVER works properly, and every time it tries to work it pops up this error you're seeing, yeah, you have a problem, despite what any dealer or forum guy says. And, even if it sometimes works properly, I still think you have a problem because the traction computer isn't just crying wolf. Those messages come up for a reason, and it usually means something is wrong.

 

Umm, no, not even close.

 

I had this issue before the TSB came out (or at least in the early stages when the Tech hadn't read it). The second time I had the message and took it in, they had read the TSB and described the consequences just as the quote describes - conclusion? Do not ignore messages involving controlling the car. The computer could go all "HAL" on you and lock you out of the spaceship.