Sticky Traction Control Button
Thread Starter
Instructor
Joined: Mar 2011
Posts: 152
Likes: 0
From: Iowa
Sticky Traction Control Button
Anybody else have an inoperable traction control/active handling button?
I've already tried replacing it with a brand new one. Before mounting the new button it operated smoothly, but after installation it get stuck in the depressed position!
I get it popped out again by wedging a business card around the edge...
I assume I've caused it somehow, since the button first started to stick after the first time I removed/reinstalled the center console. Is there a trick to reinstalling the console so the TSC button can operate?
Thanks for any tips
I've already tried replacing it with a brand new one. Before mounting the new button it operated smoothly, but after installation it get stuck in the depressed position!
I get it popped out again by wedging a business card around the edge...I assume I've caused it somehow, since the button first started to stick after the first time I removed/reinstalled the center console. Is there a trick to reinstalling the console so the TSC button can operate?
Thanks for any tips
Thread Starter
Instructor
Joined: Mar 2011
Posts: 152
Likes: 0
From: Iowa
Neither did I until this happened with the brand new button
My guess is that something is wedging against the underside of the button, or putting pressure on it somewhere causing it to stay in the down position.
There's significant resistance to pushing the button.
My guess is that something is wedging against the underside of the button, or putting pressure on it somewhere causing it to stay in the down position.
There's significant resistance to pushing the button.
Burning Brakes
Joined: Jun 2016
Posts: 857
Likes: 59
Neither did I until this happened with the brand new button
My guess is that something is wedging against the underside of the button, or putting pressure on it somewhere causing it to stay in the down position.
There's significant resistance to pushing the button.
My guess is that something is wedging against the underside of the button, or putting pressure on it somewhere causing it to stay in the down position.
There's significant resistance to pushing the button.
Sorry for necro. I feel like these problems will become more common as the cars age.
Racer
Joined: Apr 2018
Posts: 301
Likes: 60
From: Medina TN
Ours has started doing the same thing. It worked fine the first few times I pushed it, but now it feels like someone spilled a soda down in the console, though I know they didn't. How easy is this button to remove? I'm wondering if you can remove it and then clean it with 91% rubbing alcohol, making sure not to get it on the painted icon as it will remove the paint.
Most folks call it a 'Traction Control' button. I call it a 'Black Stripe Maker' button.
Most folks call it a 'Traction Control' button. I call it a 'Black Stripe Maker' button.
Last edited by bibbster; Sep 18, 2018 at 09:01 AM.
Burning Brakes
Joined: Jun 2016
Posts: 857
Likes: 59
Ours has started doing the same thing. It worked fine the first few times I pushed it, but now it feels like someone spilled a soda down in the console, though I know they didn't. How easy is this button to remove? I'm wondering if you can remove it and then clean it with 91% rubbing alcohol, making sure not to get it on the painted icon as it will remove the paint.
Most folks call it a 'Traction Control' button. I call it a 'Black Stripe Maker' button.
Most folks call it a 'Traction Control' button. I call it a 'Black Stripe Maker' button.
15148444
1st Gear
Joined: Jan 2024
Posts: 1
Likes: 0
Anybody else have an inoperable traction control/active handling button?
I've already tried replacing it with a brand new one. Before mounting the new button it operated smoothly, but after installation it get stuck in the depressed position! I get it popped out again by wedging a business card around the edge...
I assume I've caused it somehow, since the button first started to stick after the first time I removed/reinstalled the center console. Is there a trick to reinstalling the console so the TSC button can operate?
Thanks for any tips
I've already tried replacing it with a brand new one. Before mounting the new button it operated smoothly, but after installation it get stuck in the depressed position!
I get it popped out again by wedging a business card around the edge...I assume I've caused it somehow, since the button first started to stick after the first time I removed/reinstalled the center console. Is there a trick to reinstalling the console so the TSC button can operate?
Thanks for any tips
Corvette Stories
The Best of Corvette for Corvette Enthusiasts
Top 10 Most Expensive Corvettes Ever Sold on Bring A Trailer
Brett Foote
10 Things Every Corvette Owner Needs (2026 Edition)
Michael S. Palmer
8 Most "Only Corvette Owners Understand" Quirks and Problems
Pouria Savadkouei
10 Reasons the C6 Z06 is Still A Performance Benchmark After 20 Years
Joe Kucinski
How Much Horsepower Every Corvette Engine "LOST" in 1972
Joe Kucinski
Top 10 DOs and DON'Ts for Protecting Your Convertible Top!
Michael S. Palmer
Top 10 Most Explosive Corvettes Ever Made: Power-to-Weight Ratio Ranked!
Joe Kucinski
150 hp to 1,250 hp: Every Corvette Generation Compared by the Specs That Matter
Joe Kucinski
8 Coolest Corvette Pace Cars (and Replicas) of All Time
Verdad Gallardo
Race Director
Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 18,097
Likes: 1,593
Race Director
Joined: Dec 2013
Posts: 12,502
Likes: 3,629
walk in the park, since the same snap lock outer pieces to lock it into the bezel, is the same slots used to lock the button in place as well.
So you just need to use a small thin piece of metal each side to push down between the inner button both sides to free its snap locks from the slot, to pull the button out in the first place. Once button is out, then you can clean up all the gunk that is causing the button to stick in the inner barrel, then snap the button back in place.
Also note how the upper barrel assembly, snap locks to the bottom electroinc section, so you push these tabs in as well, to remove the button housing from the lower electronic housing for futher detail cleaning,
Hence no different on how you pull the rear hatch release button apart to clean it as well.
