I lost control....
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I lost control....
Guy, I took a curve a little bit too hard and I lost control of the car just for a second, when everything when back to normal I noticed that the abs and traction control light was on and stayed on until I turned off the engine then it disappeared. This is not the first time this happened.... the light on the dashboard comes on only if the cars looses control and it goes away next time I turn the car on. is this normal?
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Yes it should go off soon after it happens.
Maybe your car is telling you that it is just to much car for you, seeing you say it happens very time you lose control of the car.
Just kidding, but I could not help myself.
Maybe your car is telling you that it is just to much car for you, seeing you say it happens very time you lose control of the car.
Just kidding, but I could not help myself.
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Guy, I took a curve a little bit too hard and I lost control of the car just for a second, when everything when back to normal I noticed that the abs and traction control light was on and stayed on until I turned off the engine then it disappeared. This is not the first time this happened.... the light on the dashboard comes on only if the cars looses control and it goes away next time I turn the car on. is this normal?
Once in a while I get SES recalibrating on display.
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The DIC should say "active handling enabled" for three seconds or so than return to normal. If you move your drivers seat fore and aft often, it could be the connector under the seat. If you telescope the wheel often, it could be the connector under there.
#11
If the warning was staying on, you probably want to take the car in to get the issue checked out.
There have been some pretty scary stories of when the system has kicked in on peoples cars at the wrong time.
good luck!
There have been some pretty scary stories of when the system has kicked in on peoples cars at the wrong time.
good luck!
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Guy, I took a curve a little bit too hard and I lost control of the car just for a second, when everything when back to normal I noticed that the abs and traction control light was on and stayed on until I turned off the engine then it disappeared. This is not the first time this happened.... the light on the dashboard comes on only if the cars looses control and it goes away next time I turn the car on. is this normal?
2 years ago I was doing 75 mph and a deer ran out onto the road and I swerved hard around him (so hard I briefly lost power steering) The traction and ABS lights both stayed on until I restarted the car an hour later.
6 thousand miles later and lots of hard driving and it has not done it again.
Douglas in Green Bay
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Guy, I took a curve a little bit too hard and I lost control of the car just for a second, when everything when back to normal I noticed that the abs and traction control light was on and stayed on until I turned off the engine then it disappeared. This is not the first time this happened.... the light on the dashboard comes on only if the cars looses control and it goes away next time I turn the car on. is this normal?
Best thing to do is to get the car checked for ABS codes by using a code scanner that can read ABS codes. Some auto parts stores use them and some don't. The Autozone near me just uses an OBDII scanner while the Advance Auto Store uses a scanner that can read OBDII and ABS codes. Hopefully, you should have some sort of DTC in the EBCM history file.
Bill