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Old Oct 12, 2014 | 03:02 PM
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Somebody please help me. I put drag radial on my car a 2008 c6 and my active handling will not turn off. I even tried to hold the traction button down nothing. Is there anyway to bypass this and completely turn it off?
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Do you have TPMS sensors? If not thats why you cant turn it off.
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Do you have TPMS sensors? If not thats why you cant turn it off.
Do I need to put them in my drag radials? Because there in my regular rims
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yep...gotta have them either in the tires or there was some other trick where someone had them in a pressurized container in the car or something to that nature.
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Did you change the diameter of the tires/wheels, that of course will throw it out of whack...
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Do I need to put them in my drag radials? Because there in my regular rims
If you don't have them the car will think you have flat tires and will not allow active handling to be turned off. "It's for your own good."
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Originally Posted by Ls2memphis
Somebody please help me. I put drag radial on my car a 2008 c6 and my active handling will not turn off. I even tried to hold the traction button down nothing. Is there anyway to bypass this and completely turn it off?
Yes!
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Can you turn off TC with your street tires on the car?

The TPMS issue isn't always a problem with drag racers because the system resets at each restart of the car and doesn't engage before you've had time to make your run.

The tire diameter change, if it's too radical and doesn't retain the OEM front-to-back tire diameter ratio within about 5-6%, then that will trigger AH.
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