Anyone know…engine and traction lights on?
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From: Waterford Michigan
Anyone know…engine and traction lights on?
The other day I was out and just cycled the traction control button through the three modes, everything worked fine. We stopped, when restarting the engine light and traction control light came on. The button for traction control then didn’t work and the car sound a little strange. We got home ok and I let the car sit over night checked the forum for possible causes…loose spark plug wire, low battery. I checked all wires are seated correctly and battery is at full charge. Started the car and still the lights came on….before taking it to the dealer which really doesn’t know corvettes…learned that the hard way with the AC drivers module….any recommendations? Thank you
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The other day I was out and just cycled the traction control button through the three modes, everything worked fine. We stopped, when restarting the engine light and traction control light came on. The button for traction control then didn’t work and the car sound a little strange. We got home ok and I let the car sit over night checked the forum for possible causes…loose spark plug wire, low battery. I checked all wires are seated correctly and battery is at full charge. Started the car and still the lights came on….before taking it to the dealer which really doesn’t know corvettes…learned that the hard way with the AC drivers module….any recommendations? Thank you
Burning Brakes
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From: Florida
I recommend getting a scan tool. You can own one for less money than the dealer will charge to run theirs once. You do need one that is GM-aware to see ABS and other proprietary codes. I have a clone standalone Tech 2 which can see everything, but they are a couple hundred dollars. For less money you can run a Tech 2 in emulation on your laptop if you're willing to fight with a bunch of flaky GM Windows abandonware. There are 3rd-party scan tools that can see GM ABS codes as well.
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The other day I was out and just cycled the traction control button through the three modes, everything worked fine. We stopped, when restarting the engine light and traction control light came on. The button for traction control then didn’t work and the car sound a little strange. We got home ok and I let the car sit over night checked the forum for possible causes…loose spark plug wire, low battery. I checked all wires are seated correctly and battery is at full charge. Started the car and still the lights came on….before taking it to the dealer which really doesn’t know corvettes…learned that the hard way with the AC drivers module….any recommendations? Thank you
