How to shut off traction control
12-09-2013, 01:33 PM
#11
Senior Member
BadNivFX42013 - Don't think u can turn it right off. If u hold it for 5+ secs it's turns it all off. It still will kick in regardless at the 35mph mark I believe it is.
BadNivFX42013 - Push and hold doesn't turn it right off. Don't give him the wrong info.
I speaketh the truth. Has worked for me for the past 3 years - highway, drag strip, off road, <35MPH, >35MPH, 35MPH, etc., etc., etc..
So what am I doing right?
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Last edited by gDMJoe; 12-09-2013 at 01:41 PM.
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12-09-2013, 01:41 PM
#13
Wow so much wrong info in here! Read the manual.
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RES4CUE (12-10-2013)
12-09-2013, 05:21 PM
#14
No Misinformation Here
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Electronic Stability Control Systems
As part of a comprehensive plan for reducing the serious risk of rollover crashes and the risk of death and serious injury in those crashes, this rule establishes Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 126 to require electronic stability control (ESC) systems on passenger cars, multipurpose passenger vehicles, trucks, and buses with a gross vehicle weight rating of 4,536 Kg (10,000 pounds) or less. ESC systems use automatic computer-controlled braking of individual wheels to assist the driver in maintaining control in critical driving situations. NHTSA estimates ESC will reduce single-vehicle crashes of passenger cars by 34% and single vehicle crashes of sport utility vehicles (SUVs) by 59%, with a much greater reduction of rollover crashes. NHTSA estimates ESC would save 5,300 to 9,600 lives and prevent 156,000 to 238,000 injuries in all types of crashes annually once all light vehicles on the road are equipped with ESC.
This is why you can only partially disable ESC...... I went through this on my wife's Ford Escape. You can disable enough to get un stuck. That's about it.
As part of a comprehensive plan for reducing the serious risk of rollover crashes and the risk of death and serious injury in those crashes, this rule establishes Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 126 to require electronic stability control (ESC) systems on passenger cars, multipurpose passenger vehicles, trucks, and buses with a gross vehicle weight rating of 4,536 Kg (10,000 pounds) or less. ESC systems use automatic computer-controlled braking of individual wheels to assist the driver in maintaining control in critical driving situations. NHTSA estimates ESC will reduce single-vehicle crashes of passenger cars by 34% and single vehicle crashes of sport utility vehicles (SUVs) by 59%, with a much greater reduction of rollover crashes. NHTSA estimates ESC would save 5,300 to 9,600 lives and prevent 156,000 to 238,000 injuries in all types of crashes annually once all light vehicles on the road are equipped with ESC.
This is why you can only partially disable ESC...... I went through this on my wife's Ford Escape. You can disable enough to get un stuck. That's about it.
Last edited by echonav; 12-09-2013 at 05:23 PM.
12-09-2013, 09:40 PM
#16
I just tap the button once (per owners manual) leaves the stability control on, but turns off the traction control. Under 35, over 35, it stays off, till you turn it back on, or turn the truck off. My truck is older though ('10) so it may be different on the newer trucks.
12-09-2013, 10:18 PM
#17
Member
My truck is a 2010 and equipped with the tow package. I have to use the button on the dash to disable the traction control and use the plunger in the gauge cluster to turn the trailer sway "OFF" in order to go and play in the snow when i want to.
Hope this helps someone.
Hope this helps someone.
12-10-2013, 01:55 AM
#20
Senior Member
