HEAVY Rain and VSA...anyone else experience this???
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HEAVY Rain and VSA...anyone else experience this???
A couple of weeks ago, I was on my way home from Waco, Texas during a really bad storm. Not sure if anyone has been in Waco or is familiar with the area, but Highway 6 right in the heart of the city is fairly hilly...plently of ups and downs. On my way back, the few people that were on the highway (it was about 5 in the morning) were all going about 35-40 mph just because the rain was so hard you couldn't see in front of you except for about 40-50 feet maybe. I noticed the VSA trigger a couple of times back on the flat country roads, but once I got into waco on this hilly highways (again, I'm only travelling about 40mph) I look down at the gauges and the VSA is on.....non-stop. No joke, the VSA light was just a steady 'on' and would only flicker out a few times. I wasn't noticeably sliding or hydroplaning, so I wasn't sure whether or not this was VSA acting like an angel as it should, or if by coicidence something was up with the VSA right at the point in time. Anybody else experience their VSA steadily on during heavy rain.....driving conservatively???
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Originally Posted by surf4fun0418
A couple of weeks ago, I was on my way home from Waco, Texas during a really bad storm. Not sure if anyone has been in Waco or is familiar with the area, but Highway 6 right in the heart of the city is fairly hilly...plently of ups and downs. On my way back, the few people that were on the highway (it was about 5 in the morning) were all going about 35-40 mph just because the rain was so hard you couldn't see in front of you except for about 40-50 feet maybe. I noticed the VSA trigger a couple of times back on the flat country roads, but once I got into waco on this hilly highways (again, I'm only travelling about 40mph) I look down at the gauges and the VSA is on.....non-stop. No joke, the VSA light was just a steady 'on' and would only flicker out a few times. I wasn't noticeably sliding or hydroplaning, so I wasn't sure whether or not this was VSA acting like an angel as it should, or if by coicidence something was up with the VSA right at the point in time. Anybody else experience their VSA steadily on during heavy rain.....driving conservatively???
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i've had my VSA light go off in snowy conditions, specifically when i was stuck in a parking spot and spinning my tires due to lack of traction. but that's the only time it's ever happened.
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Originally Posted by supraken
One question, are you on OEM tires? how many miles?
I dont' remember if the VSA ever stayed on steady for any brief amount of time, but after 30k miles or so on the OEM tires, they definitely hydroplane quite easily in heavy rain..
I dont' remember if the VSA ever stayed on steady for any brief amount of time, but after 30k miles or so on the OEM tires, they definitely hydroplane quite easily in heavy rain..
Yea, I have OEM shoes.
'06
~26.5K miles
It was just weird though because I have only really hydroplaned three times, and it wasn't like I was hydroplaning at all when I was coming home, or even like I was beginning to slip...I felt like I was on a straight and normal path....as much as you can in the rain at least.
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I've "felt" VSA kicking in when accelerating in a turn (say, turning onto an uphill freeway entrance) on wet pavement. [This is why I think the engine in my 2006 is plenty strong, it spins out with hardly any provocation.] Haven't looked down to see the light, I've usually got more important things to pay attention to. But i have seen it blink on and off.
I've been in some of those torrential Texas storms, one in East Texas in 1987 in which I couldn't see > 2' in front of my Jeep's hood. No kidding. Water was standing on the two-lane dotted line road, that me and the truckers were riding slowly on the crest. Scary. So I know how wet those roads can get. If the tires were hydroplaning, it's not in the realm of unbelievable for me that the VSA was detecting some slight differences in wheel speed and engaging.
Still,... check your manual ... and I'm presuming you're aware of the difference between the "VSA" light and teh "/!\" indicator.
I've been in some of those torrential Texas storms, one in East Texas in 1987 in which I couldn't see > 2' in front of my Jeep's hood. No kidding. Water was standing on the two-lane dotted line road, that me and the truckers were riding slowly on the crest. Scary. So I know how wet those roads can get. If the tires were hydroplaning, it's not in the realm of unbelievable for me that the VSA was detecting some slight differences in wheel speed and engaging.
Still,... check your manual ... and I'm presuming you're aware of the difference between the "VSA" light and teh "/!\" indicator.
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Originally Posted by davidspalding
If the tires were hydroplaning, it's not in the realm of unbelievable for me that the VSA was detecting some slight differences in wheel speed and engaging.
Still,... check your manual ... and I'm presuming you're aware of the difference between the "VSA" light and teh "/!\" indicator.
Still,... check your manual ... and I'm presuming you're aware of the difference between the "VSA" light and teh "/!\" indicator.
Thanks david! That makes sense. I'll go ahead and check the manual but I'm not too worried about it. And yes, haha...it was the "/!\" light that was on during the rain, not the VSA.
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Originally Posted by miner
The /!\ indicator means the VSA is turned off I believe.
In my TSX the /!\ comes on when the VSA is off, or when it's engaged. The 'VSA' light is a warning meaning something within the VSA system is malfunctioning.
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