What does turning of your traction control do (someone mentioned that they did it right before a race), and how do you turn it off?

 

Turning it off will no longer allow the engine to decrease power to the wheels when they start to slip. Turning it off allows a higher engine RPM and torque when the tires finally grip again.

 

How do you turn the traction control off?

 

There should be a button near the cruise control on the dash panel to the left of the steering wheel marked TC or VSA or something like that. When it's turned off you'll probably have the yellow light come on in the instrument cluster with an exclamation point in it.

 

wait...so does that mean when you push but button DOWN, the traction control is off? cuz then the button its UP, the TCS light flashes when i slide my wheels on a wet road.

 

yea, that means the tcs is being engaged at that moment. it should only be working at low speeds...nothing over 40 mph

 

to be more thorough, when the button is pushed in, the tcs is turned off and there should be a little tcs sign light up on your guage cluster. when button is not pressed down, the tcs is on, and ready to be used. and when it is being used(sliding), it was light up as it is engaged off and on. hopefully that didnt confuse you more.

 

thanks. i always thought it was the other way around.