I recently decided to turn off my VSA off but when I pressed the button I was expecting to see an alert light icon come up on the dash that would indicate VSA is not on, but it did not? I could def feel the rev's were much higher vs. when I turned it back on. Is this normal for no icon to appear?

 

You have to hold the button for like 3 seconds. A beep will sound and a "!" inside a triangle will appear. Press and hold the button again for ~3 seconds to reactivate VSA.

 

For the 1G TSX, you get a notice on the dash. I never turned it off and drove with it, but I turned it off when my car was parked.

 

Isn't VSA just stability control? Why would that make your revs much higher? Unless of course, you were breaking traction. And why would you turn it off when parking?

 

Nothing in this thread makes sense...

 

I chuckled at your response.

 

what? and to turn VSA off you need to hold it for a bit and then you will see the indicator light turn on.

 

Yeah, how much the car revs is completely irrelevant to the functionality of VSA. lol.

 

I want my 60 seconds back!!!

 

i want my 1k in revs you promised i'd get

 

Don't want to hijack the thread, but I noticed the other day that when I put the shifter in Sport mode, I don't see any indicator on the dash other than the "S" on the shift indicator. Is there supposed to be a warning light or something, because I can definitely tell that the car make at least 1.21 giggawatts more power when I put it in Sport.

 

you just hijacked the thread....

 

Here's a quick explanation:

From Acura website:

The Vehicle Stability Assist™ (VSA®) system continually monitors vehicle speed, throttle position, individual wheel speeds, steering angle, lateral G-force, and yaw rate to detect oversteer or understeer.

• When necessary, VSA automatically reduces the engine’s torque and uses the ABS system to apply brakes to each wheel as needed to help stabilize the vehicle.
• The response is so quick that the instability may be corrected before the driver even knows it’s occurring.

When the OP drives in slippery surface, VSA automatically cuts power hence (lower rpm).

In some circumstances, it's OK to switch off the VSA.

For example, climbing a shallow gradient in snow. If the wheels might spin, the power would be cut making progress up the hill difficult.

 

I know what you mean, when I turn off my radio my engine is louder!

 

then turn the radio back on.

 

I turned it off when its PARKED. Not parking. I wanted to see what shows up.

 

Putting the gear selector in "S" tells the transmission to operate in a normal fashion(i.e. "D"), however, I forget which gear it is, but I know in "S" either 4th or 5th gears are not selected. So hypothetically, you could pull away from a stop sign in "S" and the transmission will shift normally at a regular RPM, but once you get to either 3rd or 4th(I forget...), the transmission will hold the gear...basically forcing you to shift up...unless you want to waste a lot of gas+speed up engine wear. The car isn't making more power -- it's just holding 3rd/4th gear longer.

To take complete control of the transmission, put the gear selector into "S" and click either the + or - paddle. You'll see M1/2/3/etc in the small box in the tach readout. This allows you to shift whenever you want -- you can bounce the car off redline in first gear if you want to, the cars not stopping you. It does prevent money shifts, however.

 

whats vsa?

 

Does. not. Compute.

 

lol ... y would u turn ur vsa off when turning off the car? doesnt it just turn back on when u start the car again

 

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^ no i get that, the way i read it was that you do it every time you park the car. sorry just a little misinterpretation

 

As a new Acura owner (2012 SH-awd TL) I'm finding little things that piss me off about this manufacturer. One of them being the VSA...I can not turn it off and the explanation the dealer provided was "without TPMS the VSA will always stay on". I have winters on alloys and cheaped out on the TPMS, so that light is constantly on.
Why in the world would this matter??? If I'm heading towards a snowbank I want the wheels turning as fast as they can to hopefully carry me through.
If you're going to give me a button...make it function!
Does anyone know of a "code" that will override the association between the VSA and the TPMS?

 

You can always yank the VSA fuse...

 

Like canuckshawd said, If you do not have TPMS sensors you will not be able to turn off the VSA.

That's why I gott'em on my winters so if I am ever stuck I can turn off the VSA. I do not believe the fuse yank works from what I remember reading.

 

spend a hundo on the TPMS/