Jime

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Ok this has got to be controlled.

I don't like a system like traction control to be on automatically everytime I start the car.

My driving career started in 1963 when Kennedy bit the dust and all of a sudden I have a system dictating to me that I don't know how to control my foot.

This is going to be changed to be automatically off and manually selected to be on when an if I want it to be.

Haven't really looked to much at the circuit yet but I will devise a way around this novice driver setup.

Does anyone else share this with me?

ch13f

I'm with you 100%, but its just an idiot proof way of doing things. I guess nissan's reasoning behind the matter is that if someone paid for TCS, then why wouldn't they want it to be on all the time. Personally I'd prefer if I could turn it off and keep it off, and then turn it on for when it's snowing, which is apparently what you are trying to accomplish.

I know it saves my mom's car from lots of accidental burnouts in the rain though. She's not a bad driver but she lacks a feel for the car, so its good in a way. It's funny cause she'll complain about the tires, when in fact it really doesn't matter what you put on those wheels.. with 265ft/lbs or torque and wet pavement, you get wheel spin. But like I said.....

PTP

SOrry for the lame question, but do all 2000 and later models have traction control. If not how can I find out if I have it?

Cubanato

i hate my TCS
even in the snow it does nothing, because if one tire spins it takes power away from both tires no just the one that is slipping...so this traction control is pointless......

i wish i could just bypass it completely
i always turn it off when i drive ( i hope that doesnt damage aything)
-J

Supreme Allah

a switch on the dash that says TCS.

Quicksilver

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The easy way is to remove/disable the fuse or relay for it. I don't have TCS, though...so I may not know what the hell I'm talking about.

Jime

iTrader: (10)

There is no easily accessible fuse and the relay is incorportated into a larger control so it is not accessible either.

Ok here is my fix.

1. Remove the Traction Control switch from the dash and make a bare jumper wire approx 20 gauge and bend it in the shape of a U then insert in into the socket joining the blue and black wires. Plug the socket back in and the TC stays off permanently. Thats it. Of course the light is on all the time saying the TC is off.

Another solution would be to splice into the wires and put a manual switch as well so it could be turned back on. However I have lived without traction control for 56 years now so I can live without it for a few more.

Having TC on if your are running nitrous can be a disaster, because as soon as you get wheel spin it cuts fuel to the injectors so BOOM could be very close behind.

aussie983

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no TC is not standard on all max's.