their TCS on all the time i do is their a reason to drive with it on all the time where im from it rarely rain and we never really have slippery roads wat the benefit of turning off do u accelerate faster thanks

 

TCS on a front wheel drive car is dumb. Doesn't make a whole lot of sense.

 

I leave it on since it goes on by default. I only turn it off when I go to the track since the TCS slows your car down on take off to avoid your wheels from spinning too much

 

+1, I've never thought twice about it.

 

Is it supposed to help in all this snow we are getting?

 

I have VDC so I can't turn it off. It still stays on if I turn off VDC. That's fine by me.

 

I need help in the snow. Does the tcs do much? or should i get the 225/55/17's instead of my 245/45/18's

 

+2 i dont even think about it...

 

i dont have it on the se....but yes turn it off unless you have snow....i always keep it on in the fwd escape though

 

I used TCS alot when I lived in KS and had to go up the many ice and snow covered hills around my house. It helped me make it up my driveway a few times when I lived in KS; as you have better control of the power going to the ground when its on. Albeit I had steelies and tires that were dedicated for winter time driving, I normally kept it on and didn't even think about it until I stepped on the gas hard in the rain or on a dirt road.

 

it makes it harder to take off from a steep hill when i have tcs on

 

Does the tcs take away from the performence of the car

 

I only turn it off if I feel like driving a little spirited, Otherwise I just leave it at default. It only comes on when u take off really hard anyway, which I dont do all the time.

 

i leave it on with the 08 SE and CVT, because when I floor it from a stand still i smoke the tires pretty damn nicely..and the CVT doesnt seem to react right, once you do that, it comes back after a sec, but it seems like it gets confused... with it on, you floor it, you get a minimal spin, and it just accelerates rather nicely...

 

All i know is its odd that a safety feature such as the VDC (which I assume works similarly to ESC) is an option on a 28+K sedan.

but to get back on point, i never turn if off, I turned it off once and mashed it from stand still and it took a lil too long to actually take off. But that was on my 58K old tires though

 

do all 04+ maximas come with a tcs? if so, how do u turn it off?

 

if you have it, you should have a button under the most left ac vent. Should have one called TCS. Just click it once and it should appear TCSoff on the dash

I have read so far they are standard on 05, i wouldnt see why they wouldnt be standard on 05 and up then.

 

I love the way the car spins when TCS is off and its raining. I always have it off. Just in case some one wants to race... I have to be ready.

 

i drive with it off unless it is raining. someone told me that it saved gas but i dont know. the reasoning was that the car didnt have to work as hard with it off since it would not have to keep the tires from spinning.

 

So let me get this straight. If you don't have the tcs off button near the steering wheel, you don't have it on your car? I have an '04 without the button, so just wondering.

 

what trackstarz asked!

 

i take it off once in a blue to have a little fun wit corners and wat not. lol

 

correct, if there is no button then you do not have TCS

I leave it on in my '07 CVT and still break the wheels loose at 60 MPH. It did not seem to make much of a difference in my '06 Max but in my '02 Altima SE it would just about stall the motor if you left it on and stomped on it.

 

Awesome. Thanks

 

The TCS works by retarding the timing to minimize traction loss. I turn mine off if I want a quicker start, but I usually leave it on during high speed road racing.

 

you may say owe this newb doesnt know what hes talkin bout but a newb im not i had a 5.5 gen and now i have a 6sp elite so new to the max i am not regardless what mods do u have done to your car to get it to spin from 60 with cvt... i had an 07 max as a rental with cvt and it was horrible def not spinning from 60 even in the rain

 

Your paragraph sounds like yoda and a drunk person combined LOL...

 

...........LMAO

 

I drove for my first time ever with it off this whole week. It mad a positive difference in power. And yes, I noticed I got better gas mileage.

 

Good info for you guys that do have it!!

 

my understanding is that all the 04's dont have that feature... unless maybe if it was produced in late 04...

 

Man, that is really crazy that there is a version of our Max that doesn't have TCS. I mean it still amazes me that VDC/ESC is an option on a 27k+ car but TCS??? w o w