VDC turned itself off

Mt Tam I am

I had a wierd thing happen yesterday. The road opened up and I made a quick left then right and I noticed a strange feel on the left and the right felt like wheel spin. I looked down and the traction control light was illuminated solid and VDC off was also lighted up. I hit the button a few times but had no control of the light. I tested the car on a turn and sure enough, the wheels spun and I drifted a bit. The VDC turned itself off, and both lights stayed on until I got in the garage. I turned off the car waited ten seconds and restarted the car. No lights. I have yet to test if the VDC is working again, but I assume it will.

Anybody else have this happen?

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JARblue

I've been having the SLIP indicator light come on solid recently (usually after it flickers when I get a little wheel spin). I typically already have VDC already off, so that light is already on (it is dimmer than the SLIP indicator). Turning the car off fixes the light. Next time it happens, I will test the VDC button to see if it is still functioning.

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m4a1mustang

That's interesting.

Gotta be honest. When I saw the thread title I thought I was walking into a "totaled my Z" thread.

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fonzo179

Hmm, never had that happen to me. Sounds interesting, though.

Mine was a different case. On multiple occasions during the winter, I had the traction control light already illuminated when I started the car, after having turned it off when I last parked it. I thought it may have been the snow and ice build-up, and frequency of me turning it on and off (to make it after stopping at street lights ).

SAmilitaryman

Had it happen to me a few weeks ago when I went for a ride in the hill country. Both lights came on and stayed on although nothing changed in the handling of the car. Got back and checked my brake fluid...it was about half an inch low. I filled it back up and bam...no more lights.

DIGItonium

I notice VDC is super sensitive. It has been flashing quite a bit lately on half throttle acceleration, and the tires are a couple week old!

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kenchan

very similar thing happened on my front loader luckygoldstarstupidtunes.
i can turn it back on by spinning the tub kinda fast after the cycle is done. no explanation for this...

JARblue

This is basically my experience, although my brake fluid was not noticeably low. A few weeks ago I went by a nearby dealer to ask them about it, and they changed my brake fluid without even asking It went away for the past few weeks, but I just noticed it started happening again last week. My brake fluid is at the max line. I am getting new rotors and pads next week, so I will continue to monitor it after I do my own brake flush.

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Haboob

What's VDC? I drive like a pussy so all this control stuff doesn't apply to me...

happytheman

Yup, mine does that too...it's the weirdest thing..

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Mt Tam I am

Thank goodness no. Then this thread would smell of "I actually totaled my car but I am looking for false blame."

I had tracked my car the day before but 150 miles later, what correlation is their? None I assume.

I had my brake rotors turned yesterday and needed no more brake fluid. With the 5.1 they make a big deal about adding. this statement was not true.

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Lug

your car is trying to kill you......run!

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Mt Tam I am

I think it is sick of being nannied.

Everything is working again. Just the one drive home. It is gratifying to see others have had this problem, and not just an "unconfirmed story". The bad news is this could wreck a car for the untrained. It was totally unexpected only I don't try and depend on VDC. Good thing in this case.

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ChrisSlicks

Brake fluid. As soon as the sensor on the reservoir is uncovered, say on rapid acceleration, the ECU responds by disabling traction control. Half way between max and min is enough to trigger it, need to be all the way to max.

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Mt Tam I am

Since it just happened again under the exact conditions described I will now check my fluid.

My fluid was at 50%. Now I'm an 1/8th of an inch from top. I bet this works.

Thanks ChrisSlicks.

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