TCS? on or off?

[PhattyT]

i know its usually on when you start up the car and all, but whats the different? i thought when the light TCS lite up it was on but i read the manual and it means that its off... lol but whats the difference for traction?

 

[shavedaccord]

what the hell I thought it's on when the light is on? because when my wheels spin it comes on?..I think it cuts power to the wheels or something along them lines

 

[angelplus]

what the hell I thought it's on when the light is on? because when my wheels spin it comes on?..I think it cuts power to the wheels or something along them lines

Really lol? I didn't think my car actually had traction control.

 

[Jeffro]

My car doesn't... I know that in our company cars, when the light is on, the traction is active... It cuts the power to the engine/wheels back when its active. I had a guy explain it to me once, but I wasn't really paying attention (because I hate it.) IMO, there's nothing worse than being in a snow drift with the traction control on... Sometimes you need a little spin to help your forward momentum. Anyway, I know my car doesn't have traction control, and I didn't think Honda used it, but I must be wrong again (Seems to be happening a lot lately...)

 

[blindside]

I have traction on all wheels... hahaha! j/p I never used the traction control on our odyssey before..

 

[Sketch o5]

My car doesn't... I know that in our company cars, when the light is on, the traction is active... It cuts the power to the engine/wheels back when its active.

on 6th gens, and every other honda, when the light is off then your traction control is on, which means if your tires start to "burn out" then the ecu automatically cuts the power to the wheels. when the light is on, after you push the button, then you have turned your traction control off, and you can "burn out". if your company cars are hondas and when the light is on, then traction control is on, then theirs deff something wrong with them, cuz every honda car ive driven, and ive driven hundreds since february, when the traction light if off, traction is on, when the light is on, traction is off. also, whenever you first get into a car, traction control is automatically set to "on".

 

[shavedaccord]

are you serious? because when I hit the button to turn the light on..i can't spin em..and when my wheels do spin the light comes on?

 

[Jeffro]

No, our company cars are Saturns (ouch) and they have a button that lights up if its on, and there is a light on the dash that will flash when it cuts power...

 

[whitey2kaccord]

I don't have a button. Is it only on certain trim levels? I've got an LX.

 

[Jeffro]

I don't have a button. Is it only on certain trim levels? I've got an LX.

I've got an LX and I don't have it...