What Traction Control Button Does and Why You Would Turn it Off

My LATEST VIDEO on TRACTION CONTROL HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyhCfFfpXVM

When did Leonard from Big Bang Theory start doing car science?

If any salesman tells me they don’t know what a button does I’m not buying the car.

You must also turn the traction control off to do a burnout before a drag race. He makes a great point about turning it off when you are stuck in snow or mud. Well done!

Every car manufacturer should invest in a personable sales rep like yourself, to go over every single option their automobiles could have on them and have them available on YouTube for understandable instruction, like you have done here, for traction controls. Excellent video.

Thanks for the no-B.S. video! Now I know to: Keep Traction and Stability Control ON during bad weather and regular commutes & Turn OFF Traction and Stability Control for driver-controlled maneuvers like rocking out of hole, burning out, doing donuts or even drifting. Please use caution and drive safely no matter what but especially around others! So many new drivers out there these days (and old ones, bless their souls 💕)

Depending on the vehicle there can be up to 8 software programs living in the ABS module. ABS -Prevents any wheel from locking while braking Traction control - reduces engine power when a drive wheel begins to spin Roll over mitigation - if a car is up on 2 wheels (rolling over) it locks up the wheels that are on the ground causing them to lose traction allowing the vehicle to fall back on 4 wheels stability control - corrects oversteer by locking up the rear inside wheel corrects understeer by locking rear outside wheel (or any combination to correct the maneuver) Traction enhancement - some AWD models do not have limited slip differentials, instead they use the ABS module to apply braking to the wheel that is spinning thus giving the effect of limited slip crash detection - will apply brakes if it detects an obstruction ahead drift mitigation - if the car is drifting on a turn it will reduce engine power and engage stability control algorithm trailer sway mitigation - if you have a trailer improperly loaded and it goes into a death wobble (scary situation) ABS will detect this in the steering angle sensor and engage an algorithm to correct it. rollback mitigation - with a manual transmission the brakes will stay applied for a few seconds when taking off on a hill ( so you dont roll back while engaging the clutch

This was the only video that actually explained traction control and why you would turn it off. Thank you!!

Thanks for the clear simple explanation, now i understand what purpose it serves

Jeff if I’m ever in the area I can’t wait to come in a meet you. Keep up the great work!!! Really really enjoy your videos

This was very informative. Keep up the work. Respect from Jamaica.

Me, as a daily driver in Sweden, TRC is kind of useful utility to drive safely! It activates when you turn right or left while the wheels is sliding!

Also if you want an immediate pick up from halt (especially in automatic vehicles) you need to turn off traction control.

Why do I watch this? I don't even have a car. Well, another piece of knowledge added to the brain at least

Thanks so much! Now I know the purpose of traction control!

Thank u for this. Recently I got stuck in the mud and it helped to turn the traction off to get out of the mess.

I love this man. So enthusiastic!

I've definitely had the traction control kick on a few times, usually on wet roads. Having had most of my driving experience without that feature and having had experiences correcting for skids, I must say that I'm glad I have it - esp given that my current car is the first car that I've ever purchased new.

Turn it off if a long upward grade is involved - even a slight grade. Having "Traction Control" drop the engine speed back to zero when you're halfway up the hill does NOT get you to the top! That's a place where controlled wheel spin (controlled by the driver) is more useful than having the "smart" technology stop the vehicle and then try to start up again when halfway up the hill. Been there, done that, on a 200 yard long path uphill through a pasture (hill + wet grass) from an outdoor wedding that didn't quite get rained out. Tried it with TC on twice (2012 Highlander with 6 speed automatic) and TC FAILED MISERABLY both times, bringing the vehicle to a complete stop halfway up the hill. Turned TC off and took yet another clear path up the grade and did fine with me controlling the amount of wheel spin - yes, that's an art, and it's learned from driving manual transmission vehicles on roads covered with black ice. TC might be OK for inexperienced drivers trying to get started on snow/ice - but anyone who needs that kind of help shouldn't be driving an unstoppable vehicle - and they're not experienced enough to know how long that next stop will take.

thank you for this video bro! i really enjoyed it , really really good !!!