An amusing little glitch
File this under "things that used to worry me about my V8V, but now I just find quirky". . .
About every 3-4 weeks I stop at the dry cleaner, where I always use their pull-through lane. The only thing the least big unusual about this lane is that its on a slight uphill and the place I stop has brick pavers, rather than concrete. I turn the car off, walk in to drop my dry cleaning off, and when I return and start the car invariably the error message says "Traction Control Temporarily Off; DSC Service Required". Then I drive 5 minutes to work, park the car for the day, and when I return at night the error message is gone. :D Not sure what this is about, but it seems to be a reproducible little software bug that only shows up under these circumstances. Just thought I would put it out here in case anyone else has been worried about it. |
That happens when during start up or right after start up the car rolls a bit and the car gets confused that the car is moving without any inputs.
Happened to me the first time when as I was starting up the car, the handbrake couldnt hold it and it started rolling down a ramp. I was super depressed because I just got it and thought I was in for an expensive repair haha |
Would be best to schedule a dealer visit and have the vehicle scanned by the dealer scanner. It's possible you might just need the accelerometer re-calibrated. Dependent on year will gauge calibration, the vehicle needs to know axis of lateral and longitudinal(year). If you park the car on a hill with a system not calibrated and a system check is done on start up, could be the reason for the error msg because the readings of the axis seen are not logical. When your on a flat surface, no error because the readings recorded make sense to the module with the current calibration.
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Wow! Just amazed about how many little sensors and calibrations and such are involved in these things. Just more and more little things that the average wrench turner can't deal with. I can change plugs, oil, filters, brakes, struts.... but when it comes to these electronic things I'm SOL.
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Irish: Thanks for the suggestion. I will have that done! JR
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Good news is a lot of sensors are designed to self learn and reset in a feedback loop, so its not a 'once triggered, youre SOL'
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Try a different dry cleaners ;-)
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Originally Posted by VANTAGE_06
(Post 4566673)
Try a different dry cleaners ;-)
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