Thread: Traction control not working properly

Went for a drive with dad and my brothers today, good times.

But on two occassions the traction control played up, by insisting the right wheel must be dragged along whilst it's locked up.

Going into a deep set of ruts that had a really slippery surface the TC started clicking away, and after a couple of seconds it locked the right wheel, and wouldn't let it go until I come almost to a stop and the TC stopped activating.

There's no ABS or TC light on the dash (no fault code), though I'll have a play tommorow with the nanocom.

Sorry, I should really put that on my profile, it's 96.

I dont think its the caliper pins as they're moving freely and the pads are wearing the same.
We flushed new fluid through the system and out of the right rear came a lot of black suspended solids, which leads me to think it may be the hose.

A clogged up sensor ring is a possibility, though so is a kinked brake line too.

It seems to start off allright then the sound of the valves gets lighter as the wheel locks up, leading me to think that it takes a little while for the pressure to get through to the caliper and when it does, the cycling time of the valves is to quick to release the caliper, which would mean the pressure difference on both sides of the valves are roughly the same.

On the nanocom there's a section to de-manual individual valves. ..

I don't think the vc would cause my proplem, but it's okay. Tested it just the other day.

But thats all beside the point, cause with the right locked up it does the worlds best circle work, had it spinning on the right front with the steering wheel straight.