What Traction Control Button Does & When to Turn it Off!

Donuts in whose parking lot? I'm sure they'll appreciate all the rubber streaks all over their once nice-looking lot.

If you don’t know how to use it, you shouldn't be driving. 😂

cutting donuts with a front wheel drive? yeah right, maybe in reverse

Do as many doughnuts till you get bored or tired or until the COPS turn up haha

I'd like to learn more about her "fun button"...

I like the buttons right there where you're gonna dump your drink into them

I don’t think anyone learned anything from this! I certainly did not.

Best explanation I’ve heard, thanks.

so, when you want more traction, turn traction control OFF, if you want to have fun in a parking lot, turn it on, got it.

I'm still not sure in what conditions it needs to be turned on. I live in an area with no snow and only rain during winter. I'm suspecting it's just better to have it on all the time...

Good demo Jeff

I was going up on a very shallow, but iced-over incline coming out of a parking lot.
Having to stop at the top to check for traffic, my vehicle was simply unable to pull out on the road...my front-wheel drive just kept slipping.

Cars were coming up behind me, but I was simply not going anywhere, and the front wheels were just spinning.
When the vehicles behind me came around me and clear out, I got thought, "Well, lets try it," and turned off my traction control.

Lo and behold, my vehicle moved forward without any issue and I got onto the road...totally surprised me: the traction control was working against me.

Im old school, and like to always be in total control of the vehicles. So i hate trac control!

I Don't like any of these new additives , I don't even like Anti Lock Brake , I want to be in control of my vehicle .

in lsd vehicles you can hold it and it will allow you to do burnouts

I have a Focus RS. Yes it's fun with the traction control off. ( track or drift mode ). I call it...screw the pooch mode when on the track. You just lightly touched what that does.

If you really know how to control cars (e.g., four wheel drifts), have a rear wheel drive vehicle, and you're in rain or slick conditions, there are instances where full power to break loose the drive wheels is absolutely critical to allowing the front steering wheels to continue rolling - effectively allowing for quick change in vehicle direction without spinning out. It's not a novice driving instinct and the need is rare on public roads while impossible to pull off if Traction Control activated. Rare does happen... sudden moves involving crash avoidance do happen. Been there. Saw the driver following me face while hood to hood just as the rear wheels broke loose allowing for the front wheels to regain control and straighten out in the correct direction as if nothing happened

I am in love with Christina! She is a hottie! You can sell me a car anytime Christina!

Traction control is good in sharp corners, no? I woukd sacrifice some speed to stay stable on those sharp curves at high speeds

They talk ENTIRELY too much

In the equinox, drivers me crazy, seems to turn itself on

When do you turn it on?

"Do as many donuts as you want . . . Until you get tired!" . . . Or until you crash into something! Bad advice!! Also, doing this in a parking lot is doing it on private property and if you are doing dangerous things there you can get charged with trespassing. Again: bad advice.

Back in the 90's (before most vehicles had traction contro) I used my brakes to add pressure to the pads. Not near as good or as efficient as traction control but the concept was sound back then.

So i still don't get it. Should the track button should stay off? 🤔

I don't like traction control,and live in a cold climate where there's snow. Thru
my life I always pumped the brakes moderately, and adjusted how much
gas to give the car. I don't like the traction control at all, because it
interferes with how I've driven in snowy or icy conditions. I always turn
it off. I just don't like it. For those who are scared to drive in these
conditions, I think it would be great. A lot of women would like this feature,
in my opinion. I just don't like the "system" automatically pumping my
brakes when I've already started to do it manually.

FUN BUTTON ❤😁

I’ve got a 2019 Jeep Cherokee that has a fun dial instead of a fun button. I’ve never had to use it because I leave it in automatic instead.

hey let her talk, why are u popping on and wasting our time.

I keep forgetting to turn my Traction Control off when I've done doughnuts in a snowy parking lot but it seems just fine with it on. However it might be bad for the brakes when purposely trying to loose traction ...so next time we get snow I'll have to try turning it off

In my friend's old truck, the traction control button was within arms reach of the passenger seat. I would occasionally turn it off. (Don't worry, road conditions were good.) The orange light would illuminate and my friend had no idea what the heck it meant. He was afraid to drive with the light on because he was afraid it would damage his vehicle. So he would pull over, shut his truck off, and restart it, which would reset it and turn the light off. To this day he had no idea it was me doing that, nor did he figure out all he had to do was press that button to turn it back on again.

THANKS ❤😊

Well explained 👏 😊❤

Cute Girl ❤

Always turn off your traction control... and spend the time to learn how to be a good driver instead. Traction control isn't nearly as good as a good driver. It's only there for the trash drivers, and it drags everyone down to the lowest common denominator.

I have heard the name of it was changed worldwide due to customer perceptions in America.

You gotta turn off traction control if you want to do doughnuts.

The button is confusing as hell no one tells you that the traction control which supposedly keeps the tires from slipping is actually ON by default on the car so pushing that button will TURN IT OFF. Not like every other button does. Any other button in the world turns the action you want on when you first push it. So I thought it was turning my traction on when i pushed it and the orange light lit up. Even though the word OFF is clearly on it. I couldnt understand why something would be off while lit up. Also when I push it THATS when my traction gets better in rainy weather. When i push it again and the light goes off my car immediately starts slipping in wet weather. So its confusing as hell

Lindsey Lohan's sister... 😆

I turned it off asap. If you need it to drive straight, then you do not need be driving. Stupid button

It’s important to know how your traction control works as they’re different per manufacturer, and to know how invasive they are. It makes a difference in how it’ll help you in various situations. The C5, maybe even the C4, Corvette had a great traction/launch control that could get a novice driver to do perfectly 1/4 miles runs. My E46 M3’s system hinders it drastically by cutting engine power for a few seconds where the pedal basically goes dead to my inputs…that has caused some scares when pulling out into traffic where getting on the throttle and accelerating moderately is key, but when my tires slipped on some water or gravel (or this time I had not very grippy tires) traction control kicked in and I made less than ideal progress and pissed off a few drivers. My system works great in snow with proper tires though. The Mercedes ML320 in the 90’s had a good system of AWD that applied braking power to a slipping wheel to transfer power other wheels, that’s a system you’d leave on for that hill example.

Did not need him in the video. I turned it off.

Donuts

Thanks for the video, but I'm still a bit confused. First, I have never "touched" the traction control button since I bought my car some 5 years ag, but just 2 days ago when breaking on icy road while going 30 mph I noticed that light come on as the car slowed down while vibrating to a stop. BTW, it a 6 speed manual. I suppose it means it's set to the "on" position.

so, for everyday driving in good wx and on no issue roads is it better to leave it on or turn it off??? 🤠

I turn it off in my AWD Subaru Forester when towing up a rough off-road steep dirt road or towing a boat up a steep boat ramp 😊

She calls it her "fun button"? I'm out.

should you turn it off if you have your 4 wheel drive turned on??

U press to off it... Basically it's always on

Good tips for everyone.