Traction Control ? - 2003-04 Mach 1 Registry Owners Club

ThatsBAD06 · 04-17-2006, 06:33 PM

OK well I've been doin a lot of thinkin..a lot of drinkin and a lot of thinkin..

Obviously there is a button to turn off the traction control. And most people just turn off the traction control permenantly when they use a handheld tuner.

BUT is there any way to set it up so the traction control button can be used to turn it on instead of turning it off? So basically you would always have the traction control turned off but say it rained or somethin and you want to turn it on you could just use the button. I think that's how it should have come from the factory...

2k4mach · 04-17-2006, 06:35 PM

lemme go find the site with the module...........basically it remembers the state it was in the last time the car was running instead of defaulting it to on everytime you start the car. This way if you happen to be in the rain or whatever you can still turn it back on.

For me i turned it off in the tune as ive been driving mustangs since ive had my lisence and honestly when the t/c kicks on in the rain or whatever it kinda messes me up since im used to the way they handle and 99% of the time im already correcting it when the t/c kicks on and it seems to just upset the car more when that happens.

2k4mach · 04-17-2006, 06:47 PM

here you go
http://www.ponyexpressperformance.co...oncontrol.html

ThatsBAD06 · 04-17-2006, 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by 2k4mach

here you go
http://www.ponyexpressperformance.co...oncontrol.html

jeez that's a little pricey for such a small thing to do. Needless to say traction control will be deleted tomorrow when I get my tune.

2k4mach · 04-17-2006, 07:06 PM

lol, honestly i dont miss it 1 bit.

mtm87tx · 04-17-2006, 07:12 PM

do you need to turn off the traction control before you turn the car off?

"Exclusive memory feature contained in module defaults traction control to last used setting at startup, and gives the user the ability to switch and default traction control "off" or "on" at any time, keeping the stock functionality of the switch. NO MORE FORGETTING TO TURN TRACTION CONTROL OFF!"

for 55 bucks i can press a button lol

Blue Baron NC · 04-17-2006, 08:20 PM

Do not push that button! Look you pushed it! I told you no, but you had to. Wait to your father comes home! J/K! BB

BlackMach · 04-17-2006, 10:06 PM

My tune leaves the traction control alone, something I told the tuner not to touch. I have no issues remembering to push the button to turn it off when I want it off.

antiv6 · 04-17-2006, 10:51 PM

i leave it on. After a bad experience with it off im afraid to not leave it on. Even with it on i chirp the tires in wot and the car slightly goes to the side a little sometimes, and its an auto. With it off i was totally sideways once so i keep it on

gotmymach1 · 04-18-2006, 05:45 PM

The only time I leave it on is if it's raining. Even so, if I get on it, it will start getting way sideways before correcting itself, I always have to lift off. I mean what the heck is the use. I need to find a wet parking lot and see if it really works. Anybody spun out in the wet with it on?

2k4mk1 · 04-18-2006, 05:58 PM

turned off via my tuner. all I have to do is psh the button if I want it on.
Remember when the lite is on the T/C is OFF.

Nekasrof · 04-18-2006, 06:29 PM

I hit the button when I turn the car on. When I leave that thing in the 'on' position, holy crap does that screw with my head! I was leavin Lowe's. Turned on to the on ramp and stepped on it a bit. The car lurched and booooooooooooogged. I let off the gas and pulled over thinking the worst. Then I noticed the little light was off.

I guess I really should shut the thing off permanently. It wouldn't do me any good in any situation....except scare the crap out of me when it kicks in.

04-17-2006, 06:33 PM	#1
ThatsBAD06 The Thread Killer Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Burke,VA Posts: 814	Traction Control ? OK well I've been doin a lot of thinkin..a lot of drinkin and a lot of thinkin.. Obviously there is a button to turn off the traction control. And most people just turn off the traction control permenantly when they use a handheld tuner. BUT is there any way to set it up so the traction control button can be used to turn it on instead of turning it off? So basically you would always have the traction control turned off but say it rained or somethin and you want to turn it on you could just use the button. I think that's how it should have come from the factory... __________________ 2004 Black Mach 1 297.77 RWHP & 320.27 RWTQ 1/4 mile: 13.230 @ 106.43, 1.979 60' 1/8 mile: 8.568 @ 84.54, 1.979 60' -MAC Catted Prochamber w/ Magnaflow MagnaPacks -Ported/Polished Intake & PHP Intake Spacer -K&N Drop In Air Filter w/ snorkel & maf screen removed -MGW Short Throw Shifter (Blue) -FRPP 4.10's & Aluminum Driveshaft -Moser 31 splines w/ Detroit Truetrac posi -Black Bullitts(17x9,10.5) wrapped in GSD3's (255x40x17 F 285x40x17 R)

04-17-2006, 06:35 PM	#2
2k4mach LuLz Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Cedar Park, TX Posts: 19,294	Re: Traction Control ? lemme go find the site with the module...........basically it remembers the state it was in the last time the car was running instead of defaulting it to on everytime you start the car. This way if you happen to be in the rain or whatever you can still turn it back on. For me i turned it off in the tune as ive been driving mustangs since ive had my lisence and honestly when the t/c kicks on in the rain or whatever it kinda messes me up since im used to the way they handle and 99% of the time im already correcting it when the t/c kicks on and it seems to just upset the car more when that happens. __________________ 11 Sterling gray GT500 coupe 08 Silver Z06 1058rwhp/1073rwt @ 15psi 14 Silver Q50S Vortech blown 04 DSG Mach 1 (stolen) 03 OW Mach 1 (sitting in a field rotting away)

04-17-2006, 06:47 PM	#3
2k4mach LuLz Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Cedar Park, TX Posts: 19,294	Re: Traction Control ? here you go http://www.ponyexpressperformance.co...oncontrol.html __________________ 11 Sterling gray GT500 coupe 08 Silver Z06 1058rwhp/1073rwt @ 15psi 14 Silver Q50S Vortech blown 04 DSG Mach 1 (stolen) 03 OW Mach 1 (sitting in a field rotting away)

04-17-2006, 07:06 PM	#5
2k4mach LuLz Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Cedar Park, TX Posts: 19,294	Re: Traction Control ? lol, honestly i dont miss it 1 bit. __________________ 11 Sterling gray GT500 coupe 08 Silver Z06 1058rwhp/1073rwt @ 15psi 14 Silver Q50S Vortech blown 04 DSG Mach 1 (stolen) 03 OW Mach 1 (sitting in a field rotting away)

04-17-2006, 07:12 PM	#6
mtm87tx Guest Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Katy, Texas Posts: 1,836	Re: Traction Control ? do you need to turn off the traction control before you turn the car off? "Exclusive memory feature contained in module defaults traction control to last used setting at startup, and gives the user the ability to switch and default traction control "off" or "on" at any time, keeping the stock functionality of the switch. NO MORE FORGETTING TO TURN TRACTION CONTROL OFF!" for 55 bucks i can press a button lol

04-17-2006, 08:20 PM	#7
Blue Baron NC KEEP ON A MACHIN ME BABY Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: southern pines, nc Posts: 1,432	Re: Traction Control ? Do not push that button! Look you pushed it! I told you no, but you had to. Wait to your father comes home! J/K! BB __________________ Blue Baron NC Bone Stock and still Hot!

04-17-2006, 10:06 PM	#8
BlackMach MachJunkie Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 3,050	Re: Traction Control ? My tune leaves the traction control alone, something I told the tuner not to touch. I have no issues remembering to push the button to turn it off when I want it off. __________________ 04 Black Mach 1, Auto C&L Trueflow/Cold Air Kit (Stock MAF w/screen), Accufab TB, MRT H-Pipe w/Cats, Street Springs, Magnaflow Exhaust, PHP Intake Spacer, UPR Short Belt Kit, Steeda Alum U & L RCAs, Rear Sway Bar, Chrome Ultra-Lite II 17"x 9" Wheels, XCal 2 Custom Tune, FRPP 4.10 Gears, Alum Girdle, Alum D.S., Alum Trans Pan, Meziere Electric WP, NGK Iridium TR6IX, Odyssey PC925LMJT, Nitto 275/40/17 NT My Mach 1 Web Site

04-17-2006, 10:51 PM	#9
antiv6 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: lawrenceville,ga Posts: 494	Re: Traction Control ? i leave it on. After a bad experience with it off im afraid to not leave it on. Even with it on i chirp the tires in wot and the car slightly goes to the side a little sometimes, and its an auto. With it off i was totally sideways once so i keep it on __________________ 03 zinc yellow cobra vert intake, exhaust, pulley, tune 457hp 475 tq

04-18-2006, 05:45 PM	#10
gotmymach1 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Palm Harbor, FL Posts: 89	Re: Traction Control ? The only time I leave it on is if it's raining. Even so, if I get on it, it will start getting way sideways before correcting itself, I always have to lift off. I mean what the heck is the use. I need to find a wet parking lot and see if it really works. Anybody spun out in the wet with it on?

04-18-2006, 05:58 PM	#11
2k4mk1 Lakers beat our butts Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: San Antonio TX Posts: 2,889	Re: Traction Control ? turned off via my tuner. all I have to do is psh the button if I want it on. Remember when the lite is on the T/C is OFF. __________________ SPURS ARE NBA 07 CHAMPS!!!,but we wont be in 08 04 Oxford White 5 Spd with IUP K&N Aircharger Borla Stingers SLP Catted X Steeda Tri-Ax SCT flash tune. Drilled/Slotted rotors all 4 corners. 283rwhp (Mustang Dyno) 306rwhp (sae on Dynojet) D/O/B 12-05-03 Del. 01-21-04

04-18-2006, 06:29 PM	#12
Nekasrof Hillclimb Extraodinaire Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Perkiomenville, PA Posts: 2,594	Re: Traction Control ? I hit the button when I turn the car on. When I leave that thing in the 'on' position, holy crap does that screw with my head! I was leavin Lowe's. Turned on to the on ramp and stepped on it a bit. The car lurched and booooooooooooogged. I let off the gas and pulled over thinking the worst. Then I noticed the little light was off. I guess I really should shut the thing off permanently. It wouldn't do me any good in any situation....except scare the crap out of me when it kicks in.

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