Can Traction Control come back on by itself?

[rushhour]

Question for you guys.

Car is an 04GTO, A4 heads & cam & 3,200 Yank.

Everyonce and while after doing a burnout (usually if I exceed about 4,500rpms) - I will line up then hit the gas to go and the car noses over for a split second then takes off.

It has happed with 3 different tunes, by different tuners and is sporadic.

I loose about 3 tenths each time it happens.

Acts just like Traction Control is on. I get no codes though.

The TC is always set to off.

Is it possible that my ABS system is engaging and possibly re-engaging Traction Control?

Happend twice yesterday - unfortunately once is a race round.

Thought that maybe the ABS was freaking out.

debating on pulling the ABS fuse to see if it continues.

Any ideas?

Thanks

Steve

Forgot to put in - If I turn the car off then on agin - no issue - she runs fine.

[Dragman]

My 99 Vette does that also. I have TC turned off then go to do a burnout wont do one so I have to turn TC off again then alls fine. Now it has starting coming on after I do a burnout so I have to dry hop it once to make sure its off. It suks and I also have some little box wired in but name of it eludes me right now. Sure would like to have that crap turned off all the time at track.

[rushhour]

Yeah - WPIA - lost a 1st round Sunday because of it.

Maybe if I turn it back on then off after a burn out it may help - don't know. Will try it friday at the Etown.

I am going to cut back on the spark retard for traction control significantly to see if that works.

The only other thing I can think of is pulling the ABS fuse - but that sucks if you need the ABS after hitting some liquids on the track. Maybe set up an on/off toggle switch running into the ABS fuse block also.

I am seriously tired of this.

Steve

[jimmyblue]

I have never seen it do that, but the right (wrong)
sort of electrical fault could perhaps toggle the logic
that turns it on/off (like if the momentary dashboard
switch lost its power or ground, or the whole system
gets dropped (say, by battery roll and short to fender,
or a loose ground braid).

If you want it foolproof defeated, pull the connector
at the "gizmo" while you're sitting in the staging line
and key-off, key-on. But you probably want to keep
chasing the electrical fault angle.

[rushhour]

Jimmy as always - thanks for your input.

On the battery side - checked the terminals.

It is a wierd situation - only happens after a certain rpms on the burnout. Otherwise perfect. Yeah - I know keep the rpms down - but if the tires break loose - the only thing I can do is turn it off then on - but that may mean a loss (depending on starter).

I wish I could just hit a button and get back but that is not an option.

I think for friday - I will reduce the spark retard on the TC. If that doesn't work - remove the ABS fuse. If that works then set up an outside fuse setup with an off/on toggle. So I have ABS at the top end.

I am still not sure it isn't MAF related with reversion - but this is too wierd.

Steve

[Dragman]

any news on y yet??

[coryfountain]

You can disable the traction control, but yet the stabilitrack will compensate for the loss of traction control... You must disable both.... However i dont think you can disable Stabilitrack from HP tuners, only from the traction control button in the car(by holding it down for 5 seconds) That is how it works in my truck.. Both have to be disabled or im just screwed... Just an FYI from me

[Dragman]

Yeah - WPIA - lost a 1st round Sunday because of it.

Maybe if I turn it back on then off after a burn out it may help - don't know. Will try it friday at the Etown.

I am going to cut back on the spark retard for traction control significantly to see if that works.

The only other thing I can think of is pulling the ABS fuse - but that sucks if you need the ABS after hitting some liquids on the track. Maybe set up an on/off toggle switch running into the ABS fuse block also.

I am seriously tired of this.

Steve

Did u ever solve this??

[frankmarroquin]

ttt.... would be pretty intresting to figure a resolution for this.

[BadCompanyVPWS6]

Mine had this same problem but the actual 'TCS' light was coming on and off randomly especially after idling for longer than 15 seconds.

I did a bunch of research and what finally cured it was I changed the 'min kpa to 0' and 'max kpa to 100'

That solved all my problems.

This occured after my verter and cam install like 4 years ago. lol