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Old 01-02-2005, 01:17 PM
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Yea, but the goofy thing though is it never worked before. And still, it only worked twice last night and only during :? the first minute of being in drive.
Old 01-02-2005, 02:43 PM
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Traction control is highly over rated lol. The Traction control in my Bonneville was better IMO than whats in my Alero, my alero can sit there spinning on a sheet of ice to 15-20 mph befor it kicks in, my SSEi'* TC would kick in the minute u started to spin, you could here it pulse the breaks, then again, that system almost always was throwing an ABS/Traction off light..
Grr...Electronics that dont work!
Old 01-02-2005, 06:24 PM
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plus the TC on a 92-93 is different from a 94. The 92-93 apply the brakes, and the 94+ retard the timing
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Traction Control works great for me -- I was trying to go up a hill this winter from a stop and went a little bit heavy on the gas -- traction control did its thing and bogged me down enough to get the wheels traction.
Old 01-02-2005, 10:20 PM
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Honestly, I've really been happy with the TC on my GA. It seems to kick in fast and work well....granted if the car was doing anything minorly wierd, I probably wouldn't notice .
Old 01-02-2005, 10:24 PM
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i dont like mine it goes grrrrrrrr after the wheels stop spinning. i think its broken so i just kep it off.
Old 01-02-2005, 10:27 PM
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Originally Posted by 1993 SLE
plus the TC on a 92-93 is different from a 94. The 92-93 apply the brakes, and the 94+ retard the timing
nope 94 is also applied braking
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that is weird i thought they stopped the applied braking in the 93 :? maybe timing retard started with the Series II
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Originally Posted by 1993 SLE
that is weird i thought they stopped the applied braking in the 93 :? maybe timing retard started with the Series II
I think it may be OBD II related. But TC equipped cars have a TC box on the strut tower in 94/95 i know.
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Originally Posted by BonneMeMN
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that is weird i thought they stopped the applied braking in the 93 :? maybe timing retard started with the Series II
I think it may be OBD II related. But TC equipped cars have a TC box on the strut tower in 94/95 i know.
I just read a review of the 1994 SSEi and it says the TC employs both the ABS and computer retarding timing -first year for both combined according to the article.


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