L-300 Traction Control?

Why is this feature always on? I find when I turn it off I get better
gas milage. Like 1-3 miles per gallon! So why is the TC in the on
position all the time, instead of being on as needed?

 

Strange, MPG should be no different unless there is something wrong
with it. It merely monitors ABS wheel speed sensors and applys brakes
to proper wheel when drive slipage is detected. It should make no
difference in normal drive unless it is defective or you spin tires a
lot .

 

What Snoman says, it is "Traction Control", it works with ABS and is by
default on whenever you start your car. If you like to peel out alot or have
a very heavy foot, perhaps, but not likely would it affect your gas mileage.

 

]28, 2007, 8:48am (PDT+3) From:
] (SnoMan)

]Strange, MPG should be no different unless
] there is something wrong with it. It merely
] monitors ABS wheel speed sensors and
] applys brakes to proper wheel when drive
] slipage is detected. It should make no
] difference in normal drive unless it is defective
] or you spin tires a lot .

So why do they give you the ability to turn it off, if they expect you
to leave it all the time? Why is there even a button on the dash to
control it? All I know is I drove a certain distance with it on and I
got 21 mpg. then I drove the exact same distance with it off, and I got
over 23mpg.

 

In case you get stuck and need to spin your wheels on purpose, you can
override the TC. Most Chevy trucks with TC also have this feature. If it is
affecting your mileage that much, you must have something defective, have it
checked out.

 

wrote in 3315.bay.webtv.net:

Sometimes you need to turn it off to ALLOW the wheels to spin.
For example, I was on very icey uphill road and the cables in my tires
were working but there was a bit of slippage while the chains bit into
the ice.
With TC on, the car "helpfully" reduced my wheel speed - unfortunately
this meant in a very short distance I was going nowhere, with my wheels
not spinning and the gas pedal nearly to the floor.

I switched off traction control, and slowly accelerated, allowing the
wheels to slip a bit and bite into the ice and I slowly was able to gain
speed again.

.... it also is nice to turn off and show your passengers how trying to
accelerate quickly just spins the wheels, then slow down and turn it back
on and repeat and push them into the seat <g>.

As for your observed improved economy....
ummm less gas in the tank, lighter vehicle, hotter tires, increased tire
pressure, more concscious about the leaded right foot, A/C working harder
or less?

On or off in basic driving neither ABS or it's compliment, Traction
Control, affect your MPG. Now Overdrive, or 5-th or 6-th gear selection
will affect your MPG, as will whether your AC compressor is running.

 

]Aug 29, 2007, 7:45am (PDT+3) From:
] (marx404)

]In case you get stuck and need to spin your
] wheels on purpose, you can override the TC.
] Most Chevy trucks with TC also have this
] feature. If it is affecting your mileage that
] much, you must have something defective,
] have it checked out.

Thanks, I think I will. I have noticed a 'huge' amount of brake dust on
the front tires. Or I should say more brake dust then usual! So I wonder
if the brakes might be causing all this.
It just seemed strange that I would have such a differance in mpg with
the TC off.