Anyone got a Vauxhall Vectra TC light on dashboard

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adrian29uk

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• Feb 10, 2007

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Driving my car this evening the TC light came on? I cant find the hand book. Does anyone know what this is?

 

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HampshireSeagulls

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• Feb 10, 2007

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It's traction control. It should light up, then go out after a few seconds. If it stays on, get the car into a dealership - might be as simple as a burnt out wire, could be the road-speed sensor is not working.

 

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adrian29uk

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damn it. would you drive the light on?

 

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Titanic

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• Feb 10, 2007

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When we had an Omega estate... it had a button to turn the traction control off/on.

 

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HampshireSeagulls

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Only if I planned not to need to stop really quickly in an emergency. Traction Control is what enables the car to change it's power for grip on the roads. Really useful in wet/icy conditions, really clever system. You can turn it off and drive without it, but I would suggest getting into a dealer as soon as possible.

 

Bakesy

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Traction Control is for pussies.My old Mk1 Escort never had TC ffs.

I'm sure Zefarelli would agree..........

 

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adrian29uk

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Thanks for your help

 

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www.vvoc.co.uk

 

Muhammed - I’m hard - Bruce Lee

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• Feb 10, 2007

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i had a car once

and it had a light that went on when the boot was open
hope this helps

 

Everest

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• Feb 10, 2007

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What a coincidence Dave. I must have bought it off you.

Heap of shit it was.

 

tedebear

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• Feb 10, 2007

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Bakesy said:

Traction Control is for pussies.My old Mk1 Escort never had TC ffs.

I'm sure Zefarelli would agree..........

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Traction control is for Grannies (although very useful for the huge amount of snow days we have here in the UK)

I'd ask Zef for his opinion, but a) I'd get scoffed at and b) He's in the workshop working on the race car!

 

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HampshireSeagulls

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• Feb 10, 2007

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Clutches are for faggots as well. If you can't change gear based on the sound of the engine, you shouldn't be on the road.

As for windscreen wipers and heaters - pah! I could never understand why we went to those silly flashy indicators, there was nothing wrong with the little "flipout" sidearms.

Traction control is handy in certain places, it's a good tech advance, but has limited used in the UK. It's worth getting a problem sorted out because it may be a symptom of a problem in the wiring loop, or a fuse rating / computer unit problem.