Hi All,

 

Just wanted to check others experience of this when taking off too quickly (in the wet/ice etc.). I thought the TCS light was meant to flash rapidly:

 

Yesterday I was a bit too enthusiastic leaving a junction and one of the front wheels started to spin up.  I got a bit of a noise from the offside wheel (spin-bang-spin-bang) in very quick sucession as the tyre tried to gain traction but did not notice the TCS light flashing at all. TCS was definately not turned off (I tested turning it off and having the permenant TCS light come on the dashboard).  The wheel spin lasted a second or two (quite a big spin-up) so would have expected TCS to have had time to kick-in).  

 

Anyone elsse noticed this?

 

Cheers,

Paul

 

Edited 22 December, 20223 yr by smipx

Modern VAG cars don't cut the power on wheelspin instantaneously like they used to and light the dash up like a Christmas tree, totally normal to be able to spin up a bit and not see the traction light, at least in my experience

1 minute ago, SuperbTWM said:

Modern VAG cars don't cut the power on wheelspin instantaneously like they used to and light the dash up like a Christmas tree, totally normal to be able to spin up a bit and not see the traction light, at least in my experience

OK thanks for that SuperbTWM.  My old 2009 Tiguan used to light up pretty instantly when spinning wheels and I was worried that my 10 year newer Karoq may not have been working properly - that puts my mind at rest 🙂

 

I can remember on the mk4/5 Golfs and older Passat I had you had to turn the traction control off if it was particularly slippy as the traction was too invaisive. On my 2018 Passat I don't think I've ever seen the traction control light.

 

Maybe both of our cars are broken 🤣

i'll wait 'till theres much ice and then give it a fuller 10 second wheel spin test. If the light doesn't come on then (and I'm still in the same spot) then I will know its foobar!!  Then I'll take a trip to the stealer.  🙂

 

 

5 hours ago, smipx said:

Hi All,

 

Yesterday I was a bit too enthusiastic leaving a junction and one of the front wheels started to spin up.  I got a bit of a noise from the offside wheel (spin-bang-spin-bang) in very quick sucession as the tyre tried to gain traction but did not notice the TCS light flashing at all. TCS was definately not turned off

 

I think the clue is one (not both) of the wheels spun

 

It then brakes the spinning wheel, whilst continuing with other gripping.

I think you only get the flashing light if both driving wheels slip so power has to be reduced.

 

Out of interest what brand and type of tyres are you using, some are prone to poor grip in certain weather.

 

15 hours ago, SurreyJohn said:

I think the clue is one (not both) of the wheels spun

 

It then brakes the spinning wheel, whilst continuing with other gripping.

I think you only get the flashing light if both driving wheels slip so power has to be reduced.

 

Out of interest what brand and type of tyres are you using, some are prone to poor grip in certain weather.

 

Thanks for that explanation.  They are Michelin Crossclimate 2 SUV.  They spin very very little and I'm not worried about them for that.  I was just curious that the light didn't flicker.