jusie Posted November 1, 2004 Share Posted November 1, 2004 Hi can any one tell me what it might mean if the green slip cont light comes on? I put my foot down at some lights this morning and completley lost power and the light came on. this is the one next to the petrol gauge. i didnt really have a lot of petrol and the orange light had started to come on could this have been the reason? I did stop and put petrol in straight away and the light has now gone off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesG Posted November 1, 2004 Share Posted November 1, 2004 All it means is that the traction control has activated. If the light flashes it's a temporary activation. If the light stays on, then it detected a larger slip so it decides to stay on and reduce power. As you've discovered, the light doesn't persist over an engine restart. You can also press the traction control button a couple of times to clear it, or if you briefly floor the throttle it seems to clear it too. James. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mawby Posted November 1, 2004 Share Posted November 1, 2004 Traction control lights and meanings..... Orange TRC OFF light: Comes on when the "TRC OFF" button has been pressed, indicating that the traction control system has been disabled. If this light comes on when the button hasn't been pressed then that indicates a malfunction in the traction control system. Green TRC light (flashing): Comes on when the traction control is zapping some (or most of) of cars power to try and regain traction. This light should only flash for a few seconds at a time and then it will go out once the car is back under control. Green TRC light (on, according to manual): Indicates a fault in the system, however I know this to be incorrect. Green TRC light (on, according to me driving my car many miles!): This happens when after approximately 5 seconds of flashing the traction control still hasn't been able to regain control of the wheels. At this point the traction control goes into OTT mode, whereby 1st gear is disabled and all the other gears suffer sevear power loss. Once this happens there are two ways to turn it off. 1) Turn off traction control using the TRC OFF button, then turn it back on again. 2) Put your foot to the floor! If you give it some serious throttle and the wheels still grip then it will disable this mode and go back to normal. I can only assume this mode is SNOW MODE but before the snow button was actually added to the supra's control panel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesG Posted November 1, 2004 Share Posted November 1, 2004 Originally posted by mawby This happens when after approximately 5 seconds of flashing the traction control still hasn't been able to regain control of the wheels. 5 seconds!!! It's not "burn-out" mode James. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mawby Posted November 1, 2004 Share Posted November 1, 2004 Originally posted by JamesG 5 seconds!!! It's not "burn-out" mode James. Well maybe 3 seconds then, these things tend to happen too quickly to tell! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tDR Posted November 1, 2004 Share Posted November 1, 2004 Hi Jusie, It's just the crappy stock traction control doing it's thing......... bloody dangerous if you ask me (think trying to get out a junction quickly in busy traffic, sitting duck comes to mind!) - why I mentioned to you just turn traction control off as a habit. It really is shockingly crap. Cheers, Brian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jusie Posted November 1, 2004 Author Share Posted November 1, 2004 Thanks for that. Gutted as I was next to a flippin saxo at the lights with blue LEDs hmmm car just died so that showed me eh trying to be cocky titally understand why you said to turn the slip dif off now brian when i bought the car i agree could be very dangerous if that had happened at a junction. What would i do with out you all . Nice to here from you brian hope your fine got any new toys to play with Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tDR Posted November 1, 2004 Share Posted November 1, 2004 Nope no new toys In fact I just bought a shockingly sensible 406 exec td as my new commuter Makes a bit more sense than my MR2. I'm contemplating a bike for cheap thrills Hope she's still going strong for ya! Cheers, Brian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jusie Posted November 2, 2004 Author Share Posted November 2, 2004 oh yes love her got plans for next year so i had best start saving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Posted November 2, 2004 Share Posted November 2, 2004 Originally posted by mawby Well maybe 3 seconds then, these things tend to happen too quickly to tell! 5 seconds is usually how long it takes for the stock TC to realise your wheels are spinning, then cuts the engine for 5 seconds! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tDR Posted November 2, 2004 Share Posted November 2, 2004 Originally posted by jusie oh yes love her got plans for next year so i had best start saving. Big single / hi stall TC / built autobox? http://www.vortexpower.co.uk Go on, you know you wanna! Brian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jusie Posted November 3, 2004 Author Share Posted November 3, 2004 I said i had best start saving not take out a second mortgage ha ha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hadyn Posted January 16, 2005 Share Posted January 16, 2005 i've just had my green slip cont light come on too this morning after a spirited boot resulted in the back end coming out a bit in wet conditions. Once i switched off the light disappeared Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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