The ABS is working.
I will check my fuses tonight!
The wheelspin occurs when I pull away in first. I have no idea how sophisticated the system is, although I suspect not very, given the age and type of car.
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The wheelspin occurs when I pull away in first.
For how long? My Vectra has traction control, but if I accelerate hard, the wheels will still spin momentarily until the sensors and electronics wake up and sort it all out.
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An easy check, duplicating the circumstances under which it should kick in, is to find a quiet country road. Keep one front wheel on tarmac, the other on the slipperiest, greasest bit of roadside muddy verge you can find. Try to pull away sharply (but no frantic wheelies). If its working, you will find that initially the wheel on the mud spins, then you will prbably feel a slight juddering as the traction control kicks in - this is because the brake is being rapidly applied & released to the spinning wheel. You will then pull away off the verge. If it's switchable, try same trick with & without TCS - this will demonstrate use.
I agree that racing away in first with loads of wheelspin will probably not cause thraction control to kick in, it didn't on my Saab 9000 turbo, but it did work under the circumstances described above (which is what it is actually for).
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This sounds like a good crack. I am ferrying my darts team to an away fixture tomorrow night, and will try it then. Will an extra 60 stone or so in the car effect this test?!
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You could always ask them to get out and push if the car gets stuck in the muddy verge.
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