traction control on 07 sportrac

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Tony - 31 Jul 2006 21:33 GMT

Is it possible to completely disable the trac control when needed on
the 07 sportrac. Was on fire trail and power to the wheels were
constantly disengaging, more of an annoyance and waste of gas. But the
big scare, Hwy 17, Old Santa Cruz Rd getting on to 17, gas it to get
onto the freeway, started strong got up to about 35 - 40 with Trac Ctrl

off, then fell flat on it's face with no power. Looked down and saw
the RPM rise... started to feather the gas but no response and took the

ECU too much time to recover.

If there's an article already out there please, point me in the right
direction...

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David M - 01 Aug 2006 02:02 GMT

> Is it possible to completely disable the trac control when needed on
> the 07 sportrac. Was on fire trail and power to the wheels were
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> If there's an article already out there please, point me in the right
> direction...

My wife's new (06) Explorer did something similar; while she was getting
on the freeway, she tried to give it more gas whilst going around the
cloverleaf. It would not speed up until she got it straight and level.

I attributed it to roll control, which I don't think you can turn off.
You can turn off the traction control by pushing the traction control
button.

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Tony - 01 Aug 2006 16:55 GMT

> My wife's new (06) Explorer did something similar; while she was getting
> on the freeway, she tried to give it more gas whilst going around the
[quoted text clipped - 9 lines]
> T/S 53
> sled351 Linux 2.4.18-14 has been up 5 days 14:01

Yes, traction control off button, but it only works and turns off the
trac ctrl when below speeds of 25 mph. I can also feel the roll control
work when getting onto the highway, it's either cutting the power a bit
or applies a bit of brake to control the vech.
I think the sensitivity is set too high on both.

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