Traction and Stability Control off

[burner99]

How do I turn Traction and Stability Control off? Is it by pulling the 30amp, 50amp fuse, or both?

Do we know what each fuse does? Like can I pull one and it only disables traction and the other only disables stability?

Can’t get to the car right now to test it.

Thanks

 

[minnesotaart]

TCS on/off is a switch on the dash, lower left.

 

[burner99]

True, but i am looking for a true traction and stability control off.

The button on the dash only turns traction control off. though even then is it really off? Or does it just turn off cutting spark but continues to brake wheels to limit spin?

also pressing the button still leaves stability control on.

 

[Jman136]

I thought it turned BOTH off?

 

[yrwei52]

I thought it turned BOTH off?

No, burner99 is correct. The TCS button on CX-5 only turns the traction control partially off.

 

[Conrad 16.5]

Just curious, why do you want to turn Traction and Stability Control off?

 

[181962]

Just curious, why do you want to turn Traction and Stability Control off?

Easy. So you can change your tires on the fly:

 

[Conrad 16.5]

Easy. So you can change your tires on the fly:

That is INSANE!!! Just imagine if one of those right side tires failed or had a blowout. Those 5 geniuses would all be dead. And for what?

Darwin would have been proud.

 

[yrwei52]

Just curious, why do you want to turn Traction and Stability Control off?

Those testers from Car and Driver or all automobile magazines frequently turn the traction / stability control off for performance reason. I believe Chris_Top_Her often turns this off too while driving, even pulled the fuse if I remember it correctly.

 

[burner99]

Those testers from Car and Driver or all automobile magazines frequently turn the traction / stability control off for performance reason. I believe Chris_Top_Her often turns this off too while driving, even pulled the fuse if I remember it correctly.

right, im trying to figure out if i should pull just one or both. i havent had a chance to test it.

 

[181962]

Seriously, though, once upon a time Formula 1 cars had traction control. It was then banned to put more emphasis on driver skill. In fact, traction control, stability control and anti-lock brakes were developed on the racing circuits and some circuits still allow some or all of these systems to be used.

So, this begs a big question. If traction control had the affect of raising a lower tier F1 driver closer to the level of elite drivers, what might it be doing for you in aggressive driving?

Now, in a professional race car these systems would be tweaked to the driver's taste. Here we're talking about stock. A driver may find these systems are not to his taste in a stock vehicle. But your skills would have to on par with professional racers with repeated testing to assess the pros and cons. If you are going to turn these systems off while pushing the vehicle to it's limits where these systems would otherwise engage you better be very clear eyed as to your diving skills.

Anyway, regardless of how well you drive, it would be ill-advised to deactivate these systems other than for driving on clean, dry, well paved roads. If you're auto-crossing or drifting one day, it would be best to reactivate them the next if you're late for work and race through the rain.

 

[sm1ke]

Seriously, though, once upon a time Formula 1 cars had traction control. It was then banned to put more emphasis on driver skill. In fact, traction control, stability control and anti-lock brakes were developed on the racing circuits and some circuits still allow some or all of these systems to be used.

So, this begs a big question. If traction control had the affect of raising a lower tier F1 driver closer to the level of elite drivers, what might it be doing for you in aggressive driving?

Now, in a professional race car these systems would be tweaked to the driver's taste. Here we're talking about stock. A driver may find these systems are not to his taste in a stock vehicle. But your skills would have to on par with professional racers with repeated testing to assess the pros and cons. If you are going to turn these systems off while pushing the vehicle to it's limits where these systems would otherwise engage you better be very clear eyed as to your diving skills.

Anyway, regardless of how well you drive, it would be ill-advised to deactivate these systems other than for driving on clean, dry, well paved roads. If you're auto-crossing or drifting one day, it would be best to reactivate them the next if you're late for work and race through the rain.

Generally, I agree with you, but I could understand someone wanting to do this for the same reason people want to disable automatic emergency braking, radar cruise control, and automatic wipers. They just prefer to be the ones in control. Similar to how enthusiasts prefer a manual transmission over an automatic.

 

[burner99]

Seriously, though, once upon a time Formula 1 cars had traction control. It was then banned to put more emphasis on driver skill. In fact, traction control, stability control and anti-lock brakes were developed on the racing circuits and some circuits still allow some or all of these systems to be used.

So, this begs a big question. If traction control had the affect of raising a lower tier F1 driver closer to the level of elite drivers, what might it be doing for you in aggressive driving?

Now, in a professional race car these systems would be tweaked to the driver's taste. Here we're talking about stock. A driver may find these systems are not to his taste in a stock vehicle. But your skills would have to on par with professional racers with repeated testing to assess the pros and cons. If you are going to turn these systems off while pushing the vehicle to it's limits where these systems would otherwise engage you better be very clear eyed as to your diving skills.

Anyway, regardless of how well you drive, it would be ill-advised to deactivate these systems other than for driving on clean, dry, well paved roads. If you're auto-crossing or drifting one day, it would be best to reactivate them the next if you're late for work and race through the rain.

i understand what you are saying but simply turning off these systems would not automatically render me or any other person a menace on public roads. its still up to the driver behind the wheel. i mean, a good chunk of cars on the road today are more than 15-20 years old and most of those don’t have traction control/stability systems.

heck before the cx-5, none of my previous vehicles had traction/stability control (but i did have abs for about half of them).

i just want to see how it carries itself at the limit that’s all. something done during off hours, on a sparsely trafficked area, maybe a large parking lot. not during the morning rush hour commute.