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Karma_hunden

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'04 protege, then '05 mazda 3i, then '06 MS6 GT, now '10 RX8 R3
always wanted to ask this but keep forgetting. Anyways, the other day the light turn yellow and i didnt want to stop so i punched it...the turn was pretty tight and i manage to do an involuntary drift, which i decided to continue with a good punch till 4th gear after i straighted things out. Point is, while this happened i managed to get a quick glimpse of some flashy thing in the upper middle of the speedometer and tachometer...located closer to the tacho'. It looked like an "!" inside an upside down triangle..forgot to check...i could check right now since you can pretty much still look at the icons without having to be lit on, but im too lazy. What is it? wheel spin indicator?
 
That would be the DSC light. The DSC was applying different brakes and cutting the throttle to keep your car on track.

I've done somewhat the same. I was at a light waiting to turn left, when I turned, gave it too much throttle and the rear end slid out.
 
ottawaP5 said:
That would be the DSC light. The DSC was applying different brakes and cutting the throttle to keep your car on track.

I've done somewhat the same. I was at a light waiting to turn left, when I turned, gave it too much throttle and the rear end slid out.

yep, those silly yellow lights.

thanks for the info.
 
lol.... I TRIED to get it to spin in the gravel and it wouldnt do it with the traction control on! Lol.. oh well!
 
yep, i was driving with the DSC on like always, so thats why i got the light because the car was signaling that it was applying a mechanism to gain back grip/traction. If i were to have it off, it wouldve not come on.
 
anyone that drives in snow would see this light a LOT. The DSC actually works quite well in this car, shocking because I usually hate any electronic-assist type stuff in a car.
 
I've never seen this light, but I always turn the DSC off right after I start the car. I don't like electronic babysitters.
 
^^ true that sh*t, dsc is a b****, i wish you had to turn it on, instead of turn it off. oh well, guess its more or less a safety thing.
 
Someone makes a TSC disabler that does actually make the button work to turn TSC on instead of OFF. I can't for the life of me remember where I saw it, one of the vendors.
 
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