Entering a driveway / what happened?
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Entering a driveway / what happened?
I was pulling into a steep-than-normal driveway entrance into a business this morning that had a huge pothole in front of it. I entered the driveway v-e-r-y slowly and at an exaggerated angle so I wouldn't scrape the chin-spoiler. Half way through entering the driveway, it seemed that I lost power to the drivetrain, I heard a weird 'mechanical' noise that seemed to come from under the hood and the warning light flashed on and off. I backed up a few feet, and there was a repeat of the problem. Backed up again and was able to enter the driveway, again hearing the mechanical sound, though not as loud.
Any idea what happened? Can traction control make this sound, along with activating while crawling at an angle into a driveway? There was no tire spin, though one side of the rear axle could have been loading up. (The picture was taken after the fact, not while the warning light was flashing.)
-Richard
Any idea what happened? Can traction control make this sound, along with activating while crawling at an angle into a driveway? There was no tire spin, though one side of the rear axle could have been loading up. (The picture was taken after the fact, not while the warning light was flashing.)
-Richard
Last edited by Richard / E320; Jul 17, 2012 at 08:15 PM.
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So, to be clear, the yellow triangle was flashing as this was happening?
If yes, then one of your rear wheels (or I suppose one of the fronts) may have been "disengaged" from the road thus letting the car believe traction to that wheel was lost...and so traction control was engaged.
Was the sound like ABS?
If yes, then one of your rear wheels (or I suppose one of the fronts) may have been "disengaged" from the road thus letting the car believe traction to that wheel was lost...and so traction control was engaged.
Was the sound like ABS?
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So, to be clear, the yellow triangle was flashing as this was happening?
If yes, then one of your rear wheels (or I suppose one of the fronts) may have been "disengaged" from the road thus letting the car believe traction to that wheel was lost...and so traction control was engaged.
Was the sound like ABS?
If yes, then one of your rear wheels (or I suppose one of the fronts) may have been "disengaged" from the road thus letting the car believe traction to that wheel was lost...and so traction control was engaged.
Was the sound like ABS?
Last edited by Richard / E320; Jul 18, 2012 at 10:34 PM.
