Rommy
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Hey guys. So I've tried this multiple times on my 6MT LX.
WITH TRACTION ON: launch the car around 3500rpm, I get a horrible clunking from the front end and a sort of hopping sensation from the tires. Clunking sounds just like ABS engaging. Standard for having TCS on, right?
WITH TRACTION OFF: same as above. Maybe a bit more wheel spin, able to make it up to 2nd gear, clunking away. I'm not sure if this horrid clunking is my tires intermittently grabbing the pavement or what, but at this point I'm pretty convinced that the traction control is NOT fully disengaged. Am I missing something here?
In previous vehicles I've owned or driven, e.g. Toyota, pressing the traction control indicated that it was off,but if you held the brake and the TCS button for about 5 seconds it would actually fully disengage. What's going on here?
This video I found on YouTube shows exactly how a launch SHOULD look:
But instead of that nice, long tire screech I get "SCREE-CLUNK-SCREE-CLUNK" repeatedly (clunk as in ABS engaging) until 2nd gear, chirp into 2nd and then it seems to fully grab and stick. Am I doing something wrong or is there something wrong with my car?
EDIT: so there is apparently a tutorial for the 2016 accord to properly disengage TCS/VSA, I tried it on the Civic but it doesn't work. Maybe there is something similar for the Civic?
WITH TRACTION ON: launch the car around 3500rpm, I get a horrible clunking from the front end and a sort of hopping sensation from the tires. Clunking sounds just like ABS engaging. Standard for having TCS on, right?
WITH TRACTION OFF: same as above. Maybe a bit more wheel spin, able to make it up to 2nd gear, clunking away. I'm not sure if this horrid clunking is my tires intermittently grabbing the pavement or what, but at this point I'm pretty convinced that the traction control is NOT fully disengaged. Am I missing something here?
In previous vehicles I've owned or driven, e.g. Toyota, pressing the traction control indicated that it was off,but if you held the brake and the TCS button for about 5 seconds it would actually fully disengage. What's going on here?
This video I found on YouTube shows exactly how a launch SHOULD look:
But instead of that nice, long tire screech I get "SCREE-CLUNK-SCREE-CLUNK" repeatedly (clunk as in ABS engaging) until 2nd gear, chirp into 2nd and then it seems to fully grab and stick. Am I doing something wrong or is there something wrong with my car?
EDIT: so there is apparently a tutorial for the 2016 accord to properly disengage TCS/VSA, I tried it on the Civic but it doesn't work. Maybe there is something similar for the Civic?
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