TCS question
 

a few weeks ago i was dicking around w my friends and layed down some rubber, and a cop saw me didnt pull me over or anything but i guess he knew me, so he rang my doorbell and told my parents. so my dad locked my traction control on. any ideas on what he might have done? when i press the button and the light just stays lit. i tried taking the fuse out in hopes of resetting it but no luck.

Um what? Didnt know that was possible? Pull the fuse and leave it out, just make shure it dosent mess up your abs and cause braking problems when you take the fuse out.

yea its possible.... i took the fuse out and turned the car on and it gave me a ruduced power light and idled really rough

Ok so no dice on that um did he un-plug the switch? Do you have ur owners manual?

no its not unplugged i dont think. the light in the switch still lights up. yes i have the owners manuel

check the owners manual maybe its in there. I didnt know that was possible.

See if he did anything behind the switch, like cut a wire.

Not 100% on LS1s, but can you yank the ASR/TCS relay?

It kills the ASR on LT1 cars I believe. If that works, than you just need to check the owners manual for like a lock sequence that may have been done.

its a 3800 series 3.8l v6. how would i go abt finding that out

just pop off the bezzel if it is the same one above the radio. Otherwise you migh thave to get a wiring diagram.

did you see him when he did this ? if he went in the car then you know that is the case. Wonder if he shorted it to power or bypassed the switch, but stil has it so it stays lit.

pop off the bezzel and take a picture if it looks abnormal

yea he was under the hood but also had the driver sid door open, ill pop off the fuse and take a pic of the dash tommorrw, hes home right now. im thinking he might have done with switch thing, how do you take the dash off. just pry it off with a screw driver?

Don't use a screwdriver on ur dash you'll eff it up. Just carefully pry it off with your fingers it really isn't hard to take off.

http://s44.photobucket.com/albums/f3...o/DSCN2424.jpg

if you are talknig about this then yes, hes right it is not that hard, but be very careful you dont have much play between the fog and asr switch wires when this comes off so dont tug to hard

not sure if he did anything under the hood but i will look at a wiring diagram and see what else he can do, what it is wired into

Anyone with late model tuning software know if there is anything in the PCM that could be used to lock the traction control on? On other sites I have seen parents use software like HP Tuners to limit top speed and otherwise tune the computer in an attempt to keep their kids from getting into trouble.

- Justin

There is a computer avalible for parents that tracks your speed, where you go, ect. Idk if it can lock the tcs on tho
http://www.trackteendriver.com/

Who owns the car and pays the insurance? If it's dad, stop screwing around. If you own the car and pay the insurance, tell the old man to keep his mitts off. lol

i popped the dash off and nothing doing, idk seems like im sol

I have heard of things like that, but assume that they are too generalized to be able to much, if any, modification to the PCM.

- Justin

He had to have disabled the ASR button. When you start the car, the ASR is always in the ready state. So if you disable the ASR off button, then you won't be able to turn it off unless you pull a fuse or disconnect the EBCM connector.

the light on the button still lgihts up as if it were still connected, so odk