Traction Control in Mk3 Golfs

[RS ZWEI]

I have come across T/C in alot of Mk3 VR6s, my VR6 hasnt got T/C so I am trying to find out what models do and what models dont.

Anyone have any ideas?

[MRVR6]

mine is 1995, 5 doors and NO T/C.

[MRVR6]

mine is import, but still no T/C. Having said that, what is it look like, a button somewhere?

[Mike]

Mine was '93, NZ new manual and it did have T/C

[The Admiral]

1997 16V - no traction control...

I think the t/c on these (if available) would be the simple version. I think they basically apply braking to the wheel that's starting to spin. Not 'real' traction control...

[Mike]

It does not prevent wheelspin unless one wheel is spinning at a different speed to the other. Then it applies the brake to the faster spinning wheel. The fact wheelspin still occurs easily in a straight line might lead people to think their car is not fitted with T/C when it actually does have it. I've got a '97 VR6 brochure somewhere that describes it.

[RS ZWEI]

It does not prevent wheelspin unless one wheel is spinning at a different speed to the other. Then it applies the brake to the faster spinning wheel. The fact wheelspin still occurs easily in a straight line might lead people to think their car is not fitted with T/C when it actually does have it. I've got a '97 VR6 brochure somewhere that describes it.

The 1st VR6 that I drove  when Dad was a VAG dealer had a button to switch the TC off.
Mike. was the TC in your old car switchable?

[Mike]

No button to switch it in or out on my car - it was what I call 'nanny state' traction control - you get it whether you like it or not.

From memory it didn't flash a warning light when TC was operating either - unlike the 180bhp FWD TT I drove - booting it up a hill I had the light flashing most of the way up. 

I was driving up a muddy slope once in the VR6 - a mate of mine watching from the side said he could see the TC operating, slowing the spinning wheel down. Inside it felt like a tugging on the steering, one side then the other, probably as the TC alternated as one wheel then the other as it started to spin. The brakes were warm afterwards.

[RS ZWEI]

No button to switch it in or out on my car - it was what I call 'nanny state' traction control - you get it whether you like it or not.

From memory it didn't flash a warning light when TC was operating either - unlike the 180bhp FWD TT I drove - booting it up a hill I had the light flashing most of the way up.?

I was driving up a muddy slope once in the VR6 - a mate of mine watching from the side said he could see the TC operating, slowing the spinning wheel down. Inside it felt like a tugging on the steering, one side then the other, probably as the TC alternated as one wheel then the other as it started to spin. The brakes were warm afterwards.

So my VR may have it and I just dont know?

[Mike]

I was under the (possibly incorrect) impression it was standard on the VR.

You can feel it operating - exactly as BSTING describes. Try it and see.

Or give Neil a call with your VIN and he would be able to tell you.

[bsting]

Try this..... wet road, stuff all traffic about, pref late at night, corner at an intersection in 2nd and leave it in 2nd, feed it!!
this is hard to explain online.

get back to us....btw drive safe 

[Simon MkII]

Or just give me your chassis number and I'll look it up in ETKA 

[hitmanGTI]

Skids what a socially demeaning past time..... not lol

[hitmanGTI]

160 in a 100 yesterday... didn't get snapped thou... lol

dont worry my uncle got pulled up in his Clubby for this reason i quote the Cop "Sir do you realise you were doing a 101kmh in a 100" i mean WTF

He got ticketed.. lost another 20 demerit points (two speeding tickets already in the previous month)

[Period_Correct_]

dont worry my uncle got pulled up in his Clubby for this reason i quote the Cop "Sir do you realise you were doing a 101kmh in a 100" i mean WTF

He got ticketed.. lost another 20 demerit points (two speeding tickets already in the previous month)

did it really happen, you're suppose to be able to do 110km/h

[hitmanGTI]

did it really happen, you're suppose to be able to do 110km/h

It did really happen... could have been worse.. cos he abused the crap out of the cop afterwards

[RS ZWEI]

160 in a 100 yesterday... didn't get snapped thou... lol

dont worry my uncle got pulled up in his Clubby for this reason i quote the Cop "Sir do you realise you were doing a 101kmh in a 100" i mean WTF

He got ticketed.. lost another 20 demerit points (two speeding tickets already in the previous month)

I find that hard to believe.

[hitmanGTI]

Thats your perogative cheif..

anyway.. back to traction control in Mk3 Golfs

[Dubious]

He got ticketed.. lost another 20 demerit points (two speeding tickets already in the previous month)

How could he get 20 demerit points for doing 1km/h over the speed limit? The number of demerit points for up to 10km/h over the speed limit is 10:

http://www.ltsa.govt.nz/roadcode/driver-responsibility/stepping-over-the-line1.html

He must have been doing something else other than speeding to get that many points.

[Period_Correct_]

well if you get a ticket gor being 1 km/h off, theres so many errors that add up to get that ticket erased its unbelievable.

1. error within the laser gun.
2. error within the speedometer.

lol, ok not that many reasons..