Traction Control System
- Thread starter FRED48
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- San Antonio, Texas
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- '15 CX-5 Miata AWD
Anytime you want max acceleration on dry road because tcs can pull power if a small dip or road imperfsection causes a wheel speed difference. Also in manual mode doing wot shifting can trigger it. Of course tire grip factors in too. In the wet under hard acceleration tsc may also limit rpms and lose you acceleration. You'd have to see how your car acts with its tire setup and how you drive to decide if tcs is coming on when you don't want it
7eregrine
The man, the myth, the legend
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- Land of Cleve
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- 2016.5 CX5
Apparently I'm the only one that remembers this? Probably because I was annoyed it's only for the new gen. Turning off TCS should only be done for real off road conditions.
"In any other situation, we want the traction control system to apply the brakes as smoothly as possible, so theres no interruption in the drivers control of the car. But in situations where an abrupt power shift is necessarylike this diagonal twist off-road situationpressing the TCS OFF button actually switches the CX-5 to a mode that simulates locking differentials via the brakes, sending power to the wheels on the ground."
https://insidemazda.mazdausa.com/th...2017-mazda-cx-5-unlocks-secret-off-road-mode/
"In any other situation, we want the traction control system to apply the brakes as smoothly as possible, so theres no interruption in the drivers control of the car. But in situations where an abrupt power shift is necessarylike this diagonal twist off-road situationpressing the TCS OFF button actually switches the CX-5 to a mode that simulates locking differentials via the brakes, sending power to the wheels on the ground."
https://insidemazda.mazdausa.com/th...2017-mazda-cx-5-unlocks-secret-off-road-mode/
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- RDX Aspec Adv.
TSC off when going up a hill on very loose surfaces so it doesn't cut power and kill momentum. The CX5 is NOT bad about it, though, like other vehicles/manufacturers, and I've never found myself turning it off in my CX5.
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- RDX Aspec Adv.
I found that last statement to be useless. Tried it on my drive-way and it was "reactive" just the way it always is. No difference.
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- RDX Aspec Adv.
I've had it do this on WOT, wet pavement. It wasn't bad though, felt more like poorly tuned PTM. Kudos to Mazda on this.
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- 18 CX-5
Learned a lot from this post. used to think when car is stuck in snow, when traction is badly needed, one has to make sure TCS must be on (although I always have it on). So it's the other way, when you need traction most, turn it off.
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Bingo!
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- CX5 Akera 2.2 Diesel
Not that we take the CX5 onto the sand, but for beach driving here in modern 4WD vehicles, when driving on soft sand, you do need to turn traction control off, otherwise it tries to prevent wheels spinning and you lose momentum and get bogged.
I imagine that soft or slippery snow where all traction is lost it would be the same.
I imagine that soft or slippery snow where all traction is lost it would be the same.
I've been wanting to do that, but was afraid to. Didn't think the CX5 had what it took. We go down to the southern islands of the Outer Banks and there's a lot to see away from the roads. Saw a Subaru out there once, didn't look like he was having much success.
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- CX5 Akera 2.2 Diesel
The thing that stops you is the ground clearance of these midsized SUV type vehicles. Deep soft sand will very quickly have you beached or will rip the front bumper off.
Over here, the issue is generally getting onto and off the beach, the soft sand gets turned over and creates foot deep ruts. Getting off the beach means going uphill which is even more difficult and requires a decent run-up and typically, low range 2nd gear even in a 4WD.
Once you are onto the hard sand near the water or wider hard areas at low tide, any 2WD car can drive on that without any issues.
For those reasons, not worth trying in deep soft sand!
If you feel like you aren't getting full traction... remember... counterintuitive but some slight brake pressure with throttle. This will help force more power to the wheel with grip as the spinning wheel gets braked.
Excellent tip!!
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- State of Jefferson
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- 2017 CX-5 GT AWD+
What you're describing is what I understand TCS does without the driver's intervention. Are you saying that applying pressure to the brake pedal does not apply braking pressure equally to each wheel when one or more have less traction?
