Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 07:37:48 -0500 From: KeithG <noonenospamay.com> Subject: Re: Traction control
All I know is that TCS is great when it works, but expensive when it quits. Finding a knowledgable service person even at a dealer is difficult. Peruse these links. KeithG http://www.saabnet.com/tsn/bb/9000/search.html?query=TCS http://68.155.244.166/engine_folder/tcsserbullindex.htm http://68.155.244.166/electrical_system_folder/electrical_doc_folder.htm Marcel Baum wrote: > In my 1992 9000 2,3l 16V Turbo the red traction control lamp was always on. > I was quite happy about this, since the TCS is a pain and there is no way to > switch it off in this model. A few days ago the engine suddenly lost > performance and I had to jump hard on the acellerator to keep the engine > running. This was very unlikely, since this model has got a drive by wire > system which normaly doesn offer to much back force. > > For the next few days I took my other car and left the Saab untouched. > Yesterday I started the engine again and it was perfectely ideling. It > easely went up with the revs when touching the accellerator which now felt > quite normal again. After 3 minutes of idling without moving the car the old > troubles came back and the pedal was very hard going again. The engin was > very reluctant in taking on speed. > > When the troubles started I noticed a white flashing TCS light in the > odometer.( I never have seen this before, since the entire TCS was not > working). It seems that the TCS detects a wheel spin and tries to reduce the > engine power by closing the throttle. > > The only strange thing is, that at this moment the car was standing in > front of my home, without any move!!!! > > Have you got any idea how to solve my problem. Is the TCS part of the ECU or > is it a seperate black box? > >
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