Stability Control / Traction Control -Stay Off

[noone]

Hi,

I did a search, but couldn't find if there was a way to do it...

I want to turn off the traction control and have it stay off when i next turn on the vehicle.

I'm assuming i can do this through VAG, is there another way? Any reason not to do this?

[Y2008]

I don't see that the stability control takes away from the cars performance and it shouldn't bother you during your daily driving (unless you are flogging it 99% of the time and even there it doesn't really bother that much)
And it also does make a hell of a difference when you need it. It's saved me good $$$ on some slippery rainy days. I think it would be great if there was an option that if you turn it off it stays off and on it stays on. But i personally think that it does a great job when its on.

[jasn78]

noone the reason not to besides safety all my best runs on the drag strip is with it turned on

[VW GTI]

noone the reason not to besides safety all my best runs on the drag strip is with it turned on

What he's trying to say is - it corrects the issue of a bad driver

[jasn78]

What he's trying to say is - it corrects the issue of a bad driver

which in sam's case cant be fixed even by traction control

[noone]

but...

Eh?

i like letting the wheels spin a bit when i'm pulling around a corner. having the revs back off when you're trying to let it run wide lay some rubber is well, lame.

I can drop the throttle a bit when the wheels talk, but I won't learn when and how if it does it for me.

If your best drags are done with reduced HP's, I think you need practice

Nah, i have no idea about dragging, but I do like to have the control in my own hands...

[pologti18t]

Eh?

i like letting the wheels spin a bit when i'm pulling around a corner. having the revs back off when you're trying to let it run wide lay some rubber is well, lame.

Laying rubber in a FWD car is lame...

ESP is the single most valuable safety device on your car and it defaults to ON for a reason.

[RoSonic]

I want to turn off the traction control and have it stay off when i next turn on the vehicle.
I'm assuming i can do this through VAG, is there another way? Any reason not to do this?

If you really want to do this, I think it might also be posssible in "the hard way"... by removing the corresponding fuse (if there is one for that, if not, the abs fuse) or by disconnecting one of the abs sensors... but this will realy give you the full control - as the abs will also be deactivated.
And I do think this would be very fun to play with. but of course not safe for daily driving on public roads.

[Chrisuk-polo]

just press the button on the dash, when i do i can light the wheels up without any interference from the tc?? it never kills the power when its off??

[mikepologti]

call me strange but i got this car for these features and hence have never turned them off. (awaits grandpa remarks)

[Sharkie]

A chipped GTI responds differently to the traction control.

When the ECU detects wheelspin it cuts some power. HOWEVER since your GTI is actually making much more power than std the 1st cut barely has any effect and you still get lots of wheelspin even with ESP on.

The ECU then thinks about it for a second or so and then attemps further cuts. At this point you'd be wise to lift slightly to regain traction beyond which point you should be right to go hard again.

On a rolling run my GTI could break traction midway through 2nd and even though ESP light flickered no intervention was felt.

[Chrisuk-polo]

i always thought so thanks for that info

[noone]

lashback

interesting, wasn't expecting to have so many people against something that would limit your speed...

Well as I don't have the chip yet, I cant comment on the benefits of the traction control with the extra power, but that will be different by the end of the day

Didn't sleep to well, to excited.

[FL00DY]

My belief is that you should learn how it handles before turning it off. I only very rarely in the dry turn mine off on a windy country road, I turn it off every time I'm at the track or a skid pan.

If you turn it off permanently and then have it turned off on a rainy and do something stupid that ends up causing lots of $$$ damage you'll be kicking yourself. Seriously, I'd forget this idea, learn how to drive it first and then start turning it off more often to get a feel of how it really handles. If you then want to turn it off more permanently then get a vagcom and see if it can do it. The last thing any of us want is for you post up pictures you not feeling the control and sliding into a gutter somewhere.

[seangti]

My belief is that you should learn how it handles before turning it off. I only very rarely in the dry turn mine off on a windy country road, I turn it off every time I'm at the track or a skid pan.

I second that.

Curious how much wheel spin you're getting (or think you should get) and how you go about inducing it... stock Polo's aren't that powerful to drop 2 solid black lines up the street like fast and furious style.

Plus, your e-diff will lock and you'll only get scrambling anyway or one wheelers depending on speed.