Ive got a MK2 Mondeo Automatic and today for the 1st time that i have ever noticed my traction control light flashed on the dashboard... i had tried to pull away a bit quick in damp weather and i thought that was that, i should add that it was not that fast a pull away, just a tad quicker than usual, nothing spectacular.

I must confess that i didnt know what the light actually was until i checked my owners guide... and inside this guide it does say that the light may illuminate if accelerating in damp conditions or uphill... so i thought all was ok, until i read more from the next paragraph...

Now i dont know if i have this correct or not, hence my post here... but in the owners guide i think it is trying to say that i should have the button pressed in all the time when i am driving? the button on the centre console that lights up the traction control... is this right?

It says 'the control light will flash when driving the car' mine does not... it is not lit up at all... i do see the light on the dashboard light up when i turn on the ignition but that goes out shortly afterwards (this is the same light i saw flash today when i pulled away in the damp a bit but not much keenly).

Basically i am very confused if i should have the button pressed in so it lights up or pressed out so the light on the button is not lit (as it has always been since ive driven the car)...

The guide says the light will flash... but it dont, except that one time when i pulled away as i have explained.

Can anyone offer any advice on this please...

Thankyou

Paul