how can i turn off the Traction control on a escort gti 1998 any help please thank you

 

You don't have to as it doesn't have it

 

how come i have a light on the dash than

 

my escort gti dnt have track control m8 i have abs what does the light look like m8

 

There's a light on the dash because the ABS system is has a fault!

 

traction control lights come on when the system is off.
im my experiance anyway.

 

it looks like a car tyre with dirt being spun off it the nomal signs for Traction control it go's off with the abs light

 

Thats right. When you turn mine off, the bloody thing has 3 orange lights come on, and ESP OFF in big letters across the dash, overkill i think!

 

i know the light is for diagnostics and go's out after it tests but that not the point i want to turn of the Traction control like you can on a mondeo but the escort dont have a switch to turn it off

 

put a pic up of the light because escort gti's dont have traction control

 

take my word for it some escorts including gti and some Ghia have Traction control it's rare but thay do

 

i would say you can't then, unless you pull the fuses for the abs.

 

pic pic pic

 

hows a pic going to help

 

Not being funny but would the car have enough power to need a TC system ?
Look in fusebox, see if there is a seperate fuse for this system, that doesn't also feed anything else, at least then you know you merely need to interupt this circuit, by cutting and splicing in a switch.
tabetha

 

no there aint no fuse for it thats the first thing i thought off i wish it was that simple i think the mondeo switch connect's to the abs control .so i think i will have to go through that root

 

get a pic and ill tell ya,

 

get a pic up, it miht noteven be TC light

 

Im no expert, but id put money on the GTI not having it, ive never heard of any MK6 escort having TC, even the RS2000, and i had a GTI for while, and needless to say, it didnt have traction control.

 

im sure they didnt have traction control pal.

 

try wheel spinning it if the power dies it has traction if not you dont need to turn it off.

simples

 

i have and it does my gti defiantly has Traction control

 

try google type escort gti Traction control see how many you can see for sale with it

 

put a switch in line with the abs fuse and tell me where you put the switch.

Once you get back to me i'll tell you how to turn it off.

 

HA HA very funny

 

do it, it actually comes up with a lot, infact about 90% of them for sale seem to have it

ive never heard of it before, and im stil not sure about it

EDIT: ive just put in escort gti for sale and on the first few pages none have them wrote about them

 

get a pic up of this light or a vid up of u launching it, id like to see TC system light on an escort dash

 

how can i add a pic

 

[img]put pic address here[\img]

 

here a pic

 

some gti's and rs2000's do have traction control ive driven one myself

 

 

Ronnie thanks mate

 

some escort mk6s did have tc, quite a primitave 1 which works off gearbox, quite like the one on mk5 fiesta zetec s

 

no probs, thought you were talking shit about it tbh, but the picture proves otherwise.
on the TIS it shows the TC on the dash wiring diagram

 

so no way of turning it off

 

Ok you win.

No idea how it gets switched off.

But unless you want to do burnouts I cant see what you would need it switched off for...

 

maybe but i dont know it lol, but i bought a si to brake for bits 4 my old gti an that had tc, only think i noticed was that the reverse light sensor was different, was like a long tube with a sprung bearin in the end which i had to swap for mine, maybe this has somethin do do with it

 

sometime i like a little wheel spin sometimes i dont all depend on if wife in the car so would like to turn it off

 

i will have to check that out at least it somewere to start