Traction control shut off question

Jersey John · #1 03-15-2017, 10:45 AM

Had an issue yesterday during the aftermath of the blizzard here in the Northeast. It happened when I got stuck with my 2013 X5 I shift off the traction control and tried to rock the car to get it unstuck; but I still saw the traction control light flashing even though I shut off the traction control.

Has anybody ever experienced anything similar to this? Also is there any way to fully Deactivate the traction control?

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ryan5034 · #2 03-15-2017, 03:06 PM

You have to hold the button down to get stability control to shut off as well. That might have been the issue.

Jersey John · #3 03-15-2017, 03:08 PM

Thanks for the info. Is there a separate indicator to let me know if that's off as well?

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BustedKnuckles · #4 03-15-2017, 03:13 PM

I don't know for sure but the light may have just been warning you that there was tire slippage? Safety feature perhaps? If it was still active it wouldn't let you spin the tires much before killing the power. You only stated that the light was still flashing, not whether or not it was giving you full control of the vehicle.

Jersey John · #5 03-15-2017, 05:17 PM

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Originally Posted by ryan5034

You have to hold the button down to get stability control to shut off as well. That might have been the issue.

Held the off button like you mentioned in your post. Actually saw something flash on the screen saying DSC off. Looks like that would be the next step which I didn't do last time.

Thanks again for the post.

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