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I got a 99 GS300 and intermittedly the VSC light comes on when driving. when this happens the car is sluggish taking off but if you turn the car off/on. it will drive fine. what could the problem be
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Originally Posted by morris
The reason I ask is because under hard acceleration or hard cornering that is normal behaviour. It kills power before you get the car in to a situation whree it is loosing traction or about to be out of control
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Originally Posted by rysc
when this happens you can't turn it off. he just got to car so he's going to take it back to the dealer.
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There are three times when the light lights up.
1. Test .. when you trun ignition to on [most drivers .. not CL members .. never look at the indicators and simply twist the key to start
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2. When the VSC kicks in [it senses variation in front/back wheel rpm] and cuts throttle and selective brakes are applied. Once things get back to normal the light goes off. As pointed out this condition happens during agressive driving/loss of traction .. ice/slick/mud/poor_tires etc.
3. When there is a system failure. Here the light remains lit. It can be intermittent on an off, as the system may cycle to "all good" and "problem".
Hope this helps.
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1. Test .. when you trun ignition to on [most drivers .. not CL members .. never look at the indicators and simply twist the key to start
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2. When the VSC kicks in [it senses variation in front/back wheel rpm] and cuts throttle and selective brakes are applied. Once things get back to normal the light goes off. As pointed out this condition happens during agressive driving/loss of traction .. ice/slick/mud/poor_tires etc.
3. When there is a system failure. Here the light remains lit. It can be intermittent on an off, as the system may cycle to "all good" and "problem".
Hope this helps.
salim
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