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Old 07-14-12 | 10:51 AM
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Ok I got my front lowered a bit more and now that I try to angle my car to park on the driveway the traction sensor goes off and my car slips back everytime I try to push on the pedal. It wouldn't even go forward and the traction just keeps throwing off. Wtf?
I tried putting it on ect power mode and still does the same thing
Old 07-14-12 | 10:57 AM
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Getting a head start and gun it!! Haha

But really, sounds like one of your tires is being lifted up (maybe not off the ground but enough weight is being distributed to your other wheels that the sensor thinks you lost traction). Try a different angle not as severe? If you only have the one approach angle then I don't know what to say but I also thought TC wouldn't kill power to your other wheels... Hmm ?
Old 07-14-12 | 11:02 AM
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turn off traction
Old 07-14-12 | 11:02 AM
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Try backing up instead of going forward.
Old 07-14-12 | 11:51 AM
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This is why I haven't lower my car ... though I'm really considering the F-Sport springs. I like a lowered car look, but doing that you don't just get the the lowered-car look, you also get the lowered-car driving experience where your car can no longer go in forward :-)

Originally Posted by silvaIS
turn off traction
lol, you know, this should be the new bar for when your car is low enough. It sets off traction control because the tires are no longer making contact with the road

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Old 07-14-12 | 11:59 AM
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Originally Posted by silvaIS
turn off traction
It's always been off
Old 07-14-12 | 12:29 PM
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Open diffs, boo!
Old 07-14-12 | 12:31 PM
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Your front bumper is lifting your car up. Boo for lowering the car when you park on an incline.
Old 07-14-12 | 12:34 PM
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Originally Posted by chikoo
Your front bumper is lifting your car up. Boo for lowering the car when you park on an incline.
What kind of freakin' bumper are you running that it's strong enough to lift up a car? LMK so I can buy one too! Hahaha.
Old 07-14-12 | 12:46 PM
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Originally Posted by karasha
What kind of freakin' bumper are you running that it's strong enough to lift up a car? LMK so I can buy one too! Hahaha.
Haha, seriously!!
How low are you off the ground and why would you lower your car if you have an incline. I loved having my 300 slammed but my neighborhood has speed bumps now. Like, the "scrape your whole kit" kind. Have to reevaluate my definition of flush lol
Old 07-14-12 | 01:02 PM
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So you guys think I should raise my fronts up?
The wald lip isn't helping also -_-
Old 07-14-12 | 01:34 PM
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one of your wheels are off the ground causing it to slip cz of the incline maybe. this happens to me at work when i tried to enter the ramp. either take a diff angle or gun it a little with a angle.
Old 07-14-12 | 01:45 PM
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post some pics..or it didn't happened?..lol..how low is car from the ground?
Old 07-14-12 | 02:18 PM
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Originally Posted by chris07is
post some pics..or it didn't happened?..lol..how low is car from the ground?
Probably like an iPhone difference
Old 07-14-12 | 02:25 PM
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Had this same problem when I lowered my car
The back wheel is lifting off the ground and it should be spinning wildly since it's not touching anything. Probaly caused by a high driveway
My passenger rear was the one that was lifting up so what I did was go on my driveway at an angle where my passenger side wheels were on first, backup, get my driver side front wheel on, backup and I was able to get in


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