Question about Sport Mode on 2013-2016
 

So I haven’t looked in the manual, and I haven’t searched, but I wanted to get some info from the experts on here. I trust you guys more than other sources. [emoji28]
In pre facelift twins, what exactly are the different traction modes for? There is a VSC Sport button, and a Traction Off button (the one with the pic of the car with squiggly lines under the tires). When I press Sport button one time I get a Sport and VSC Off indicator on the dash. I’m assuming that’s just level 1? If I try to hold the Sport button down, nothing else happens.
If I’m in Sport mode and I hit the Trac Off button it removes the VSC Off indicator on the dash? I think??
Please explain what the button presses do. [emoji38] I only ever hit the Sport mode button, and I can tell it allows a little more slip and won’t cut the throttle as quickly.


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These are indeed mysteries of Science , and these are the days of our lives.

Traction control I've found is nice/best in wet weather , less likely for the rear wheels to slip ... so I'm pretty sure it engages the LSD more so. However where I live most of the year I tend to want to take Traction control off , yet it never fails that after 1-3 minutes of driving ... some way, some how the traction control engages itself automatically!! How to stop this from happening ??

Should we tell him about the pedal dance?

Maybe start there

From what I understand VSC controls the car swerving from side to side. And Traction control just involves how much the rear tires spin. I think the safety systems kick back on if things get too wild, no matter what mode is selected. Because Toyota’s lawyers say so.


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I would be interested to hear how the car reacts if you disable everything, but I won’t do it myself. [emoji1]


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At least I was honest that I made no attempt to search [emoji6]


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Oh and I wanted to edit my original post. When in Sport mode it indicates VSC Sport on the dash, not VSC Off.


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are you just pressing the button? no press-hold?

guess this needs to be posted in more threads

This was great! And that white FR-S looks good!! [emoji106][emoji106][emoji106]
So Sport Mode is considered Stage 2?
It’s clear VSC Off is the way to go [emoji16][emoji16]
I’m guessing that was on stock tires also


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I’m saving this, thanks. Is Mode 5 on the 2016 after the pedal dance? Basically everything turned off?


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No probs, but no, they're essentially saying you need to do the pedal dance to turn everything off until the 2017 model (manual only).