How to disable Traction Control (TC) and Vehicle Stability Control (VSC) Completely - Page 4 - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

EBMCS03 · 01-11-2013, 01:50 AM

Guess I know who designed the traction control. TOYOTA! Same pedal dance with the Lexus IS I had in 06. It was with a foot brake back then so it was truly a pedal dance. Haha.

PMok · 01-14-2013, 02:40 AM

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Originally Posted by EBMCS03

Guess I know who designed the traction control. TOYOTA! Same pedal dance with the Lexus IS I had in 06. It was with a foot brake back then so it was truly a pedal dance. Haha.

I was about to say the exact same thing. I tried a few times on the IS just for fun but you never really needed to turn it off for everyday driving ... not like most people track their IS 2nd gens. Well I did, once.

Will have to try this next time I go on track in the BRZ

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nataku · 01-24-2013, 02:27 PM

Thanks for posting this. I just found a use today in our first decent amount of snow. I was doing parking lot donuts and noticed a huge amount of abs-style braking going on in the rear. Did the pedal dance and got the real roaring donuts I wanted

sandman126 · 01-26-2013, 03:31 PM

Nice, good to know. Thanks

JSUB · 02-01-2013, 01:55 PM

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Originally Posted by nataku

Thanks for posting this. I just found a use today in our first decent amount of snow. I was doing parking lot donuts and noticed a huge amount of abs-style braking going on in the rear. Did the pedal dance and got the real roaring donuts I wanted

You just need to disable TC & VSC to do donuts in the snow Nataku.
Seems only TC was disable since you heard/felt braking in the back.

Need to hold the TC button at least 3 sec until bot lights come on in the dash to disable those two (but leaves EBD fonctional but useless doing donuts since not applying the brakes).

Hope this helps

Dadhawk · 02-01-2013, 03:27 PM

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Originally Posted by I<3Twisties

Ok, so that's up up down down left right left right b a start?

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Originally Posted by Captain Insano

This method reads like a video game cheat code...

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Originally Posted by g0lden

I think it's A B Start :-)

I think we need an 86 version of the t-shirt my kids just got me to wear when we play Mortal Kombat so we can wear them to track days:

nataku · 02-01-2013, 07:18 PM

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Originally Posted by JSUB

You just need to disable TC & VSC to do donuts in the snow Nataku.
Seems only TC was disable since you heard/felt braking in the back.

Need to hold the TC button at least 3 sec until bot lights come on in the dash to disable those two (but leaves EBD fonctional but useless doing donuts since not applying the brakes).

Hope this helps

Thanks for the input. Not to discredit you but I had done that and still had issues. I've been doing the 3-5 sec TC button thing for months because of autocross. This diagnostic mode Easter egg was the solution I needed for the donuts. As for physically why, I have no idea.

Retro86 · 02-02-2013, 01:12 AM

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Originally Posted by I<3Twisties

Ok, so that's up up down down left right left right b a start?

good shit

JSUB · 02-02-2013, 09:30 AM

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Originally Posted by nataku

Thanks for the input. Not to discredit you but I had done that and still had issues. I've been doing the 3-5 sec TC button thing for months because of autocross. This diagnostic mode Easter egg was the solution I needed for the donuts. As for physically why, I have no idea.

Oh well, never had issues while doing donuts (in the snow)...

Interesting. Will try again to see. :happy0180:

Godzilla35 · 05-15-2013, 03:17 AM

I have to ask... Will this void warranty?

quickfrs · 06-14-2013, 12:02 PM

when I first got the car I held the traction button the few seconds described here and it eliminated the tc. Now when I do the same thing it doesn't. Any ideas?

boredom.is.me · 06-14-2013, 12:12 PM

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Originally Posted by quickfrs

when I first got the car I held the traction button the few seconds described here and it eliminated the tc. Now when I do the same thing it doesn't. Any ideas?

You can't "disable" TC while the car is above a certain speed.

PSJohnDoe · 06-16-2013, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by boredom.is.me

You can't "disable" TC while the car is above a certain speed.

I've heard this before, but I've disabled TC at freeway speeds by holding it in for 3 seconds. Just a side note, you can disable TC with VSC Sport on (which disables VSC Sport mode), but you have to enable TC to go back to VSC Sport mode.

quickfrs · 06-16-2013, 11:15 PM

Every time I use the buttons in an attempt to disable the TC I do it at a complete stop as the owners manuals says. I've never attempted it on the move.

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01-11-2013, 01:50 AM	#43
EBMCS03 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Drives: Argento FR-S Location: So Cal Posts: 222 Thanks: 9 Thanked 18 Times in 17 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Guess I know who designed the traction control. TOYOTA! Same pedal dance with the Lexus IS I had in 06. It was with a foot brake back then so it was truly a pedal dance. Haha.

01-24-2013, 02:27 PM	#45
nataku Negative Mass Join Date: May 2012 Drives: Orange Metallic AVO Turbo GT86 6MT Location: Arlington VA Posts: 702 Thanks: 272 Thanked 346 Times in 201 Posts Mentioned: 56 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	Thanks for posting this. I just found a use today in our first decent amount of snow. I was doing parking lot donuts and noticed a huge amount of abs-style braking going on in the rear. Did the pedal dance and got the real roaring donuts I wanted

01-26-2013, 03:31 PM	#46
sandman126 Slide Ways Join Date: Jul 2012 Drives: 2013 SWP BRZ, 85 VW Golf Location: Minot, ND Posts: 93 Thanks: 163 Thanked 15 Times in 13 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Nice, good to know. Thanks

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Godzilla35 Senior Member Join Date: May 2011 Drives: Nissan GT-R Location: SoCali Posts: 436 Thanks: 425 Thanked 84 Times in 58 Posts Mentioned: 3 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	I have to ask... Will this void warranty?

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quickfrs Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Drives: 2013 Scion FR-S in Hot Lava Location: New Braunfels, TX Posts: 4 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	when I first got the car I held the traction button the few seconds described here and it eliminated the tc. Now when I do the same thing it doesn't. Any ideas?

06-16-2013, 11:15 PM	#56
quickfrs Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Drives: 2013 Scion FR-S in Hot Lava Location: New Braunfels, TX Posts: 4 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Every time I use the buttons in an attempt to disable the TC I do it at a complete stop as the owners manuals says. I've never attempted it on the move.

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