i have a 1998 caddy sls the traction control button is in the glove box if i turn it off the car starts in second gear if i leave it on it slows me down so much at the line is there anything i can do to make it start in 1st gear with the traction off.

i tried turning the traction control off on my 97 as well. same thing happened. but its a hassle having to turn it off everytie you restart the vehicle, how can you bypass this?

you seem to be havin alot of problems with that sts,maybe a lemon?

Starts in second gear with the TC DISABLED?? Whats that all about. My 97 doesnt do that.

I'm pretty sure that I have read that it defaults to 2nd gear to save you from yourself! :confused:

I'm pretty sure that I have read that it defaults to 2nd gear to save you from yourself! :confused:

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can you manually shift it to 1st gear?


:Beer

My '99 sts basically doesn't disable TC. You can turn it off with a button on the console, but if you get wheelspin, it turns still engages. Always seems to go thru all 4 gears, on or off.

I guess the programmers think they know best... ;)