Check advance-trac message...

[97stscaddy]

Driving home on the interstate today, hit a big dip and the car went WAY down then WAY back up! I THINK I might've gotten some air from it, but then the traction light cut on and the check A-trac message popped up. Stayed on until the car was restarted about an hour later at a rest stop. I didnt think much of it, but I do kinda wonder why it cut on because the car tracked perfectly straight when it hit the dip and afterwards. Would getting a small amount of hangtime make the A-trac cut on? :shifty:

 

[Jim Henderson]

Mine Always does this when I go across a rail road crossing that has a hump in it, almost impossible not to get some hang time. The Check Advance track comes on and flashes for a few seconds on mine. Also does this on slippery streets and sometimes sudden tight turns.

I am guessing yours turned on because you may have had several wheels sending funny data to the computer or maybe it lasted longer than the short blips I get.

Good Luck,

Jim Henderson

 

[97stscaddy]

Hmmm, maybe its just a little too sensitive then. Had the codes read today and of course, there was nothing there.

Come to think of it it has done that once before, but I was going down a gravel road that was pretty much nothing but washboards for a few miles. I figured it must have overloaded or something because the car was everywhere from bouncing off the tops of the mounds in the road.

 

[97stscaddy]

Light came on again today. Had to slam on the brakes hard to avoid running into a van that cut across 3 lanes to make a left turn in front of me. I read in a past thread somone had mentioned a similar issue and it turned out their brake fluid was low, and after refilling it the problem went away. So I checked mine after work today. It was just below the seam in the reservior, so I added some. Now ill just have to see if it makes any difference. :shrug: