# Traction control all the time

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/traction-control-all-the-time/80496>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** oldsmobile, lss\
**Created:** [July 23, 2013, 4:16am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/traction-control-all-the-time/80496 "2013-07-23T04:16:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![techniptionfit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@techniptionfit](https://community.cartalk.com/u/techniptionfit)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2013, 4:16am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/traction-control-all-the-time/80496/1 "2013-07-23T04:16:01Z")

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97 olds lss  
traction control kicks in quite often. turn it off and it doesnt have the problem. do i need to worry?

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**Author:** ![lion9car](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/59ef9b/32.png) [@lion9car](https://community.cartalk.com/u/lion9car)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2013, 7:10am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/traction-control-all-the-time/80496/2 "2013-07-23T07:10:13Z")

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Do your tires have good tread and the proper pressure?

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**Author:** ![techniptionfit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@techniptionfit](https://community.cartalk.com/u/techniptionfit)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2013, 5:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/traction-control-all-the-time/80496/3 "2013-07-23T17:09:01Z")

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Ok tread propped pressure. It happens when I turn slightly. No actual slipping occurring

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**Author:** ![knfenimore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9fc348/32.png) [@knfenimore](https://community.cartalk.com/u/knfenimore)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2013, 5:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/traction-control-all-the-time/80496/4 "2013-07-23T17:16:23Z")

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Maybe a bad wheel speed sensor or bad connection at the speed wheel speed sensor. Try reseating the sensors and checking the wires.

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**Author:** ![techniptionfit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@techniptionfit](https://community.cartalk.com/u/techniptionfit)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2013, 11:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/traction-control-all-the-time/80496/5 "2013-07-23T23:04:40Z")

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I JUST REALIZED ANOTHER SYMPTOM THAT FITS WITH THIS! the abs activates at slow speeds

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**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2013, 12:39am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/traction-control-all-the-time/80496/6 "2013-07-24T00:39:50Z")

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Yup, wheel speed sensor problem. It could be a loose bearing allowing the sensor to create “noise” confusing the traction control and ABS system. These cars have unitized bearings and they don’t run forever.

Check all 4 wheels since the traction control uses the rears as a reference signal since they aren’t driven. As a first check, place the car on a flat, level spot and measure the ride height to see if a corner has sagged. Measure the fender lip to the bottom of the wheel rim and compare fronts left to right and rears left to right. You are looking for a sagged or broken spring. Oddly enough, that will cause a ABS false as you slow from about 6mph to a stop.

Next, lift each corner under the control arm and try to rock the top and bottom of the tire. Any movement or play in the wheel is a fail. If neither of these shows a fault, you need to go to a garage that has the ABS diagnostic reader so you can look for the noisey sensor.