S70T5

daveaherne · Post by **daveaherne** » 07 Dec 2006, 14:28

Hello Folks,
I've an S70T5, 1997-absolutely faultless until recently. It's minor problem but I'm not sure if it's something I need to have looked at. When I start the car lately, the traction control is turning itself off-doesn't happen every time-maybe 50% of the time. Any one seen this before-should I be concerned?
Thanks.

Post by **JRL** » 07 Dec 2006, 16:25

daveaherne wrote:Hello Folks,
I've an S70T5, 1997-absolutely faultless until recently. It's minor problem but I'm not sure if it's something I need to have looked at. When I start the car lately, the traction control is turning itself off-doesn't happen every time-maybe 50% of the time. Any one seen this before-should I be concerned?
Thanks.

If you mean the ABS/tracs light is on, yes. They all go bad a matter of time.
This is the way it starts, light on then off, then on until finally it just stays on.
You said a 97, that means you're in Europe?
Here you can have them rebuilt (here, US) for as little as $100, don't know who, if anyone over there, rebuilds them

Post by **MadeInJapan** » 07 Dec 2006, 17:08

Victor Rocha who rebuilds them here (US) will take shipment from anywhere in the world. Folks from Japan are very happy with his service and price. Here is his site: http://home.earthlink.net/~vicrocha/

daveaherne · Post by **daveaherne** » 07 Dec 2006, 17:23

Yeah it's a European car and it's the TRACS light that stays on. So is this a sensor problem-what part is it I need to get repaired do you think?
Thanks.

Post by **Ozark Lee** » 07 Dec 2006, 19:20

Yeah it's a European car and it's the TRACS light that stays on. So is this a sensor problem-what part is it I need to get repaired do you think?
Thanks.

It is a curious difference between the European spec cars and the US spec cars that I - in the US - don't have Tracs unless I tell it to turn on. It doesn't do much anyway. I guess it is the opposite in "Yurrup".

I would think that a bad sensor would cause an ABS problem as well as a Tracs problem but that is a guess. Have you dumped the ABS codes out of the brain?

...Lee

daveaherne · Post by **daveaherne** » 08 Dec 2006, 03:13

No I haven't dumped any codes-this happened a few months back and went away for a while. To be honest if it is just the tratction control then I'm not really bothered, because even when it's on it's pretty easy to get wheelspin. I suppose one thing to note is that it never turns itself off when driving.