Q: What does the Advance Trac/Traction Control Light mean?
What does the Advance Trac/Traction Control Light mean?
The Advance Trac/Traction Control Light will indicate whether the traction control is on or off. You could see it on in a variety of ways. To understand the Advance Trac/Traction Control Light.
The Advance Trac/Traction Control Light will come on briefly when the system is on. For example, spinning the wheels in water will cause the light to come on - then it will go off when the system returns to normal.
The light will be on with the words “off” underneath it when the driver turns it off.
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