can you disable the tration controll?

[leedsprius]

Hi, I was wondering if any body knew if you can disable the traction controll. I live in upstate New York and with the tration controll on if the wheel spins just a little the power is pulled and you lose all forward momentum. I cant even drive the car in the winter I have been stuck on perfectly flat ground here and it is maddening. I thought if I pull the fuse for the antilock brakes that would work to kill the traction controll because I assume the traction controll works using the ABS sensors to detect wheelspin, but there are three fuses for ABS and I would rather not guess. Any help would be appreciated.

[D0li0]

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Hi, I was wondering if any body knew if you can disable the traction controll. I live in upstate New York and with the tration controll on if the wheel spins just a little the power is pulled and you lose all forward momentum. I cant even drive the car in the winter I have been stuck on perfectly flat ground here and it is maddening. I thought if I pull the fuse for the antilock brakes that would work to kill the traction controll because I assume the traction controll works using the ABS sensors to detect wheelspin, but there are three fuses for ABS and I would rather not guess. Any help would be appreciated.
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You can, but you're not supposed to drive with it disabled, be very sure not to overspeed things, If you end up using this let us know how it works in your situation...
http://www.eaa-phev.org/wiki/Prius_Modific...raction_Control

== Disabling Traction Control ==
'''WARNING: The shop manual apparently states in no uncertain terms that this procedure must NOT be used to drive the car as damage to the transmission could occur due to traction control being defeated.'''
* Follow the sequence below (quickly - within 60 seconds)
* Set Ign switch to ON, not READY (Power button twice, no brake)
* While still in "P" fully depress the gas pedal two times.
* Select "N" fully depress the gas pedal two times.
* Select "P" fully depress the gas pedal two times.
(LCD display will indicate a !Car! in upper left corner of screen)
* Turn key directly to "start" to start the engine (brake+start button)
It forces the ICE to run continuously and defeats the traction control system. Normal operation returns after turn off and reboot. Unlike EV-Mode this is '''strictly a diagnostic function and should not be used under normal situations'''. Thanks to Peter Rawlinson for posting this on the [http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/.../message/13315 Yahoo Prius_Technical_Stuff] group. More discussions can be found here: [http://priuschat.com/Thinking-about-...l-t12860.html], [http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/...message/46367], [http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/...message/90032].