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Traction control going off erroneously

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Technical Discussion' started by LiAiGuo, Jul 28, 2024 at 5:46 AM.

  1. LiAiGuo

    LiAiGuo Junior Member

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    Recently I changed my rack and pinion on my 2010 Prius. Now, sometimes when cornering the traction control will engage causing the front brakes to engage the abs. Problem is there is no reason for the tc to engage.
    I tried recalibration by disconnecting the battery, having the technician use his scan tool again (which started this whole problem I think) and also the paper clip jump in the OBD port. But it persists intermittently.
    A while back I had a problem with the left rear wheel brake dust shield completely rusting out and getting stuck in the wheel. It didn't tear the brake lines but I just wonder if that could be causing it? Any ideas?
     
  2. Tombukt2

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    Yes you need to check the line of sight for each of your hub sensors and see if any trash has gotten in there with the backing plate or whatever got rusted up and slapped around that could have damaged the tone ring on that wheel You need to have a look at that anything obstructing the tone ring from the sensor is a no-no can cause just the kind of problems I think you're having mismatch tires will do the same thing I imagine if you got two different brands of tires in the same size they could be off enough to make this problem rear it's ugly head if you're not careful.
     
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    First thing I would do is watch live data (graphs would help) on the 4 wheel speed sensors to see if you can tell which one is causing the issue. I use Car Scanner by Stanislav Svistunov on my iPhone and a cheap $12 OBD2 bluetooth dongle, but there are other options.
     
  4. ChapmanF

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    In Techstream, or a comparably-complete scan tool, pull up the "ABS History" display. This will show the most recent four times ABS or VSC got triggered, with the speeds of all four wheels, steering angle, yaw, and lateral and longitudinal g forces at the time of triggering.

    To you, there is no reason for VSC to engage, but it clearly is seeing a reason. The history display should suggest what its reason was, and then if you see that one of those inputs didn't match reality, you know that's what needs to be fixed.