chabrolly
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the center lcd displays on my p38 " traction fault " can some one give me an explanation about this message ?
regards
regards
what's a " traction fault " ?
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Marmite
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ELECTRONIC TRACTION CONTROL
The purpose of electronic traction control is to aid traction when one wheel on an axle spins whilst the other still has good grip, e.g, if one side of the vehicle is on ice and the other is on tarmac. The system works by applying the brake to a spinning wheel in order to transfer torque to the other side of the axle.
The warning light illuminates whenever the system is active (for a minimum of 2 seconds) and is accompanied by the message centre displaying
’TRACTION’.
If there is a fault with the system, then the warning light will illuminate continuously and the message centre displays ’TRACTION FAILURE’.
In lesser electrically advanced Land Rovers where one has to manipulate a huge gantry of metal linkage to hear a clunk, to know our diffs were locked, there isn't a problem a lump hammer could not solve. Unfortunately, I fear this is a job for rovacom or autologic. Or, if you know how extract fault codes from MIL on the dash, you will save yourself the expense of a LR ECU read.
As I have just seen your location, I suspect it is due to your terrain. It is probably a fault with one of your speed sensors, probably dust or mud which could cause the ABS to over compensate. Or, sometimes the sensors pop out of position due to bush wear and become misaligned. If you remove the sensor then you must renew the sensor bush, this will probably stop misalignment again, if this is the case. In any case, periodic visual inspection might identify this problem before it causes a hazard, and an expense.
Hope this helps
The purpose of electronic traction control is to aid traction when one wheel on an axle spins whilst the other still has good grip, e.g, if one side of the vehicle is on ice and the other is on tarmac. The system works by applying the brake to a spinning wheel in order to transfer torque to the other side of the axle.
The warning light illuminates whenever the system is active (for a minimum of 2 seconds) and is accompanied by the message centre displaying
’TRACTION’.
If there is a fault with the system, then the warning light will illuminate continuously and the message centre displays ’TRACTION FAILURE’.
In lesser electrically advanced Land Rovers where one has to manipulate a huge gantry of metal linkage to hear a clunk, to know our diffs were locked, there isn't a problem a lump hammer could not solve. Unfortunately, I fear this is a job for rovacom or autologic. Or, if you know how extract fault codes from MIL on the dash, you will save yourself the expense of a LR ECU read.
As I have just seen your location, I suspect it is due to your terrain. It is probably a fault with one of your speed sensors, probably dust or mud which could cause the ABS to over compensate. Or, sometimes the sensors pop out of position due to bush wear and become misaligned. If you remove the sensor then you must renew the sensor bush, this will probably stop misalignment again, if this is the case. In any case, periodic visual inspection might identify this problem before it causes a hazard, and an expense.
Hope this helps
