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Old Oct 24, 2009 | 10:09 AM
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Default NO TCS BUTTON ON DASH

GOT A "07 GT CONV. WITH NO TCS BUTTON- TRACTION CONTROL STAYS ON
ALL THE TIME -HAS ANYONE HEARD OF THIS? I"D LIKE TO TURN THE TIRES
ONCE IN A WHILE!
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Old Oct 24, 2009 | 11:24 AM
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i have an 07 not convet but i have one. What button is to the right of the power plug on the dash?
Old Oct 24, 2009 | 12:30 PM
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I would think if you don't have the button then you don't have traction control.

What happens when you try to do a burnout/clutch dump? When traction control is "kicking in" there's a light in the gauges that looks like a car w/ skid marks that flashes. If you never see that, then you don't have traction control.
Old Oct 24, 2009 | 12:54 PM
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Default NO TCS BUTTON

Originally Posted by BILL H.
GOT A "07 GT CONV. WITH NO TCS BUTTON- TRACTION CONTROL STAYS ON
ALL THE TIME -HAS ANYONE HEARD OF THIS? I"D LIKE TO TURN THE TIRES
ONCE IN A WHILE!
BILL H.
IT HAS THE 3 BUTTON--- AIRBAG RT. EMER. FLASHER MID-- THE LEFT BUTTON IS BLANK(BLACK) AND IS NOT A BUTTON. THE TCS SYMBOL FLASHES WHEN YOU
TRY TO SPIN WHEELS. ON WET STREET THEY SPIN SLIGHTLY,THEN SYMBOL
FLASHES.... ITS AN AUTO TRANS
Old Oct 24, 2009 | 01:24 PM
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Originally Posted by BILL H.
IT HAS THE 3 BUTTON--- AIRBAG RT. EMER. FLASHER MID-- THE LEFT BUTTON IS BLANK(BLACK) AND IS NOT A BUTTON. THE TCS SYMBOL FLASHES WHEN YOU
TRY TO SPIN WHEELS. ON WET STREET THEY SPIN SLIGHTLY,THEN SYMBOL
FLASHES.... ITS AN AUTO TRANS
It should be. power plug then to the right, tcs button, emergency flasher button and then right side airbag button. I have no buttons on left side of power plug.

Did you purchase car new? If not any chance it was a rental? You could get a new tune via brenspeed or other tuner and they can turn off your tcs in the tune itself.

patrick
Old Oct 24, 2009 | 01:34 PM
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you can get the buttons from ford for like $30. Just go to dealer and pick them up
Old Oct 24, 2009 | 09:00 PM
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Ok then in that case they must have messed up at the factory and put the wrong button set in. It's dealer time now.
Old Oct 25, 2009 | 01:34 AM
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If you remove your whole climate control unit..is the plug for the tcs there?
Old Oct 25, 2009 | 08:00 PM
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I remembered reading a previous post by someone with the same issue. Here is the link to that post from March 08.

https://mustangforums.com/forum/2005...n-control.html
Old Nov 4, 2009 | 02:30 PM
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Damn, that sucks man. Not only do you not have a TCS button to turn off traction control, but you're also missing the damn Caps lock button to turn caps off. Talk about having some bad luck.

All joking aside, it is pretty odd. I'd go the route of having it taken out with a tune.



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