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Old 07-25-2016   #8
Hib Halverson
 
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Default Re: State inspection problems. Can't get up to speed on dyno

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Originally Posted by jon_d4 View Post
94 ZR1

Has anyone else had trouble getting their car to work on an inspection dyno? I'm attempting to get my inspection here in Texas, and the tech could not get the car up to speed on the dyno. This is the second shop I've visited with the same result. He said there was an "ABS like noise" coming from the car. He turned the traction control off. I don't know what else it could be?
An "ABS like noise" coming from the well behind the driver seat indicates that TCS was trying to enable brake intervention.

Maybe the TCS switch is defective. When he turned TCS off, was the "Traction Control Off" light on and was the tech getting the vibration feeback though the accelerator pedal one gets when TCS enables? If not, it might be that even though he pushed the switch, TCS was still enabled.

There is an easy way for you to test this.

Find a wet road or wet parking lot. Turn TCS off, then try and spin the tires. You should be able to do that easily. If TCS is on, you won't be able to spin the tires. You will feel the accelerator shaking and the rear brakes enabling.
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