Traction control

Just switched itself off today and the warning light came on.

Heart sank I have to say as I've only had the car a week. Anybody had the same problem?
 
Hi beckettesque
If it was only the triangle with ! which lit up and no other warning lights were on, this normally indicates the ASR button is activated. Could you have accidently caught the button?

Cheers Spike
 
If you press the ASR button, the sign with ! will come on, indicating it is a manual override turning it off (if you're stuck in mud/snow). Others can confirm this, driving at 42mph will trigger traction control to turn on again and the sign will disappear.
 
Thanks chaps.

I tried switching it back on again and the warning light came on again.

Haven't tried going above 42mph, in fact haven't been able to do anything else as it happened about 12 hours before I was due at the airport and I haven't been home since.
 
You may find that when you get back to the car and start it, the light will have mysteriously disappeared!

Has happened twice to us - usually in the rain, so I wondered about dirty wheel sensors....
 
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