Traction control

[Thelt]

I am surprised at how much traction this thing has in 2wd. I did a little light off roading today and I was surprised as how well it did. I did have it in 4 hi one time and had to sort of gun my way out of a rut and the light came on for the traction control.

 

[RenegadeJay]

Funny, I am surprised at how little traction this thing has in the rain that the traction control is comming on all the time. Even if I feather the throttle it can't get a grip. I would like to say it is my crappy Goodyear Wrangler ST tires, but I can't tell for certain. I will know the truth when I get new tires in the next month.

 

[RageOfFury]

Funny, I am surprised at how little traction this thing has in the rain that the traction control is comming on all the time. Even if I feather the throttle it can't get a grip. I would like to say it is my crappy Goodyear Wrangler ST tires, but I can't tell for certain. I will know the truth when I get new tires in the next month.

Considering how badly rated they are on TireRack, it's the tires, not the traction control.

I have an 06 liby with ESP/TC, but I haven't been in a situation where it kicked in yet so I can't say if I like it or not.

 

[flair1111]

my 06 has only came on maybe 3 or 4 times since ive owned it.

 

[moparman]

It's the tires. It will get better when you change 'em. My ESP comes in when my Jeep does the "live axle hop" on washboard roads here in the city. When I had the STs with about 35K, it would hydroplane in the rain, the ESP would come in and turn the cruise off. My Firestone Destination LEs are a huge improvement.

 

[msnx2k]

mine in my 06 came on once, going around a turn. having the TC come on told me something was up and it turned out i had a flat.

 

[BigRich201]

Funny, I am surprised at how little traction this thing has in the rain that the traction control is comming on all the time. Even if I feather the throttle it can't get a grip. I would like to say it is my crappy Goodyear Wrangler ST tires, but I can't tell for certain. I will know the truth when I get new tires in the next month.

yea its the tires. i got the crappy goodyear wrangler sr-a. i know your gonna say but thats a different tire but its the tires that come stock on the kj for the 02-04 model years and the STs come stock on the 05-07s. its still a $hitty tire from goodyear so its kinda the same. anyways whenever i touch the gas not even in rain just on wet pavement my jeep peels out in place doesnt peel out while moving. i dont have traction control or abs so it happens to me all the time.

 

[jnaut]

I would like to say it is my crappy Goodyear Wrangler ST tires, but I can't tell for certain. I will know the truth when I get new tires in the next month.

It is.

 

[ThunderbirdJunkie]

yea its the tires. i got the crappy goodyear wrangler sr-a. i know your gonna say but thats a different tire but its the tires that come stock on the kj for the 02-04 model years and the STs come stock on the 05-07s. its still a $hitty tire from goodyear so its kinda the same. anyways whenever i touch the gas not even in rain just on wet pavement my jeep peels out in place doesnt peel out while moving. i dont have traction control or abs so it happens to me all the time.

ST's and SR-A's and Wrangler HPs (on KJ's with 17s) came on all Libertys 02-9 depending on trim level and model.

At any rate, no budke, you do not have traction control with your '02.

ThunderbirdJunkie does, however...it's called a LOCKER

 

[kb0nly]

Another vote for the tires.... I had the stock crappy Wranglers on mine, the rear end wagged on gravel roads, and on rainy days i could spin the tires at the stop sign just by tapping the gas.

With my new tires, Kumho Road Venture KL78, its night and day. The ride is better, i have plenty of traction, can't wait for snow now!

 

[Thelt]

Does it only kick in when the light comes on? I thought maybe it was always on and the light only came on when it detected a lot of slip or something.

In any event mine has a lot of traction in 2wd mode.

 

[RageOfFury]

Does it only kick in when the light comes on? I thought maybe it was always on and the light only came on when it detected a lot of slip or something.

In any event mine has a lot of traction in 2wd mode.

Well the manual says this:

The ESP/TCS Indicator Light, located in the instrument cluster, starts to flash as soon as the tires lose traction and the ESP system becomes active. The ESP/TCS Indicator Light also flashes when TCS is active.