"SLIP" light comes on when driving normal
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I got a new tire on one side on the rear and I got the slip light a few times on a good surface. I figured that the new tire was slightly stickier and was spinning a hair less than the worn tire. I don't get the light at all anymore, just when the tire was brand new.
How does this help you, you ask? Methinks it may be one tire spinning just a hair more than the other even though you don't feel it or hear it. Hope this helps.
How does this help you, you ask? Methinks it may be one tire spinning just a hair more than the other even though you don't feel it or hear it. Hope this helps.
Originally Posted by 5150FAST
all 4 tires are new.. thanks a lot for the input though... i am gonna take it in for them to look at it... thanks! 
Are they the stock sizes or did you play with new sizes?
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Originally Posted by sq40
Easiest way to turn the slip light off is to remove your foot from the floorboard!
Other than that, Yeah, its probably a sensor, I would definatly have it looked at.
Other than that, Yeah, its probably a sensor, I would definatly have it looked at.
haha.. no im saying that it does it when im going 70 on the freeway in a straight flat line... im sure its a sensor... gonna have it looked at this week.
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Make sure they didn't put the front rims on the back and vice versa. Since they had all 4 off the car they might have mixed them up. I Have seen this many times before. Rotated tires and no slip light. The front wheels are machined different so they fit the front hubs. The rear wheels fit but it screws them up if you do it. The bolt on the front hubs is for this reason.
Originally Posted by IM Z MAN
Make sure they didn't put the front rims on the back and vice versa. Since they had all 4 off the car they might have mixed them up. I Have seen this many times before. Rotated tires and no slip light. The front wheels are machined different so they fit the front hubs. The rear wheels fit but it screws them up if you do it. The bolt on the front hubs is for this reason.
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Originally Posted by IM Z MAN
Make sure they didn't put the front rims on the back and vice versa. Since they had all 4 off the car they might have mixed them up. I Have seen this many times before. Rotated tires and no slip light. The front wheels are machined different so they fit the front hubs. The rear wheels fit but it screws them up if you do it. The bolt on the front hubs is for this reason.
Wow.. I didn't realize this..
That slip sensor will cut your throttle too.. Could be dangerous..
Originally Posted by damoniusmonk
I got a new tire on one side on the rear and I got the slip light a few times on a good surface. I figured that the new tire was slightly stickier and was spinning a hair less than the worn tire. I don't get the light at all anymore, just when the tire was brand new.
How does this help you, you ask? Methinks it may be one tire spinning just a hair more than the other even though you don't feel it or hear it. Hope this helps.
How does this help you, you ask? Methinks it may be one tire spinning just a hair more than the other even though you don't feel it or hear it. Hope this helps.
A missmatched front to rear tire is probably the problem here. A failled sensor should throw an error code, turning both VDC OFF a SLIP lights on for exemple.
Originally Posted by mc350z
i had a similar porblem i was at the track and with VDC off the SLIP light came on and stayed on solid . it would not go off until i cut the car off then back on
weird.
weird.
