Ok very dumb question but I must be 100% about it. I know this light turns on when you loose traction. But would it turn on if your clutch is slipping?

Reason I accelerated pretty fast. I know there was no wheel spin because i a) did not hear my wheels spinning, b) did not feel my car shake like it does when traction control fixes a slip. My car however did not accelerate as much and i was thinking maybe it was the clutch slipping?


Am i a dumbass or is it possible?

 

SLIP can be very sensitive to irregularities in the road: dips, crevices, patches. Generally SLIP is momentary. Don't worry about it.

 

but it felt like i wasnt accelerating as i was suppose to... after i let go of the gas and re-applied it then i got to move normally... only happeend for maybe 2-3 seconds

 

sometimes on slick roads, I'm not even talking wet or icy, just like old asphalt roads my car will do this as well. If the road is really slick you are actually spinning the tires or actually about to since the TCS is kicking in. There are a few roads around my work that i do this on all the time and it doesn't feel normal but i gauantee thats what is happening.

 

My tires don't squeel and the car doesn't shake when the VDC turns on...

 

The back end just gets loose when I shift and the slip light comes on. No wheel spinning and no shake.

 

I turn off the VDC and was doing 360,the SLIP light come on.Does that mean i don't have a full control of the car anymore?

 

has your vdc light stay one after u slip...like when i launch...the vdc off and slip light turn on and stay on till i shut the car off...and than back on

 

It means the ABLS (always ON) is unable maintain the left/right speed difference under control and shuts down.

 

Sounds like your computer detected a slight loss of control and killed the throttle response to your wheels. Once traction was regained, the computer then allowed the engine to drive the wheels again.

 

Cause when i go to the track i always have my VDC OFF.It seem to be ok,but when i want to go DRIFTING is the SLIP light going to be a problem?

 

my slip light goes off whenever i hit a bump while accelerating. sometimes i feel traction control go off w/o the slip light even turning on.

 

Maybe. Once it goes to fail safe mode, the diff will only have itself to limit wheel slip.

So you might spin only one wheel.

 

I actually had this question too. Today I took off in 1st pretty hard and it was either spinning or the clutch was slipping pretty bad. (I also have 406rwhp TT though on stock clutch/flywheel). Hopefully it's not the clutch kuz I just spent a bunch on other stuff yesterday!
I took off again in 1st gear at high boost and it kinda chirped and took off normal later on in the day...IF the clutch was slipping, it would constantly slip on hard acceleration right?

 

If it had slipped, you would smell it.

 

This is what i got from a drifter that we sponsor,"CHESTON"

Hey Rick-

Yea, even if you have the TCS or the VSC button turned to OFF, if you get sideways, the SLIP will still come on and try to limit the wheel spin... its the safety feature-

to turn it completely off, you have to unplug the ABS controller which is in the engine bay, next to your Master Cylinder for the brakes.. its this giant silver box, with small metal tubes going into it, there is a black wire with a grey clip, you have to unplug that. once you do that, you will get the SLIP and ABS light indicators in the cockpit, but you can go full drifting with that disabled.


THANKS
--Cheston

RICK

 

I believe that the slip light comes on when the sensor cuts the power to the wheels to prevent any further slip. You may get a bit of wheel spin before the light comes on, but not much. You will feel the lack of normal acceleration.

 

This might be true. You would smell a burning crappy smell. I really don't like the vdc at all.

 

Hmm, I didn't know you would smell it on acceleration...I know u can smell it when you ride the clutch too much.