So the other day i hit a wet patch and the Z slid out and the SLIP light flashed then went off... Fast forward to today same thing around a sharper corner and it slid pretty good but gripped back no SLIP or TCS light i said hmmmm ok I put it in 2nd and mashed it around a corner and did a nice little drift it was semi wet but the lights still never flashed. The TCS is ON i never turn it off.

My question is something wrong, disconnected, wheels/tires affecting it, being alitle wet causing the car not to use TCS or is this normal? I only have 33k bought it from my dealer it went through saftey and i dont drive hard at all.

 

Your car is behaving as expected. TCS is not the same as VDC.

You can slide all over the place and never activate TCS. Activating TCS requires slipping (loss of traction) while applying power to the rear wheels. TCS won’t activate if your rear wheels spin at near the same rotation.

--Spike

 

Ahh thanks man. I havent owned a RWD with TCS b4 i know FWD with TCS like almost wheel hopping sends the TCS light on and if u try and mash the gas from a stop itll kick it on but that makes sense i guess it sounds bout right when my SLIP light came on when i hit a small wet patch then hit dry pavement but out where i live there pine needles everywhere so the roads are still wet and VLSD would spin both tires at same rate. Id hope nothing at 33k miles i have 235/45/18 and 245/45/18 wheels and tires the guy put them on from the stock 17's thats why i thot it could be that