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owners manual Skoda Octavia - year of production: 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 - Skoda Octavia I 1 owners manual EN
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Intelligent Technology 195
Traction control system (TCS) The TCS should normally always be switched on. It may be good practice in certain
The traction control system prevents the driven wheels from spinning exceptional cases, such as when you wish to have wheel slip, to switch off the
system.
when accelerating. Examples:
• when driving with snow chains
• when driving in deep snow or on a loose surface
• when it is necessary to rock a car free when it has become stuck.
then you should switch on the TCS again.
WARNING
You should always adjust your style of driving to the conditions of the road
Fig. 198 TCS switchsurface and the traffic situation. The increased safety offered must not tempt
you to take greater risks than otherwise - risk of an accident!
General
The TCS makes it much easier, and sometimes at all possible, to start off, accelerate Note
and climb a steep hill when the conditions of the road surface are unfavourable.• All four wheels must be fitted with the same tyres in order to achieve problem-
free operation of the TCS. Differing rolling circumferences of the tyres can lead to
Operating principle an undesirable reduction in the engine output.
The TCS switches on automatically when the engine is started and then conducts a • Changes to vehicle (e.g. on engine, on the brakes, on chassis or other assign-
self-test. The system monitors the speeds of the driven wheels with the aid of the ment of tyres and wheels) can influence the function of the TCS ⇒ page 243,
ABS sensors. If the wheels are spinning, the force transmitted to the road surface is “Accessories, changes and replacement of parts”.
automatically adapted by reducing the engine speed. This occurs at all speeds.
The TCS operates in combination with the ABS ⇒ page197, “Antilock brake system Driver-steering recommendation*
(ABS)”. The TCS will not function if a fault exists in the ABS system.
The TCS warning light lights up in the instrument cluster when there is a fault on the The driver-steering recommendation is an additional function of the electronic
TCS ⇒page37. stability programme (ESP). This function indicates to the driver in critical situations
Switching off by means of slight steering wheel impulses the direction evaluated by the system,
in which the vehicle must be steered, so that it stabilizes. The driver-steering
You can switch the TCS off and on again as you wish by pressing the button recommendation is active when braking shar ply on different road surfaces and on
⇒fig.198. The TCS warning light lights up in the instrument cluster when the TCS is the right and left vehicle side.
switched off ⇒page37.
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