Traction Control Off Button

#1
My 2014 Toyota Corolla LE Eco has a traction control off button behind the automatic shifter. As far as I know, there is no way to tell whether the button is pressed or not pressed, nothing shows on the dash or anything. does the corolla even have traction control/what is the button for then?
 
#10
You do have traction control and stability control in LE Eco as well as in other models.
They are on by default with no other indication,unless a wheel actually slips.
Push the button quickly to disengage traction control.
Push and hold the button for 3 seconds to disengage both traction and stability control.
In all cases, an appropriate warning light appears on the lower right of the instrument cluster (below the fuel indicator).
 
#13
The button only works at 0 m.p.h. as well, not while in motion.
Are you sure?

That seems like a bad design - I've never had a car with TCS, but from what I've read, there are places with snowy conditions where you might want to turn TCS off to maintain progress up a hill and turn it back on before the curve after the hill. 0 m.p.h. is usually NOT a good idea in snow/ice unless the car is in your driveway and you are staying home.
 
#14
Have you driven in the snow?

You turn TCS off when you are stuck. If you are moving in snow, even up a hill, you don't want it off. If you start spinning the tires while climbing up a hill, you'll slow down and then start rolling backwards, then you're screwed.

In my '96 GT I had to stop at the bottom of a hill because these SoCal morons were afraid to take their AWD Lexus SUV up the hill, and I pretty much had to idle the whole way up because any throttle at all caused my tires to spin and the car to slow down.
 
#15
Not if I can help it (which I usually can in GA), and I've never had a car with TCS.

(I did have a similar situation where I was on a hill in a stick-shift in snow/ice, and the truck in front of me stopped to change his front hubs to 4WD, so then I had to let it back down the hill to get going forward again.
 
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