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What Is Traction Control and How Does It Work?

What Is Traction Control and How Does It Work?

When driving on a slick, rainy road, your tires often struggle for grip, and your car can start sliding at any time. This is where traction control comes in to save the day. Traction control is an essential safety feature in modern vehicles, designed to prevent wheel slip and maintain optimal traction on various driving surfaces. But how does it work? Vehicle's Traction Control Traction control is a system integrated into your vehicle's stability control and anti-lock braking system (ABS). Its primary purpose is to monitor the speed of each wheel and prevent them from spinning too quickly when a wheel loses grip and starts to spin faster than the others, traction control steps in to reduce power to that wheel, helping to regain traction and maintain control of the vehicle. The system utilizes sensors placed on each wheel to continuously monitor their speed. If the sensors detect that one wheel is spinning significantly faster than the others, indicating a lo ... read more