I love traction control

We're having a heck of a blizard today in Metro New York. Had to make a few
erands before the snow got too high and was driving in aobut 4" of powder
snow. The 'low traction' light was on for a good portion of the trip and it
was certainly no speed demon as the system cut the throttle to keep
traction. Even made it up a pretty steep hill slow and steady.
My son, with his silverado 2500, was having more handling issues than I was.

I did see something new on my '01 lw300, The hvac blower stopped working on
high for about 5 minutes after a start. Lower speeds were all working. Got
to look into that one. Don't know if it was something loose in the right
side passenger compartment fuse panel. Noticed this right after a passenger
gettin in. Might have kicked something? The AC must have been out too since
the windows fogged up terribly.

City is doing a good job of keeping the streets clear but we now have about
6" on the ground with a predicted accumulation of up to two feet. I'm in for
the night now...

Oppie

"Oppie" > wrote in message
...

> We're having a heck of a blizard today in Metro New

> I did see something new on my '01 lw300, The hvac blower stopped working
> on
> high for about 5 minutes after a start. Lower speeds were all working.
> Got
> to look into that one. Don't know if it was something loose in the right
> side passenger compartment fuse panel. Noticed this right after a
> passenger
> gettin in. Might have kicked something? The AC must have been out too
> since
> the windows fogged up terribly.

I thought the AC cuts off (turns off) when outside temps drop to very cold?
I had mine shut off going over the Grapevine (a piece of Interstate 5 north
of Los Angeles) in the winter once - had the same probs with the fogging
windows (of course I wasn't smart enough to slow down).

"Oppie" > wrote in message
...
> We're having a heck of a blizard today in Metro New York. Had to
make a few
> erands before the snow got too high and was driving in aobut 4" of
powder
> snow. The 'low traction' light was on for a good portion of the trip
and it
> was certainly no speed demon as the system cut the throttle to keep
> traction. Even made it up a pretty steep hill slow and steady.
> My son, with his silverado 2500, was having more handling issues
than I was.
>
> I did see something new on my '01 lw300, The hvac blower stopped
working on
> high for about 5 minutes after a start. Lower speeds were all
working. Got
> to look into that one. Don't know if it was something loose in the
right
> side passenger compartment fuse panel. Noticed this right after a
passenger
> gettin in. Might have kicked something? The AC must have been out
too since
> the windows fogged up terribly.
>
> City is doing a good job of keeping the streets clear but we now
have about
> 6" on the ground with a predicted accumulation of up to two feet.
I'm in for
> the night now...
>
> Oppie
>
>

About a foot in my driveway (about 200 yards). I got it plowed out
about an hour ago. I'm betting it will be filled back in when I get
home from work in the morning.

Ken

On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 17:37:44 -0500, "Oppie" >
wrote:

>We're having a heck of a blizard today in Metro New York. Had to make a few
>erands before the snow got too high and was driving in aobut 4" of powder
>snow. The 'low traction' light was on for a good portion of the trip and it
>was certainly no speed demon as the system cut the throttle to keep
>traction. Even made it up a pretty steep hill slow and steady.
>My son, with his silverado 2500, was having more handling issues than I was.
>
>I did see something new on my '01 lw300, The hvac blower stopped working on
>high for about 5 minutes after a start. Lower speeds were all working. Got
>to look into that one. Don't know if it was something loose in the right
>side passenger compartment fuse panel. Noticed this right after a passenger
>gettin in. Might have kicked something? The AC must have been out too since
>the windows fogged up terribly.
>
>City is doing a good job of keeping the streets clear but we now have about
>6" on the ground with a predicted accumulation of up to two feet. I'm in for
>the night now...
>
>Oppie
>


Don't have traction control(don't know if it would have worked on the
unplowed hills we have), but have spider-spikes. My SL2 rammed
throught even plowed up snow like it wasn't there. Traveling even
felt better in deeper snow.

I love em, and I didn't even get my hands dirty putting them on.

later,

tom @ www.FindMeShelter.com

In article <thBId.42807$St.3930@fed1read03>,
says...
>
> "Oppie" > wrote in message
> ...
>
> > We're having a heck of a blizard today in Metro New
>
> > I did see something new on my '01 lw300, The hvac blower stopped working
> > on
> > high for about 5 minutes after a start. Lower speeds were all working.
> > Got
> > to look into that one. Don't know if it was something loose in the right
> > side passenger compartment fuse panel. Noticed this right after a
> > passenger
> > gettin in. Might have kicked something? The AC must have been out too
> > since
> > the windows fogged up terribly.
>
> I thought the AC cuts off (turns off) when outside temps drop to very cold?
> I had mine shut off going over the Grapevine (a piece of Interstate 5 north
> of Los Angeles) in the winter once - had the same probs with the fogging
> windows (of course I wasn't smart enough to slow down).


At WOT the ac kicks off and when the engine is about to stall it kicks
off. Theory: Since the computer reduces engine rpm's when the traction
control comes on it may also turn the ac compressor off.

> I did see something new on my '01 lw300, The hvac blower stopped working on
> high for about 5 minutes after a start. Lower speeds were all working. Got
> to look into that one. Don't know if it was something loose in the right
> side passenger compartment fuse panel. Noticed this right after a passenger
> gettin in. Might have kicked something?

This was real easy to figure out looking at the schematics of your car.
On high your powers sent through a relay and on any other setting its
sent through your resistor pack. If your relay is cutting out that would
be your problem. Check your left instrument panel fuse block for this
relay.

> wrote in message
> Don't have traction control(don't know if it would have worked on the
> unplowed hills we have), but have spider-spikes. My SL2 rammed
> throught even plowed up snow like it wasn't there. Traveling even
> felt better in deeper snow.
>
> I love em, and I didn't even get my hands dirty putting them on.
>


Neve heard of 'spider spikes'. What are they?

I thought about getting studded snow tires but I spend most of my driving on
the highway. For the few times I would need them, the noise wasn't worth it.

Oppie

"Blah Blah" > wrote in message
...
> This was real easy to figure out looking at the schematics of your car.
> On high your powers sent through a relay and on any other setting its
> sent through your resistor pack. If your relay is cutting out that would
> be your problem. Check your left instrument panel fuse block for this
> relay.

Thanks, I thought I remembered seeing a relay in the service manual that
only worked on blower High. Was out on the road a few times today and the
blower was working properly on all speeds. Will see if the problem comes
back and trace it out then.

City did a great job of clearing the roads. We had about 14"(hard to say
with all the wind drifts). Hardest part was getting out of the driveway
after being plowed in.
Oppie

....couldn't get conventional chains on an S series with tight tire/fender
clearances...

http://www.spikes-spiders.com/


"Oppie" > wrote in message
...
>
> > wrote in message
>> Don't have traction control(don't know if it would have worked on the
>> unplowed hills we have), but have spider-spikes. My SL2 rammed
>> throught even plowed up snow like it wasn't there. Traveling even
>> felt better in deeper snow.
>>
>> I love em, and I didn't even get my hands dirty putting them on.
>>
>
>
> Neve heard of 'spider spikes'. What are they?
>
> I thought about getting studded snow tires but I spend most of my driving
> on
> the highway. For the few times I would need them, the noise wasn't worth
> it.
>
> Oppie
>
>

"Oppie" > wrote:

>
>Never heard of 'spider spikes'. What are they?
>

http://www.spike-spider.com/