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katiesdad

New Member

• Dec 17, 2011

• #1

Switched ignition on,fault warning came up'TRACTION FALIURE' anybody have a clue ????

 

Dopey

Well-Known Member

• Dec 17, 2011

• #2

Hows your battery? lots of faults come up with a battery that's not fully charged, do that first see if the fault come up again if I was you

 

dougdotcom

Active Member

• Dec 17, 2011

• #3

Did you have traction faliure? if not im with Dopey.

 

Dopey

Well-Known Member

• Dec 17, 2011

• #4

Dam nice of you old chap

 

Datatek

Well-Known Member

• Dec 18, 2011

• #5

Yep low battery volts.

 

discomalc

New Member

• Dec 18, 2011

• #6

Gonna be lots of faults caused by low volts while its cold and dark.
otherwise check abs sensors.

 

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katiesdad

New Member

• Dec 18, 2011

• #7

No traction had been lost but car had been sat for five days(which it does every week) so hope it was just a battery glitch.....Many thanks to those who posted reply.

 

Last edited: Dec 18, 2011

Dopey

Well-Known Member

• Dec 18, 2011

• #8

keep us informed, it nice to know if a problem has been sorted, and helps others

 

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Nickpen

Active Member

• Dec 19, 2011

• #9

Mine was coming up alternator fault, battery was down on charge and car wouldnt start sometimes and I got the traction failure message too. new alternator and all seems fine now, traction works as I was out "testing" on Sunday

 

awillemsen

Active Member

• Dec 19, 2011

• #10

If it sits for 5 days every week, the message will probably come back. Used to happen to me every day - second short journey of the day. Got a good battery (Bosch Silver S4027/069) and never saw the message again. Old battery was only 18 months old, but was cheap rubbish.

But before shelling out on a new battery, test the battery voltage with engine running - should be about 14 volts. If not, either alternator is on way out, or connections between alternator and battery are bad.