I almost had an accident because of the TRACS kicking when I pulling out into a traffic making a left. I gave a good amount of gas, and it wasn't really even close to spinning out, but the VSC kicked in, reduced the power, and it was almost as though it stalled in the road for a second, as the oncoming car almost t-boned me. I really wish I could turn it off and not have to deal with a feature put in place for soccer moms.

This makes sense when you think about it. Cars have computers and computers have always had hidden Easter eggs and cheat codes, so it was inevitable that someone would find a cheat code hidden inside a car. Case in point: hereÆs way to disable the traction/skid control systems called VDIM on the Lexus IS:

ôstart the car with the parking brake on à.then foot brake twiceà.(keep the foot brake down)à.then parking brake twice (keep it down )and repeat till skid light is on the dashà..it will reset when you restart the carö

Apparently, this disables everything but the ABS. Source: VWVortex Forums via Digg

Read away. Here is the thread I started last year. I found an easy solution to the issue - works perfect and is about as simple as you can get.

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