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Model specific boards => Golf mk4 => Topic started by: Hobnob on 28 December 2005, 08:34
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It appears in my car (1.8T) that when ever I spin my wheels in the snow it makes an awful grinding noise. It is doing this every time I slip a little and it really doesn't sound healthy.... I had noticed it before but only on the odd occasion I pushed a little hard out of a junction.
Any one got any ideas what it might be, I thought it might be something like the clutch slipping but it doesn't seem to be coming back through the cluth pedal so I'm not sure
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Isn't it just the traction control?
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i too have the same awful grinding noise when my wheels were accidently spinning in the snow :wink: i came on here too ask the same question and felt a bit relieved when i saw someone else was having the same problem i dont have traction control and it doesnt sound too good like its a ratchet or something
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mine does it if the cars skidding when braking the abs kicks in which makes the grating noise so traction control sounds about right to me aswell? :undecided:
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See now I would have gone down the traction control route as well but mine is x reg (2000) ARZ which I believe does not have traction control, also I certainly don't have a traction control button.
It does however sound very similar to the horible noises ABS makes in the snow as well although surely it couldn't be ABS as I'm not breaking when it happens.
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I thought all turbos had traction control?? It is part of the ESP. DO you have an ESP button? if so, that also turns off the traction control.
If its snowy, you will soon find out if you have TC.
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I know the sound you're talking about. I would say it's the traction control aswell. I think it works by applying the brakes to the wheel thats lost grip?? (My Turbo's got the ASC button)
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i dont have an esp button and as far as i know i dont have traction control
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nope I havent got an ASR / ASC / Tracion control / ESP button or anything similar. As I said I don't think models before 2000 had traction control
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Does it wheelspin? i would have thought pre 2000 would have had at least traction control.
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mine spins like mad rain or snow its a 2000 w reg
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But yours is a non-turbo Rich?
I was thinking of Hobnobs. I thought early turbos would have had just TC and later ones the full ESP. Talking of ESP, it got me out of a bit of a pickle when I hit some ice today on an off camber S bend. Just as i started a mini tank slapper, it all tidied itself up, which was nice as a truck was coming the other way.
Going back to the original question re. snow and noise. If it is not TC, then i remember my old cars making an horrendous noise on snow. It was simply the noise from tyre slip on snow, just like tyres sometimes make an awful noise when turning in a showroom.
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mine is a turbo i dont have esp or traction control i dont think as i dont have any dash lights or buttons for it
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Mine is turbo but is a 2000 x reg, don't have any lights / buttons for traction control, the noise it makes happens in rain / snow / cold roads etc.
It does sound like a traction control type of noise but as previously said I'm sure I don't have it
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My 2000 model turbo doesn't have ESP/traction control..... No proper driver would leave it on anyway :tongue:
Could be a CV joint/driveshaft problem.
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Don't say that.... that sounds far too expensive to sort out.
Really beginning to wish I didn't buy this car now
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My 2000 model turbo doesn't have ESP/traction control..... No proper driver would leave it on anyway :tongue:
Could be a CV joint/driveshaft problem.
I would'nt choose to leave my traction control on, as all it seems to do is flash a yellow light near the speedo while you're wheels are spinning, but if you turn it off the yellow light stay's on all the time and it's annoying.
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mine spins like mad, i get the grinding noise every morning in the same place... pulling away at a junction on a steep slope on my way to work at the end of my road so the engine/clutch is still cold.. but have to rev the balls off it to pull away on that slope. (2000 AGU)
definitely no traction control, no idea what it is :grin: .. ill fix it when it breaks.
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definitely no traction control, no idea what it is :grin: .. ill fix it when it breaks.
My attitude too, fix it when you need to :smiley: Maybe you chaps do have a problem.
The little yellow light also comes out to play when I play at being a lairy yob and get it sideways on wet roundabouts - it is very obtrusive and is obviously better being 'off' if you are really booting it. However, could be quite useful on those slippy roads at night when you maybe aren't concentrating 100% and an 'S' bend catches you out.
Mine is Jan 2001 btw (2000 build I expect) and has and ESP button and light on dash.
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definitely no traction control, no idea what it is :grin: .. ill fix it when it breaks.
Suppose thats a good way to look at it, it's been doing it for about the 6-7 months I have had the car and nothing has fallen off yet so I'll just wait until I'm moving before putting my foot down a bit