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    Quote Originally Posted by rowhard View Post
    Well, I don't have a clue other then to ask, are the tires the same size?
    two front are the same and the 2 rear are the same

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    Quote Originally Posted by zadam123 View Post
    two front are the same and the 2 rear are the same
    I'd guess that is your problem.
    All four have to be the same size/pressure, & preferably, pretty close in tread depth/brand etc, for the TOD to function properly.

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    Bingo LDub. All four(4) tires must be exactly the same in Brand, Model, Size, and PSI in order for the TOD to function properly. Mix-matching tires in any way shape or form on the VX is a No-Go!

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    all tires are all season same size about same tread . if it was the tire wouldnt it happen at other times not when my foot is off the gass and under 30mph comming to a stop. this dont happen when crusing the hw. also i thought that the tod kickes in if there is slipage, there is no slipage under 30 and on the brake lightly

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    Quote Originally Posted by zadam123 View Post
    all tires are all season same size about same tread . if it was the tire wouldnt it happen at other times not when my foot is off the gass and under 30mph comming to a stop. this dont happen when crusing the hw. also i thought that the tod kickes in if there is slipage, there is no slipage under 30 and on the brake lightly
    If the tires on the rear are slightly smaller, they make more revs per given distance covered, causing the TOD to sense this as slippage. In theory, even rolling resistance of differing tread patterns could come into play, but that's a long shot.
    Maybe rotate the tires front to rear, to see if anything changes?
    If you've been running this tire combo for a while with no symptoms, & this just started, it could be a bad/poorly connected sensor, a bad/poorly connected TOD computer, or a few hundred "other things".
    I'd check for same x 4 air pressure, all connections etc, & if that doesn't do it, find a dealer for diagnosis...

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    Quote Originally Posted by zadam123 View Post
    all tires are all season same size about same tread . if it was the tire wouldnt it happen at other times not when my foot is off the gass and under 30mph comming to a stop. this dont happen when crusing the hw. also i thought that the tod kickes in if there is slipage, there is no slipage under 30 and on the brake lightly
    So, did you ever figure out what caused this?
    Last edited by Ldub : 01/09/2009 at 02:39 PM Reason: punk-chew-ay-shin

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    tire pressure is good, i havent gotten a chance to try to rotate my tires yet but when i do ill let you know if this solves the problem

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    Chalk up another ToD spasm to tire pressures. I drove the VX to work on Friday, and the check light was on from start. About half way to work it went off, but I was getting spastic indicators - no lights to all lights, to some lights...

    Today it started out fine but the check light came on again. Then it went off but showed no indicator lights. I search and found this thread, so on the way home, I stopped at the gas station to check tire pressures... 45+ psi all the way around!?! How the heck did that happen?!? Even if I filled them to 33 psi on the coldest day of the winter, I would not expect that much of a pressure increase. It hasn't been serviced recently, so there was no reason to suspect a grease monkey mistake.

    Anyway, all was fine and normal the rest of the way home. Hope it holds... I don't want to fix a car I am trying to sell!

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