i was wondering how well volvo's traction control faired against its awd in starting off in harsh winter conditions?

 

Sorry But I am in the Hot sunny weather I couldn't tell you.

 

lol im in alaska and it gets very bad here and i need all the traction help i can get. just wondering

 

You have Winter mode don't you?

 

oh yah it is so great but still sometimes not enough

 

OH OK

 

Ive found that its better to turn the traction control off in the snow. It seems that the AWD work much better this way.

 

so awd cars also have traction control?

 

Yes they do.

 

because we are looking at a newer volvo and need one that can get around good in the snow and i dont kno if we should get an awd. We want aan older one like 1998 1999 or something and dont know how well they wouuld get around. We would be selling a 4x4 to get this and want one that gets around good. My 850 have wiring for traction control so i ordered a switch cant wait to see wut it does.

 

Remember you will also need the Tracs ABS module.

 

where can i buy one?

 

I would try to find a good used one. A new one is like $400.00 or more.

 

AWD is Great.

I live in northern Wisconsin, and the snow can get pretty bad up here too. I drive a '99 S70 with traction control, but only front wheel drive. If I could change one thing about my car I would make it all wheel drive (other than possibly a +200 horsepower boost ) My mom drives a XC-70 w/ all wheel drive (I think it also has some 'package' that includes a slightly raised suspension) and I have never managed to get her car stuck. I have gotten my car stuck in deep snow on my driveway a couple of times (2x from sliding part-way into a snowbank, and once because of about 6 inches of fresh snow). On the occasion where my S70 got stuck in the deep snow, my sister and I actually backed my mom's car down our rather long driveway and used it to tow the S70 back to our house (even though my parents had their doubts )!

The traction control will help to alert you as to when your tires are spinning out from too much acceleration and help control it, BUT in my experience, if you get stuck, it won't do you much good. This is simply because it regulates the amount of power to the drive wheels to prevent spinning out, but if your already stuck, it still can't provide your front tires with any extra traction (this is where AWD is a +++).

Hopefully this was helpful to someone, even if I did somewhat 'reserect' this thread.

 

yah i wish i could get an awd volvo sedan but they are so hard to come by up in alaska and to expencive for me i could sell my car for like 5,000-6,000 but that still is not enough for an awd model. That is why i looked into audi and subaru but i really dont want to get nanything but a volvo.

 

Ok so I used the "search"..sorry to bring up a year old post but is there a way to turn the traction control off on an 02 s60 AWD 2.4T?

 

Hold to button down till the display window says Tracs off.

 

There is no button??? I have the "W" button but no traction control button. If there's no button, does my car actually have it? I have the little yellow light on the dash when the tires slip.

 

Then you might not be able to turn it off.
most that have tracs have a button.