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DrivingYourMazda
StartingandDriving
qDSCOFFSwitch
NOTE
WhenDSCisonandyouattempttofreethe
vehiclewhenitisstuck,ordriveitoutof
freshlyfallensnow,theTCS(partofthe
DSCsystem)willactivate.Depressingthe
acceleratorwillnotincreaseenginepower
andfreeingthevehiclemaybedifficult.
Whenthishappens,turnofftheTCS/DSC.
IftheTCS/DSCisoffwhentheengineis
turnedoff,itautomaticallyactivateswhen
theignitionswitchisturnedon.
LeavingtheTCS/DSConwillprovidethe
beststability.WhentheTCS/DSCisoff,the
TCS/DSCdoesnotactivatebutthebrake
LSD(LimitedSlipDifferentials)function
remains.
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PresstheDSCOFFswitchtoturnoffthe
TCS/DSC.TheDSCOFFindicatorlight
willilluminate.
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IftheDSCOFFswitchispressedandheld
forasecondormore,theTCS/DSCsystem
maybecomeinoperativeduetothesystem
detectingswitchtrouble.IftheTCS/DSC
systembecomesinoperative,theTCS/DSC
andtheDSCOFFindicatorlights
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PresstheswitchagaintoturntheTCS/
DSCbackon.TheDSCOFFindicator
lightwillgoout.
illuminatesimultaneously.Inthiscase,turn
offtheengineandrestartittorestorethe
TCS/DSC.
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Categories | Mazda Manuals, Mazda RX-8 Manuals |
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Model Year | 2010 |
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