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Old Oct 13, 2014 | 11:13 PM
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Exclamation Turning off VSC & TRAC? Experiment.

Hey people, shall I say wanting to take a risk people.

I know the should've been posted before. How do you completely turn off traction and VSC controls in an LS430?

Hold on to your hats, I found this post shared by a friend today. There is a brake and parking brake pedal sequence that can turn off all the traction systems until you shut off the car and restart it again.
Kind of like a cheat code for a video game.

I tried it today in a hurry, didn't work for me, '06 LS430.

Shouldn't the GS430 have same computer programming?


Here is the link with the instructions:
http://m.automobilemag.com/features/...xus_gs430_vsc/

Any one who tries this, please do at your own risk. And report back if it worked
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Old Oct 14, 2014 | 06:23 AM
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Seems like you could just pull a circuit breaker and take your luxury cruiser to the drift races.
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Old Oct 14, 2014 | 06:30 AM
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From what I understand, you cannot totally disable the system. You can disable traction and kill your ABS if you want via a fuse but the computer will never totally let go of the throttle body. Drive by wire...

That procedure does not apply to the 430 to my knowledge.
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Many failed try's !

Anyone who has an idea why this doesn't work, please elaborate.

Originally Posted by chunkyda
Seems like you could just pull a circuit breaker and take your luxury cruiser to the drift races.
I don't understand what you said. But yea, definitely up to some drifting.
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