[SoothingDave]

Traction control uses brakes, and throttle. Unless you drive like a maniac, traction control is rarely employed. If someone is telling you that your brakes are wearing faster because of traction control, you need to find a new someone to work on your car.

This.

An important side note to traction control for those people who live where it snows:

Learn how to turn it off. If you need to slip and slide your way up a snowy road, the traction control will prevent this. You step on the gas, the car puts no power out to the wheels.

It is sensing the loss of traction as undesirable, applying brakes to spinning wheels and reducing engine output to prevent the slipping.

Sometimes you need to slip. Find the button. Know when to use it.

[brownsfan]

“Sometimes you need to slip. Find the button. Know when to use it.”

Absolutely. Like when you’re stuck and need to rock to get out. Traction control will completely prevent you from rocking and getting momentum to get out.