Trac Off Light

BostiPB · #1 06-19-2006, 08:12 PM

Hey all,
I have a 2001 Cavalier 2.2L. I was driving around last week and while i was driving i noticed that my Trac Off light had turned on. It was raining so i thought it was just the rain(Monday). Then next morning when i went to class the light was still on(Tuesday). The light did not turn off till Wednsday and not until the afternoon. And right before i was going to scan the car because i know the Trac Off light sometimes comes on before the Check Engine Light. It figures.

Well on Sunday while i was driving the Trac Off light came back on. It still has not turned off. Today is Monday

Does anyone know what my problem is and how i can fix it.

Thanks in Advanced

Paul

Lances133 · #2 06-19-2006, 08:48 PM

Are there any other lights coming on besides the trac off? I'm assuming no because you would've said it, but just to make sure.

BostiPB · #3 06-20-2006, 12:43 AM

It is just the Trac Off light that is comming on. Atleast at this point

Paul

romanone · #4 07-28-2006, 03:02 AM

i've got the 02 sunfire
and have the same thing it had been coming in and off from time to time! now my check engine light is on!
Any ideas would be great because i can not take it to the dealer cause i am outside u.s

Lances133 · #5 07-28-2006, 12:17 PM

Any other lights? Or just the Trac off and Check engine?

Classicrocjunkie · #6 07-28-2006, 12:36 PM

Go get the CEL read, then go from there. Some of the stupidest things in the world throw lights off on these cars. Like i grounded my tach adaptor and 2 gauges inside my car on the same ground and my ETS off light and CEL came on and car ran like shit. I never woulda known that would cause that. Grounded them seperatly and went back to normal.

romanone · #7 07-30-2006, 12:09 PM

Now my TRAC OFF and CHECK ENGINE are on all the time.
Today while going more than 60 mph check engine started falshing. Slowing down made it stop flashing.
And another thing! Car runs like shit. Sounds like hell.
Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Classicrocjunkie · #8 07-30-2006, 01:04 PM

Get Your Cel Read!

romanone · #9 07-31-2006, 12:42 AM

Classicrocjunkie

I can't because i am in Ukraine and here are absolutely no dealer of Pontiac.
Here are some GM dealers but would it help??? Does the computer that reads CEL has to be for pontiac only or is it for all GM cars???

Young Chuck D · #10 07-31-2006, 04:47 AM

any GM dealer can help you

romanone · #11 07-31-2006, 06:53 AM

Could that both lights be a cause of a bad oxygen sensor???
Because this started happening after I filled a tank with gasolin at a uknown gas station! Right after that car started making weird sound from the muffler and ran like shit. i heard that bad fuel can kill oxygen sensor and the following behavior of the car can be coming out from the oxygen sens.
Any thoughts about that???

romanone · #12 07-31-2006, 02:54 PM

one more thing i wanted to ask!!!
when I start the engine in the morning(when it's totaly cold) After the few seconds, maybe a minute the radiator fan goes on, and works pretty much all the time. What could it be? some kind of sensor?

w155jmh · #13 07-31-2006, 07:37 PM

The Trac OFF light thing has happened to me 3 or 4 times in the last year and it always goes off within a day or two. I haven't noticed any performance problems associated with it and the CEL has never come on. Typically a flashing CEL indicates a misfire problem and a solid CEL can mean any number of things. Here in the US many auto parts stores will read your codes for free regardless of the make of the vehicle. Good luck.

w155jmh · #14 07-31-2006, 07:38 PM

Oh yeah,

On my old Cavalier, I noticed that if the CEL is on it kicks on the radiator fan automatically.

romanone · #15 08-02-2006, 05:16 AM

So could the CEL come on bacause of a bad temperature sensor?

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