Okay so I work at a Mazda dealership and seeing as we got almost a footof snow yesterday, we got on the topic of traction control of course.. I had a few ppl tell me to turn it off.. They say it wears down the brakes and such... True or false? I thought it just cuts back your throttle to keep it from slipping or something like that.. I dont Think it uses the brakes like they say :s

 

the vsa does indeed use your brakes, but not at a degree in which you need to worry about wear. when it comes to winter driving, vsa won't help much during acceleration, but definitely will help under braking. have a read on hondas vsa system.

https://techinfo.honda.com/rjanisis/...404O00183B.pdf

 

I would shut it off for winter driving conditions, if you are an experienced winter driver you know more than that system does about driving in your town or city.

I think the system might be good for people without winter driving experience, but would frustrate most older more experienced(seat of the pants driving) people.

 

so VSA= for people who dont know how to drive worth **** in winter? gotcha.. wasnt sure if itd help me from losing control or anything on the highway siince im doing highway driving daily.. ill taake it off for acouple days and see how it goes.. shudnt be much different then my 2000 prelude sh was in winter with VSA off.. if thats the case ill be fine with it off