Traction control/loss of power

TREYBERRY71

MEMBER
2006 CHEVROLET MALIBU
2.2L
4 CYL
FWD
AUTOMATIC
150,000 MILES

My car's traction control light came on last night and the rpm's ran very high (4000-5000) at fifty five mph. I slowed way down to keep the rpm's lower (3000 range), and finished my drive (about five miles). The car does not seem to shift out of third gear when driving and the traction control light stays on.
(I tried pressing/un-pressing the traction control button, to no avail). The check engine light also came on. The oil is good by the way. (Just changed it about a thousand miles ago.)
It has never done anything like this before.
Any suggestions?

Wednesday, August 9th, 2017 AT 11:36 AM

1 Reply

DANNY L

MECHANIC
5,648 POSTS

Hello, I'm Danny.

This means you will have codes for both the traction control system and check engine light codes stored in your car's computer. The best thing to do is perform a CAN scan on all the computer systems on your car. Here is the tutorial on how to perform a CAN scan:

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/can-scan-controller-area-network-easy

Once you perform this procedure we then ask you to get back to us with all the code information and we can then properly diagnose the issues on your car. Hope this helps and thanks for using 2CarPros.

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Friday, February 12th, 2021 AT 6:52 PM