Traction light stays on

Asked by Christy1974 Dec 13, 2017 at 08:07 AM about the 2012 Chevrolet Malibu LTZ 1LZ FWD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

My traction light stays on.  When the road is wet
(rain or snow)  my car slides like I'm on ice.   I had
the knee assembly fixed on both rear passenger
sides (right & left) & the traction light is still on.   
What does that mean?   

3 Answers

44,805

maybe you should ask the person who did the work- maybe your tires are bad- idk

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Thank you so much for responding. Well I did ask the mechanic when I picked up my car yesterday..... For some reason he didn't seem to know either... Ikr... Smh.... So I'll be replacing the back tires and get the alignment for I know those things are effected when the knee assembly has to be replaced but I thought that the work done would've cleared up the issue regarding my traction. Is there a sensor or a fuse on those cars that could possibly go bad and need to be replaced as well? I ask these questions as a guide so I can understand what's going on with my vehicle.

157,435

Not sure what you are referring to as a "knee assembly", but sounds like the tires have little to no tread, but I can't see them from here.

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