ETS light comes on and off. Why? - 1996 Buick Skylark

On most vehicles, the ETS button turns OFF the ETS. It is on by default, and if you see the low trac light illuminate, it means that one or more wheels are spinning - not getting traction. The ETS button gives you the option to turn off ETS when you feel you need to be in control of all drive wheels, whether they have traction or not.

Could be either a bad Fuel Pump Relay or a bad ETS relay, or the relay has corrosion on its connectors.

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ETS is your electronic traction control system... that would not make the car cut off. Check battery voltage, alternator output voltage (autozone can do this for you) and fuel pressure (cutting off may be a bad fuel pump / filter )

The ETS light comes on usually in responce to a cooling system problem in Cavaliers. The first thing to do is check your fuses. The Check Engine light always comes on when the ETS light comes on. You need to be concerned with this ETS system first. Usually it is your 30 amp fuse that needs to be replaced. On most cav's the fuse box us under your hood, on the right hand side. There are two fuses that are for the coolent system. Check these fuses first. If the fuse is blown, change it and the dash light should go out. If the fuse blows in a week or so again, then try to read the codes like the guys above say. When the fuse it out, the code reader is just going to say that you need to check your fuse. This is what happened in my car, and my mechanic said it was pretty common in these cars. Good luck.

electronic traction system to prevent your vehicle from slipping.

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If you are talking about the light coming on when you are driving in slippery conditions, this is normal. If you are talking about it staying on all the time, the ets is either turned off or you have another problem. Let?s take a moment and explain why the electronic traction control which is called Enhanced Traction System (ETS) warning light will turn on when the engine computer sees a problem. The ETS system monitors wheel speed via the Anti-lock Brake System (ABS). If the ETS system sees a wheel spinning due to snow, ice, rain etc., the ETS computer sends a request to the vehicle?s engine computer to reduce torque. The engine computer responds with a combination of strategies. In the engine computer?s bag of tricks to stop wheel spin it can perform any one or combination of the following; cut fuel off by trimming or turning off fuel injectors, ****** the spark timing or up shift the transmission. In the days of old we just let up on the gas pedal. Now the computer does it for you. If you have an engine running problem it is more of a problem than you realize. The engine computer is the high command center. The engine computer will work and respond to information from the other computers in the vehicle. But in the event there is a system or running problem that the engine computer is responsible for, ?it will? lock out all of the other vehicle computers. If there is an engine running problem that causes the engine computer to store a code and turn on the ?Check Engine? light guess what computer doesn't talk to the others? The engine computer. The ETS computer gets all put out when this occurs and turns its warning light on in protest. So, there you have it. If the check engine light is on the ETS warning light will come on as well and the ETS system will not operate until the engine computer problem is corrected.

i have similar problem with ets light coming on after driviung for a while specillay when it is hot outside.

You need to get a scanner hooked up to see if your computer has found an error, for the reason the check engine light goes on.

hi have a couple of questions what sensor did they put in? what color is the oil/fluid leaking out of it ETS is a TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM and when the light comes on it is disabled and if the vehicle starts up but dose not move that sounds like a transmission problem an oil fouled plug usealy an internal engine problem VALVE SEALS,VALVE GUIDES or RINGS

For the ETS light, its covered in Volvo's callback guarantee for 2000 models upto 10years / 100000 miles