Low traction light on?

2002 CHEVROLET CAVALIER
185,000 MILES • 2.2L • 4 CYL • 2WD
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I was driving and the low traction light can on, and the car began driving like it was in low gear and it seemed like it had difficulty switching gears.
Jan 2, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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CANNON1349
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Hello,

Do you have a scan tool of any kind that can scan the CAN system? If not, any parts store should be able to scan and give you the codes free of charge. Is the Check Engine light on, or any other lights? Typically, a traction light will have a code stored in the ABS module. Let's do this and we can move forward.

Thanks,
William
Jan 2, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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You can get a CAN scanner (Controller Area Network) which will work on most cars from Amazon.

Here is a video to show you how:

https://youtu.be/u-4syLc-ifQ

Is the speedometer working?
Jan 5, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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