After 35,000 miles and many years on this forum, I need some advice.

I installed Continental all-season tires on my car after giving up the ghost trying to get through winter with the stock Potenzas- no big deal, they needed replacing anyway.

However, I find that when I do hard cornering, the rear tires "lock up" intermittently and I hear a clunk from the rear end.

Turning off the DSC eliminates this issue completely. I never had this problem with the Potenzas. Is this normal?

 

did you change tire sizes?

A change is size can cause ABS issues.

 

The all-seasons will have less ultimate grip than the Potenzas, so TCS/DSC will kick in earlier than you were used to. You may need to adjust your tire pressure. I replaced my original Dunlops with Yokohama Avid all-seasons. It's not quite the racecar that it once was, TCS/DSC will kick in sooner, but still handles quite well; just don't take it to the track .


On the plus side, I now have plenty of traction in cold and rain and feel much safer in those conditions. And lo and behold, TCS/DSC kicks in much LATER in those conditions. Meaning, I sacrificed a little ultimate grip in summer in exchange for a big bump in grip in situations which were dangerous before. A great exchange, imo.

I found I needed to run a couple more PSI than I had been with the OEM tires to get the best handling out of them.

 

Thanks for the help guys- I'll try a few more PSI in the rears and see what happens. In the meantime, you should see how adept I have become at shutting off the switch mid turn. Don't even have to look, and I don't have to tell you how weird that is given where the switch is.

 

why not just keep the DSC/TC off?

 

Not a good idea to disable a safety feature 100% of the time. I'm sure there are those who drive with with it a disabled all the time, but I would not want to.