My Sunfire has the ETS system but since I live in the desert where there's never
ice or snow, it never gets activated. I read that ETS will make the transaxle
upshift under some conditions. Has anyone has this happen? Does it really help on
ice and snow?
yeah if you driving and the tires start to spin it will automatically slow your rpm so they dont spin ... good for the risk of hydroplanning or sliding on snow.
Go find a gravel/sand road, floor it, and u'll see what it does.
That's what i've done before to make sure mine was workin.
-Seth
It does the exact thing that your rev limiter does (if you've ever hit that) If it starts the fuel cut and you're still spinning the tires it will command an upshift of the transmission. Most everything else pulls timing, so I woudlnt doubt it does that too. Usually it stops spinning tires once the fuel cut starts working.
