I was at the stop sign and going to turn right. I pressed clutch, shifted to first gear and gave gas as normal, but right after i made the turn or even during the turn, there was some kind of force stopping me to accelerate with a frequency of vibration occurred (my tc shaked and it was like running on an uneven road). The ABS/VSC light was on. So to figure out what happened, I drove back there 2 times, and made the same turn, the second time nothing happened, but the third time, it happened again and I still had no clue. The road is slippery because of the heavy snow. I haven't experienced this before. Any ideas if it is normal? Thanks

 

when i hit ice, my car stops feeding my tires power. it cuts the power etc i dunno to make it gain traction, but not a vibration, just feels like it shuts down for a sec.

 

ya thats normal, it happened a lot when I drive on snow in winter. But the thing I mentioned above is totally different and it worried me.

 

That could be the abs working the brake on one of the wheels to slow it from spinning and control skid if there was any yaw motion of the car. There is traction control AND anti-skid control, traction works by killing engine power, skid control works the abs brakes by controlling individual braking to the wheels. You don't see this working very often but that's what it does. And just SLOW DOWN! Its winter out there! LoL

Oh and maybe check your CV joints in case you have a bad boot or one is getting stiff.

 

vsc. normal.

 

completly normal, probably some wheel spin before the TRAC cut the power. happens all the time.

 

tell you what, i have winter tires x-ice3 studless and i live in alaska, and have 0 problems with tires+the subaru anti slipping controls. works great imho.

 

this is normal, when it rains and i'm a little foot heavy, my vsc cut's my power and prevents wheel spin... now if i turn the vsc off and try it again, my tires completely just spin in place.. if you are not a savvy driver, i suggest leaving vsc on all the time. i was out driving pretty hard with my vsc off and coming out of a corner, my tires began to spin which caused me to understeer straight toward the wall.. with some quick reaction on my part, messing around with my accelerator and brake pedal, i was able to pull away from the wall, but it was nerve racking.. this tc2 needs something to make the rear more swing happy.. that's my style of driving though, i like a loose back end..