Variable Traction & Launch Control - Lotus Elise Owner's Handbook Manual

58} if held pressed when road speed is selected.
Trip distance: Units displayed are miles, and range from 000.0 to
999.9. To reset to zero; when the trip function is displayed, press
the button on the column shroud for longer than 1 second.
Time clock setting: To adjust the 24 hour time clock (if fitted);
- When the time function is displayed, press the button on the
column shroud for longer than 1 second. The hour display
will then flash.
- Repeated brief presses of the button will increment the hour
figure. Pressing the button for longer then 1 second will store
the hour setting and start the minute display flashing.
- Further brief button presses will increment the minute figure.
- When the correct time is displayed, press the button for longer
than 1 second to store the setting and start the clock.
Variable Traction & Launch Control (if fitted)
Exige S models specified with the 'Performance Pack' option,
include variable Lotus Traction Control (LTC), allied with Vari-
able Launch Control (see below), and have a rotary control knob
mounted on the left hand side of the steering column shroud.
Each time the ignition is turned on, normal full LTC is activated.
To enable variable traction control, turn on the ignition and hold
the LTC 'off' button pressed for 2 seconds. Check that the tell
tale in the switch button is lit. Start the engine. Note that if the
ignition is switched off (e.g. prior to a second start attempt), the
above procedure must be repeated in sequence.
With the switch button tell tale lit and the engine running, the
rotary knob may then be used to select the degree of traction
control desired, with the setting shown on the instrument panel
LCD in the form '#% SLIP', with a possible range between 0
and 9%. The display will revert to showing the fuel level after
a few seconds.
• For maximum traction control (0% slip) turn the knob fully
counterclockwise to 'MAX'.
• To reduce traction control (to allow up to 9% slip), turn the
knob progressively clockwise.
• Fully clockwise ('0'), traction control is disabled, as indicated
by the lighting of the instrument panel tell tale, and an LCD
message of 'LTC OFF'.
If at any time during that ignition cycle, the control knob is
turned, the LCD will again show the traction control setting for
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