Re: [gtivr6list] need clutch

[Kevin Ng <speedie@optonline.net>]

>Has anyone ever had their car make a strange noise when they are not getting
>traction on snow or ice.  Once in awhile if I spin my tires on the snow or
>ice I hear a kind of grinding noise like a chain off track or something.
>The car drives fine but the noise can't be normal.... Is my traction control
>broken or something?

The sound you hear is normal--it's just the 
sad-excuse-for-a-traction-control-system doing its job. Basically 
when the car senses one or more of the front wheels slipping, the abs 
brakes are applied to the slipping wheel.
-- 
Kevin Ng
97 Jetta GLX Windsor Blue