Slip indicator light came on while turning very slowly on dry road.

[sugjavier]

So I was driving home today, cold out but no snow/rain, just regular dry road. I take this route every single day. I noticed while I was making a left turn, the slip indicator light came on. Not only that, it was like losing power, i had to pump the pedal couple times to get it moving cuz it was just revving.

Should I be worried? What do you guys think caused this?

 

[sugjavier]

bump

 

[mountain mike]

You probably need to recalibrate the vsc. Here is a good write up on how yo do it.

How to recalibrate VSC system on 2001 Toyota 4Runner | Mike's Tech Blog

 

[brian4t]

So I was driving home today, cold out but no snow/rain, just regular dry road. I take this route every single day. I noticed while I was making a left turn, the slip indicator light came on. Not only that, it was like losing power, i had to pump the pedal couple times to get it moving cuz it was just revving.

Should I be worried? What do you guys think caused this?

Mine did the same thing when my tires were on the last 5k of their tread life. Got new tires and it never happened again.

 

[sugjavier]

You probably need to recalibrate the vsc. Here is a good write up on how yo do it.

How to recalibrate VSC system on 2001 Toyota 4Runner | Mike's Tech Blog

So just plug in both ends of the wire at the same time then remove then do it again 4x in 8 seconds to short it. Got it. Will test this when I have time. Can I harm the system in anyway doing this? or is this the only way to recalibrate it? Idk what a shop would charge for this.

 

[mountain mike]

So just plug in both ends of the wire at the same time then remove then do it again 4x in 8 seconds to short it. Got it. Will test this when I have time. Can I harm the system in anyway doing this? or is this the only way to recalibrate it? Idk what a shop would charge for this.

Correct you just "short" it a few times and it will recalibrate. I don't believe you can harm the system as long as you are "shorting" the correct terminals. That is the only way I have heard of doing it.
Same thing happened to mine and I searched all around and found this to be the best write up, but everyone's methods are the same.
It will take you no longer than 15 minutes to do. You could have Toyota do it but I would guess they would charge you at least an hour. In my neck of the woods it something ridiculous like $125-$150.