What’s the point of having a traction control button that doesn’t do what it says? And why have some automakers resorted to making it so hard to turn off?

So how do you do it? Press the traction control button twice and you put the car in performance mode, rock the ZR1-only traction knob once and you're sitting pretty in the performance dry programming.

For this method to be a little more effective, you will have to press the traction control button for five seconds. You will see the same icon on the dashboard, but you will not have to count the ...

First, you put your foot on the brake and push the traction control’s off button. Then you turn it on again. And then you activate the parking brake, take your foot off the normal brake, and hit ...

The launch can be repeated until Watts to Freedom mode is exited. To exit, select a new drive mode, press the traction control button, or turn the vehicle off.

Via USB cable and a Windows-based operating system, the Traction Control module's five control settings can be customized from default using Hondata's traction control software.

Fortunately, you can easily disable your traction control using a button on your dashboard. It is usually marked with the letters ASR, TSC, ESC or ESP.

Motorists have been encouraged to press one button to deactivate a crucial safety tool if they find themselves in these situations.