What does the ASR button on the VW jetta's dashboard do?

I drive a 2001 VW Jetta GLX. I just bought the car pretty recently I noticed that there is a button with ASR on it placed prominently on the dash. Hitting the button lights it up and also lights up an icon next to the speedometer (its a yellow colored icon which has a circle around an exclamation mark)



What does this ASR button do and should I leave it on or leave it off?What does the ASR button on the VW jetta's dashboard do?The Anti Slip Regulator stops power to the wheels when they spin,

The asr is designed to be turned off only when you require the wheels to spin at low speed EG: when you are on snow or ice - as the asr will stop the power to the wheels if they start spinning you would never get anywhere, Over 20mph the asr is not active and serves no function.What does the ASR button on the VW jetta's dashboard do?It causes severe understeer problems if your in a high speed situation.. I reccomend you google the "capacitor mod." Keep it off, it really is useless if your a good driver.

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What does the ASR button on the VW jetta's dashboard do?ASR is 'Anti Slip Regulation', a form of traction control. If you switch it off your much more likely to lose grip in a difficult situation so I would advise you to leave it switched on.