Well, this morning started out bad. Wrecked the Lincoln on the way to work; spun at 80mph (car did an immediate left after I passed a vehicle) and went for a thrill-ride of trying to NOT hit anyone around me. After a few direction changes and a LOT of tire smoke, I ended up in the center (wet grass) median with my drivers-side nose hitting the guardrail pretty hard (both airbags deployed). Shut the car off and put it in Park, did a walk-around to inspect the damage, and opened the hood (it still opens and closes nicely). Closed it back up, hopped in, turned the key, and prayed. She fired up, went into gear, and I was able to drive her the 9 miles home with NO ill handling or incident.
What this is leading up to is I now have a 'Check Traction Control' message, along with a dashed-out odometer reading/inoperative speedometer. All other gauges work fine and all other lights work. My question: would the lack of odometer/speedometer be caused by either the 'Check Traction Control' message or the deployed airbags? If not, do I have some sort of VSS that may have suffered failure in the impact?
I am going to try my best to fix the car and continue driving it. Any thoughts or directions to look into guys?
What this is leading up to is I now have a 'Check Traction Control' message, along with a dashed-out odometer reading/inoperative speedometer. All other gauges work fine and all other lights work. My question: would the lack of odometer/speedometer be caused by either the 'Check Traction Control' message or the deployed airbags? If not, do I have some sort of VSS that may have suffered failure in the impact?
I am going to try my best to fix the car and continue driving it. Any thoughts or directions to look into guys?