traction control Citroen C4 CACTUS RHD 2015 1.G Owner's Manual
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Electronic Stability Control (ESC) incorporating the f ollowing s ystems:
-
an
ti-lock
b
raking
s
ystem
(
ABS)
a
nd
t
he
el
ectronic
b
rake
f
orce
d
istribution
(
EBFD),
-
em
ergency
b
raking
a
ssistance
(
EBA),
-
wh
eel
a
nti-slip
r
egulation
(
ASR)
o
r
t
raction
co
ntrol,
-
dy
namic
s
tability
c
ontrol
(
DSC).
Electronic stability control (ESC)
Definitions
Anti-lock braking system (ABS)
and electronic brake force
distribution (EBFD)
This system improves the stability and manoeuvrability o f y our v ehicle w hen b raking an
d
c
ontributes
t
owards
i
mproved
c
ontrol
i
n
co
rners,
i
n
p
articular
o
n
p
oor
o
r
s
lippery
r
oad
sur
faces.
The
A
BS
p
revents
w
heel
l
ock
i
n
t
he
e
vent
o
f
emer
gency
br
aking.
The
e
lectronic
b
rake
f
orce
d
istribution
s
ystem
ma
nages
t
he
b
raking
p
ressure
w
heel
b
y
w
heel.
Emergency braking assistance
(EBA)
In an emergency, this system enables you to reach t he o ptimum b raking p ressure m ore qu
ickly
a
nd
t
herefore
r
educe
t
he
s
topping
dist
ance.
It
i
s
t
riggered
a
ccording
t
o
t
he
s
peed
a
t
w
hich
th
e
b
rake
p
edal
i
s
p
ressed.
T
his
i
s
f
elt
b
y
a re
duction
i
n
t
he
r
esistance
o
f
t
he
p
edal
a
nd
a
n
in
crease
i
n
t
he
e
ffectiveness
o
f
t
he
b
raking.
Anti-slip regulation (ASR)
The ASR system (also known as Traction Control) o ptimises t raction i n o rder t o l imit wh
eel
s
lip
b
y
a
cting
o
n
t
he
b
rakes
o
f
t
he
d
riving
wh
eels
a
nd
o
n
t
he
e
ngine.
I
t
a
lso
i
mproves
th
e
d
irectional
s
tability
o
f
t
he
v
ehicle
o
n
ac
celeration.
Dynamic stability control (DSC)
If there is a difference between the path followed b y t he v ehicle a nd t hat r equired b y th
e
d
river,
t
he
D
SC
m
onitors
e
ach
w
heel
a
nd
au
tomatically
a
cts
o
n
t
he
b
rake
o
f
o
ne
o
r
m
ore
wh
eels
a
nd
o
n
t
he
e
ngine
t
o
r
eturn
t
he
v
ehicle
to t
he
r
equired
p
ath,
w
ithin
t
he
l
imits
o
f
t
he
l
aws
of p
hysics.
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