373
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Knowing your vehicle
• Just before impact, drivers often
brake heavily. Such heavy braking
lowers the front portion of the vehi-
cle and the vehicle dive under a
vehicle with a higher ground clear-
ance. Airbags may not inflate in
this "underride" situation because
deceleration forces are so radically
altered by such "underride" colli-
sions.• Front airbags do not generally
inflate in rollover accidents.
However, side airbags may inflate
during a rollover, depending on the
precise impacts which the side of
the vehicle experienced during a
rollover.• Airbags may not inflate if the vehi-
cle collides with objects such as
utility poles or trees, where the
point of impact is concentrated to
one area and not the main body
structures, so that the full force of
the impact is not transmitted to the
sensors.
1KMA20721KMA20831KMA2084
Driving your vehicle
36 4
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
The Electronic Stability Control
(ESC) monitors information from
various vehicle sensors and then
compares the driver's commands
with the actual behavior of the
vehicle.
If an unstable condition occurs - a
sudden evasive movement for
example - ESC intervenes within
fractions of a second via the engine
computer and brake system and
attempts to stabilize the vehicle.
ESC operation
ESC ON condition
• When the ignition is turned
ON, ESC and ESC OFF
indicator lights illuminate
for approximately 3 sec-
onds, then ESC is turned
on.
• Press the ESC OFF but-
ton for at least half a sec-
ond after turning the igni-
tion ON to turn ESC off.
(ESC OFF indicator will
illuminate). To turn the
ESC on, press the ESC
OFF button (ESC OFF
indicator light will go off).
• When starting the engine,
you may hear a slight tick-
ing sound. This is the ESC
performing an automatic
system self-check and
does not indicate a prob-
lem.
When operating
When the ESC is in opera-
tion, ESC indicator light
blinks.
• When the Electronic
Stability Control is operat-
ing properly, you can feel a
slight pulsation in the vehi-
cle. This is only the effect
of brake control and indi-
cates nothing unusual.
• When moving out of the
mud or slippery road,
pressing the accelerator
pedal may not cause the
engine rpm (revolutions
per minute) to increase.
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (IF EQUIPPED)
-
ESC
6KMN2128
