ESP
®
is int erve ning ifth eES P®
00E5 warning
lam pflashes intheins trument cluster:
R Donotde acti vate ESP ®
.
R Only depress theaccelera torpeda las faras
is necessar y.
R Adaptyo ur drivin gst yle to suit thecur rent
ro ad and weather condition s.
Cha racter istics ofact ivat ed SPOR Tha ndl ing
mod e &
WARNIN GRisk ofskid ding dueto inc or‐
re ct applica tion ofSPOR Tha ndli ngmod e
Whe nyo uact ivat eSP OR Than dlingmod e,
th er eis an incr eased risk ofskidding and
ha ving anaccident. #
Onlyactiv ateSPOR Thandling modein
th ecir cums tances descr ibed asfollo ws . Sel
ect SPOR Tha ndl ing mod ewh en theve hicle's
ow nov ersteer ing and under steer ing charact eris‐
tic sar edesir ed,forex am ple when drivin gon
spec iallydesig natedroads. On
lyahigh lyqu alif ied and exper ienced driver
should drive in SPOR Thandling modeorwit h
ES P®
deactiv ated.
If SPOR Thandling modeisactiv ated and one or
mor ewheels star tto spin, the00E5 ESP®
wa rn‐
ing lam pin theins trument clusterflashes .ES P®
th en onlyst abiliz estheve hicle toalimit ed
deg ree.
If SPOR Thandling modeisactiv ated:
R ESP®
onl yim prov es driving stabilit yto alimi‐
te ddeg ree.
R ETS/4 ETStra ction control isstill act ive.
R The engin e'storq ue ison lyrestrict ed toa
limit eddegr eeand thedr ive wheels canspin.
The spinn ingofthewheels results inacut‐
ting action forbe tter traction onloose surfa‐
ces.
R ESP ®
continu estoprov ide assis tance when
th ebr ak es arefirm lyapplied . Cha
racter istics when ESP®
is dea ctiv ated &
WARNIN GRisk ofskid ding ifESP ®
is
dea ctivated
If yo udeac tivateES P®
,ES P®
can notcar ry
out vehicle stabiliz ation. #
ESP®
shoul don lybe deactiv ated inthe
fo llo wing situat ions. ES
P®
is deact ivat ed ifth e00BB ESP®
OFF warn‐
ing lam plight sup con tinuousl yin theins trument
clus ter:
R Driving stabilit ywill nolongerbe improve d.
R Crosswind Assistis no long eractiv e.
R The drive wheels couldspin.
R ETS/4 ETStra ction control isstill act ive.
% Even when ESP®
is deact ivat ed, youar est ill
assis tedby ESP ®
wh en braki ng hard.
In thefo llo wing situat ions,it ma ybe better to
act ivat eSPO RThandling modeordeactiv ate
ESP ®
:
R When usingsnowch ains . 16
Driving and parking
R
Indeep snow.
R Onsand orgra vel.
% Spin ningth ewheels results inacutting
action whichpr ov ides better grip.
% ActivateESP ®
as soo nas thesituation s
descr ibedaboveno long er apply .ESP ®
wi ll
ot her wise notbe able tostabiliz eth eve hicle
if th eve hicle star ts to skid orawheel star ts
to spin.
If th e00E5 ESP®
wa rning lam plight sup con tinu‐
ousl y,ESP ®
is no tav ailable duetoamalf unction.
Obse rvean yinf ormation whichma ybe displa yed
in theins trument cluster:
R Warning and indic ator lam ps
R Disp lay mess ages
ET S/4ET S(Electr onicTractio nSy stem)
ET S/ 4ETS tracti oncontr olispa rtof ESP ®
.
ET S/4 ETScan improv eth eve hicle's traction by
int erve ning inthefo llo wing ways:
R The drive wheels arebr ak ed individually if
th ey spin. R
Mor edr ive to rq ue istrans ferred tothewheel
or wheels withtraction . Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gES P®
(E lectr onicSta‐
bil ity Prog ram) #
Toactiv ateSPORT handlingmode: brief ly
pr ess butt on1.
The 0074 SPORThandling modewarning
lam pin theins trument clusterlig hts up. The
SPORT handlingmode messa geappear son
th emultifunc tiondispla y. #
Todeac tivateSPO RThandl ingmode :
br iefly pr ess button1.
The 0074 SPORTha ndl ing mod ewa rning
lam pin theins trument clustergoes out. #
Todeac tivateES P®
:pr ess button 1 unti l
th e00BB ESP®
OFF warning lam plight sup in
th eins trument cluster.The 00E5 OFFmes‐
sag eappear son themultifunc tiondispla y. #
Toactiv ateESP ®
:br ief lypress butt on1.
The 00BB ESP®
OFF warning lam pin the
ins trumen tclus tergoes out.The00E5 OFF
messa geappear son themultifunc tiondis‐
pla y.
Obser vetheinf ormation onwarning lam psand
displa ymess ages whic hma ybe sho wninthe
ins trumen tclus ter. Dr
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