SPOR
Tor dea ctivated bef oreth eengine was
switc hedoff.
If th e00E5 ESP®
wa rning lam pflashes inthe
ins trumen tclus ter,one orseveralve hicle wheels
has reac hed itsgrip limit :
R Adaptth edr iving style to suit thepr ev ailin g
ro ad and weather condition s.
R Donotdeac tivateES P®
unde ran ycir cum ‐
st anc es.
R Onlydepr esstheaccelera torpeda las faras
is necessar y.
Cha racter istics when ESP®
SPOR Tis act iva‐
te d &
WARNIN GRisk ofskid ding ifESP ®
SPOR Tis us ed incor rectly
Whe nyo uact ivat eES P®
SP OR T,ther eis an
incr eased risk ofskidding andhaving anacci‐
dent. #
ActivateESP ®
SPO RTonlyin thecir‐
cums tances descr ibed below. Sel
ect ESP ®
SPOR Twh en theve hicle's own
ov ersteer ing and under steer ing charact eristic s
ar edesir ed,e.g.on desig natedroads.
Dr ivin gwit hES P®
SPO RTorwit hESP ®
deactiv a‐
te dre qu ires an extreme lyqu alif ied and exper i‐
enc eddriver .
If ES P®
SPOR Tis activ ated and one ormor e
wheels star tto spin, the00E5 ESP®
wa rning
lam pon theins trument clusterflashes .ES P®
th en onlyst abiliz estheve hicle toalimit ed
deg ree.
ES P®
SPOR Talso hasthefo llo wing charact eris‐
tic s:
R ESP®
on lyim prove sdr iving stabilit yto alimi‐
te ddegr ee.
R ETS/4 ETStraction 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 .
R Cross wind Assis tis no longeractiv e.
Char acteristics whenESP ®
is deactiv 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. When
ESP®
is deact ivat ed, the00BB ESP®
OFF
wa rning lam pand theESP OFF messag elight up
con tinuousl yin theins trument cluster.
Dea ctivating ESP ®
ha sth efo llo wing effects:
R Driving stabilit ywill nolongerbe improv ed.
R The drive wheels couldspin.
R ETS/4 ETStraction control isstill act ive.
R Crosswin dAss istis no long eract ive. 16
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