&
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. Ad
jus table traction control isused toenhanc e
per form anc eon ara ce trac kand isonly activa‐
te dwhen ESP®
is deactiv ated. Youcan adjust
th eleve lof assis tance from tracti oncontr oland ,
in do ing so,adjus tth ebalance between stabilit y
and agilit ygr aduall ywhile accelerating .
Tr act ion control suppo rts yo uon lyin me tering
th eengine output. AsESP®
is deactiv ated, ESP®
does notst abiliz eth eve hicle ifth eve hicle star ts
to skid.
% Deactiv atingESP®
and using adjustable trac‐
tion control requ ires ahighl yqu alif ied and
ex per ienced driver .
Ad jus table traction control ma yno tbe used
on nor mal roads. Adjus table traction control ma
yonl ybe activ ated and used ondedica‐
te dra ce circui ts, noton public roads.
Be sureto read thesaf etyno tesand infor‐
mation onESP ®
(/ page18 ).
Ad jus tingtrac tio nco ntr ol
Re quirement s:
R ESP®
is deact ivat ed. The 00BB andESP OFF
wa rning lam pslight upintheins trument
clus ter(/ page20).
Yo ucan adjustth eleve lof assis tance from trac‐
tio ncontr oland ,in do ing so,adjus tth ebalance
be tween stabilit yand agilit ygradually while
acc elerating .
Ta ke thefo llo wing parame ters int oacc ount :
R current road con dition s
R type oftireused
R road charact eristic s
R tirecon dition ,suc has temp eratur eor we ar
R person aldrivin gst yle Dis
play butt on1 showsthecur rent tracti on
contr olleve lwit han LEDsegme ntdispla y. #
Toinc rease orreduce theleve lof assis tance
fr om tracti oncontr ol,tur ncontr ol2 clock‐
wise orcoun ter-cloc kwise.
Disp lay bu tton 1 and theins trument cluster
sho wthese tle ve l.
If th edispla ybutt onsho wsleve l1 wit honl y
one LEDsegme ntlitup, traction control is
deact ivat ed (OFF ).Ifleve l9 is sho wnand all
LE Dsegme ntslight up,traction control is
pr ov iding themaximum leve lof assis tance
(ON ). Dr
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