4Runner1371
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Ok guys, besides from spraying water on a parking lot at -10 degrees and spin your runner around, how would you check to see if those things work?
Checking to see if your VSC or ABS work
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To check the ABS, stomp on the brakes on a somewhat slippery surface - ice, snow, or sometimes even just wet streets.
As far as VSC, that's a bit more difficult. It's designed to keep the car going straight down the road, correcting for over-compensation on your part. I've intentionally applied too much gas going around a corner in the snow and made it fishtail. The computer reacts, but I'm not sure if that's VSC or TRAC (traction control) doing its thing.
As far as VSC, that's a bit more difficult. It's designed to keep the car going straight down the road, correcting for over-compensation on your part. I've intentionally applied too much gas going around a corner in the snow and made it fishtail. The computer reacts, but I'm not sure if that's VSC or TRAC (traction control) doing its thing.
Kmvreter
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Find an empty, snow covered parking lot.
Try to break it loose by fishtailing. The auto correction is VSC.
Try the brakes at speed in a straight line and listen to the chatter. That's ABS avoiding a lockup.
Hit the brakes hard at speed. The feeling of going through the windshield is brake assist.
Try to break it loose by fishtailing. The auto correction is VSC.
Try the brakes at speed in a straight line and listen to the chatter. That's ABS avoiding a lockup.
Hit the brakes hard at speed. The feeling of going through the windshield is brake assist.
