Each auto manufacturer calls the system by a different name. With GM it's Stabilitrac. With Ford it's Advance Trak. With Chrysler it's called the Electronic Stability Program and Toyota calls it's system Vehicle Stability Control. In each case, Vehicle Stability Control (VSC) works by providing a technological response when the vehicle senses itself veering off it's intended path with no corrective effort from the driver. An example of VSC in action would be when you are driving on a winding mountain road and you come upon a curve where there is a traffic sign indicating the speed limit for that turn is 40 MPH. You don't see the sign and you go into the turn at 55 MPH. In this instance, VSC will probably engage by pulsating the brakes on each wheel to help rotate the tires in order to keep the vehicle on track.
VSC has proven to be such an effective safety oriented technology that Congress has passed legislation that will make the system a mandatory standard equipment feature on all new vehicles produced in 2013 forward.
Increase the safe standards of your vehicle. VSC is stanard equipment today in Toyota vehicles!
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