Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems EC-60 ESP CONTROLLERS ADV User Manual

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CAUTION

Even with ESP-equipped vehicles, the driver remains

responsible for ensuring vehicle stability during operation.

The ESP system can only function within the limits of

physics. ESP functionality mitigates potential vehicle

stability incidents, but cannot prevent them in all cases.

Other factors such as driving too fast for road, traffic or

weather conditions, oversteering, an excessively high

vehicle Center of Gravity (CG), or poor road conditions can

cause vehicle instability that is beyond the capability of any

stability system to mitigate. In addition, the effectiveness

of ESP can be greatly reduced on vehicles towing multiple

trailer combinations.

CAUTION

The ESP stability system may only be used on vehicles

tested and approved by Bendix engineering. ESP

installations require on-vehicle testing and Bendix

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EC-60

parameter tuning. See "Advanced ABS with Stability

Control" on page 12 for further details.
Accordingly, the Bendix EC-60 controller is provided with

a corresponding parameter data set that is validated for

a specific vehicle platform. Therefore, specific steps are

necessary should a replacement ECU be required. See

“Obtaining a New Bendix EC-60 Advanced Controller” on

page 18 for further details.
ESP-equipped vehicles should not be driven on high-

banked roads – such as those found on high-speed test or

race tracks. Test personnel must have ESP functionality

disabled prior to operating an ESP vehicle on such tracks.

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