Under the Hood: What is Stability Control? - Taurus Car Club of America : Ford Taurus Forum

AutoGuide.com · 01-17-2013, 02:17 PM

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AutoGuide’s last installment of “Under the Hood” investigated traction control; today it’s time to look at another safety feature. This one has nothing to do with gripping the road and everything to do with keeping your vehicle shiny-side up.

For more information on stability control and a ton of other stuff visit AutoGuide.com

Breeves002 · 01-17-2013, 03:07 PM

Something that gen 4 tauruses should have had. All in the programming of the abs computer (and some accelerometers).

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behlinla · 01-17-2013, 04:25 PM

FYI, Ford's name for it is AdvanceTrac.

Stability control is good to have, but I hate it when I can't turn it off. Unfortunately Ford is one of the automakers that only lets you turn it off on the very sporty cars (Cobra, Raptor, etc). First time I drove a car with stability control in snow I almost ended up in a snow bank because it didn't let the rear end slide around like I was expecting so I almost didn't make the turn. I've since learned how to use the hand brake to overrule the ESC in an emergency. Funny how a safety feature can actually make driving more dangerous.

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01-17-2013, 04:25 PM	#3 (permalink)
behlinla Technical Advisor Member Number: 14275 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Wisconsin Chapter: Midwest Drives: 2006 Taurus SEL Visit: My Garage Posts: 5,629 Trader Score: 0 reviews Rep Power: 10	FYI, Ford's name for it is AdvanceTrac. Stability control is good to have, but I hate it when I can't turn it off. Unfortunately Ford is one of the automakers that only lets you turn it off on the very sporty cars (Cobra, Raptor, etc). First time I drove a car with stability control in snow I almost ended up in a snow bank because it didn't let the rear end slide around like I was expecting so I almost didn't make the turn. I've since learned how to use the hand brake to overrule the ESC in an emergency. Funny how a safety feature can actually make driving more dangerous.

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