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Driving your vehicle
WARNING
For maximum protection, always wear
your seat belt. No system, no matter
how advanced, can compensate for all
driver error and/or driving conditions.
Always drive responsibly.
Trailer Stability Assist (TSA) sys-
tem
The Trailer Stability Assist (TSA) is oper-
ated as a vehicle stability control system.
The TSA is designed to stabilize the vehi-
cle and trailer when the trailer sways or
oscillates. There are various factors that
make the vehicle sway or oscillate.
Such incidents mostly happen at high
speed, but, there is also a risk of swaying
when the trailer is affected by cross-
winds, buffeting or improper overload-
ing.
Factors of swaying such as:
僅 High speed
僅 Strong crosswinds
僅 Improper overloading
僅 Sudden controlling of steering wheel
僅 Uneven road
The TSA continuously analyzes the vehi-
cle and trailer instability. When the
Trailer Stability Assist detects sway, the
brakes are applied automatically on the
wheels and the engine power is properly
reduced to stabilize the vehicle. When
the vehicle is stable from swaying, the
TSA does not operate.
Hill-start Assist Control (HAC)
A vehicle has the tendency to roll back
on a steep hill when it starts to go after
stopping. The Hill-start Assist Control
(HAC) prevents the vehicle from rolling
back by applying the brakes automati-
cally for about 2 seconds.
The brakes are released when the accel-
erator pedal is engaged or after about 2
seconds.
The HAC is activated only for about 2
seconds, so when the vehicle is starting
off on an incline, always engage the
accelerator pedal.
WARNING
Maintaining Brake Pressure on Incline
HAC does not replace the need to apply
brakes while stopped on an incline.
While stopped, make sure you maintain
brake pressure sufficient to prevent your
vehicle from rolling backward and caus-
ing an accident. Don't release the brake
pedal until you are ready to accelerate
forward.
Brake Assistant System (BAS)
The Brake Assistant System provides
additional pressure when the brake
pedal is momentarily and strongly
depressed in a situation sudden braking
is required while driving.
The Brake Assistant System reduces the
time for ABS (Anti-Lock Brake System)
control to enter and consequently
reduces the braking distance, by provid-
ing additional pressure up to the point of
ABS intervention.
BAS operation
僅 When the vehicle speed is more than
30 km/h and the ABS control is not
entered.
僅 When the brake pedal is depressed
strongly over a certain level.
僅 When the friction of the road surface
is above a certain level.
Brake system
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