Trailer Sway Control - Toyota TUNDRA - BROCHURE 2011 Brochure

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TOW LIKE YOU HAVE 18 WHEELS.
Tundra's not an 18-wheeler, obviously. But it's learned a thing or two from the big rigs about towing with
confi dence. Standard for 2011, Tundra's all-new Trailer-Sway Control
towing. Tundra also comes standard with Automatic Limited-Slip Diff erential
wheels starts to slip, Auto LSD will automatically brake the spinning wheel, sending all available power to the
wheel with traction. And no other truck in its class has larger front brake rotors than Tundra. Press the brake
pedal and you put powerful 4-piston calipers to work stopping the massive front rotors. The combination of
these three features helps Tundra drivers enjoy a new level of security and confi dence when towing.
1 helps maintain truck stability when
( TSC )
. If one of Tundra's drive
( Auto LSD )
INTRODUCING
TRAILER-SWAY
CONTROL .
NOW STANDARD
ON ALL MODELS.
TRAILER-SWAY CONTROL ( TSC )
When a vehicle is towing a trailer, conditions such as
side winds, load undulation or the driver's steering
input can result in trailer sway. When Tundra's
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Trailer-Sway Control ( TSC )
system applies brake pressure at Tundra's individual
wheels and controls the engine torque to help reduce
trailer sway. The system illuminates the stop lamps
so that vehicles behind are alerted to the fact that
your Tundra is decelerating.
AUTOMATIC LIMITED-SLIP DIFFERENTIAL
Auto LSD uses the brakes to simulate the action
of a mechanical limited-slip differential. By
applying brakes individually to wheels spinning
with no traction, torque is sent to the wheels
with grip. Even a 4x2 Tundra can dig itself out
of many diffi cult low-traction situations.
Typically, engine torque is distributed to the rear
wheels through an open differential. An open
differential sends power down the path of least
resistance. Great for turns, when the outside wheel
has to spin faster than the inside wheel. But not
so great if a wheel loses traction, because the
differential will send all of its torque to the spinning
wheel. With Auto LSD, Tundra will apply brakes to
the slipping wheel. This increases resistance at the
wheel with slip, feeding power to the wheel with grip.
1 See footnote 19 in Disclaimers section.
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detects trailer sway, the
(Auto LSD)