General Overview: Notes

The DSC system is a Driving Stabilization System and offers the following advantages:

• DSC optimizes driving stability when pulling away, accelerating, braking and coasting.
• DSC recognizes and reduces unstable driving conditions such as understeering or oversteering.
• DSC improves traction, especially with Dynamic Traction Control (DTC)

Within the limitations of the laws of physics, DSC helps to keep the vehicle on a safe course.

To do this, DSC must know the following parameters regarding the vehicles driving dynamics:

• Yaw rate as a measure of rotary movement of the vehicle around the vertical axis
• Lateral acceleration
• Road speed
• Longitudinal acceleration

In addition, the driver's intentions are recognized via input from:

• Steering angle sensor
• Brake pressure sensor
• Throttle setting/ accelerator pedal position

The values are used to establish the actual condition in which the vehicle is currently moving and to compare these values with those calculated by the DSC control module. If the actual values differ from the calculated values, DSC is activated and initiates brake actions or engine control functions.

Advantages: 

The DSC system counters all dynamically unstable driving conditions within the physical limitations dictated by the laws of physics, to enhance driving comfort and safety.