ABS Operator’s Manual Bendix Antilock Brake Systems ® With Optional Advanced Antilock Braking Features: • Automatic Traction Control (ATC) and • Bendix ESP Electronic Stability System ® ® DO NOT REMOVE FROM VEHICLE This booklet contains important operational and safety information that benefits you and subsequent owners. Read, understand and follow the information in this LAISSEZ CE the Important Safety Information manual, particularly MANUEL about ABS (pageDANS 5) and ESP (page 9).
Sources of Additional Information about your Bendix® ABS System Consult the vehicle manufacturer’s documentation. Visit www.bendix.com for free downloads of the Service Data sheets listed below, or order paper copies of these publications from the Literature Center at www.bendix.com. SD-13-4863 Bendix® EC-60™ ABS/ATC Controllers (Standard and Premium) Service Data Sheet SD-13-4869 Bendix® EC-60™ ABS/ATC/ESP Controllers (Advanced) Service Data Sheet or Contact the Bendix Tech Team at techteam@bendix.
INDEX Antilock Brake System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Important Safety Information About ABS . . . . . . . . 5 Automatic Traction Control (ATC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Bendix® ESP® Stability: Bendix® RSP® Roll Stability Program . . . . . . . . 7 Yaw Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Important Safety Information About ESP® System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-10 ABS Indicator Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Understanding Bendix® Antilock Braking Systems (ABS) For Air Braked Vehicles What Is ABS? ABS is an electronic control system that improves vehicle stability and steerability by preventing wheel lock during braking. How Does ABS Work? The ABS system monitors wheel rotation, and if it detects any wheel locking up, the system automatically reduces the brake pressure at that wheel. If necessary, the ABS system automatically modulates braking forces at one or more of the wheel ends.
Important Safety Information About Bendix® Antilock Braking Systems (ABS) Braking With ABS • Do not pump your brakes. Use steady, even brake applications. Apply the brake pedal with the same pressure as you would without ABS. If you are towing a vehicle that is not equipped with ABS, you may need to adjust your braking applications in some instances. See below. • Do not attempt to modulate your brake applications to prevent wheel lock.
Understanding Automatic Traction Control (ATC) What is ATC? ATC is an optional feature for Bendix® ABS-equipped vehicles. ATC controls wheel spin during vehicle acceleration to improve traction. • The ATC system will intervene automatically and apply braking pressure to a spinning wheel transferring engine power to other drive wheels that have better traction. This feature is active only at speeds below 25 mph (40.2 kmh).
Understanding The Bendix® ESP® Stability System What Is ESP® Stability System? The Bendix® ESP® stability system is an optional feature for Bendix® ABSequipped vehicles that reduces the risk of rollovers, jackknifing and other loss of control situations. The ESP® system features include the Bendix® RSP® Roll Stability Program and Yaw Control.
Yaw Control What Is Yaw Control? Yaw Control is a feature of the Bendix® ESP® stability system-equipped vehicles that reduces the risk of jackknifing and other loss of control situations. If a vehicle’s tires start to slide during a turn, Yaw Control counteracts the tendency of that vehicle to spin (or “yaw”), thereby reducing the risk of a jackknife or other loss of control. Many factors, including road conditions, load distribution and driving behavior, can contribute to the development of a spin.
Important Safety Information About The Bendix® ESP® Stability System The ESP System May Reduce Your Speed Automatically The Bendix ESP system can make your vehicle decelerate automatically. The ESP system can slow the vehicle with or without you applying the brake, and even when you are applying the throttle.
See your Vehicle’s Owner’s Manual or Bendix Service Data Sheet SD‑13‑4869 for additional important information about configuration criteria. Steering Angle Sensor Re-Calibration Whenever maintenance or repair work is performed to the steering mechanism, linkage, steering gear, adjustment of the wheel track, or if the steering angle sensor is replaced, a recalibration of the Steering Angle Sensor must be performed.
• The ABS lamp is also used to indicate the optional off-road ABS mode. The lamp will flash continually when the vehicle is operating in the off-road mode. (Note: When the ABS Off-Road mode is engaged, stability functions are disabled at speeds below 25 mph (40.2 kmh). The ATC/ESP Indicator lamp will illuminate to indicate that the stability systems are disabled.) See page 4 of this manual for additional sources of information about the ABS off-road operating mode.
• The ATC/ESP indicator lamp also flashes continually (at different speeds) to show that: (a) the Mud/Snow mode is being used, or (b) during an ATC or ESP intervention event. • If your vehicle is operating in the ABS off-road mode (an optional feature, available at speeds up to 25 mph), the ATC/ESP indicator lamp will illuminate and remain ON to remind you that ESP functions are disabled during operation in off-road mode.
