My 1992 BMW 525i I believe has ASC. How do you know if it is working or not? My son, Sean, now drives the car and posed the question to me. Any help would be appreciated.
Al Gray
My 1992 BMW 525i I believe has ASC. How do you know if it is working or not? My son, Sean, now drives the car and posed the question to me. Any help would be appreciated.
Al Gray
Another question to add onto this is whether this is the same as traction control??Originally Posted by Al Gray
Actually I believe it is Active Skid Control or Anti Skid Control and if your car has it its automatically on. unless you turn it off with the button under the ashtray. And all this system does is to stop the wheels from skidding. It wont keep your sons car from getting sideways.....a pretty useless system
-Mike
Is that a fact?
Active Skid Control or Anti Skid Control
I've always thought it was Automatic Stability Control. What is this ASC+T I hear about?
No, it is not. Both Active Skid Control or Anti Skid Control is INCORRECT. It is in fact Automatic Stability Control + Traction (ASC+T). It does MORE than to just control rear wheel slip but not as advanced as DSC (Dynamic Stability Control) like in newer Bimmers (like my E46). It will provide controllable power output to rear wheel depending on driving condition (that includes fast turns). DSC is step up from ASC+T as it will sense speed as well. Especially on my M3, I usually always keep DSC on when taking on the twisty roads while driving fast!
See below from my E34 owners manual:
Originally Posted by ///Sam-Son
Last edited by Rick L; 12-10-2007 at 08:08 PM.
RICK
BMW 1995 525i (Alpine White)
nope not a stability control. I have the ASC+T and it does nothing but prevent your rear wheels from spinning
-Mike
EDIT: I read that the wrong way!Originally Posted by Sam-Son
It has a go at me though when just one of the rear wheels starts to slip? Isnt that technically traction control?
It is. DSC debuted in 750 and 850 in '97 I believe.Originally Posted by Ferret
Atlanta, GA/Bloomington, IN, USA
Another thing with this system that not all people know about is, if you hold the ASC button in until the light on the instrument cluster goes out, it changes the level of traction control turning the ABS to the front wheels on or off (can't remember which, I think its on).
E30 318iS & BMW K1200LT