One from the risks digest:
BMW series 5 disables Dynamic Stability Control and ABS
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Mon, 8 Nov 2004 23:59:42 +0100 (W. Europe Standard Time)
After two accidents involving police cars of Berlin, Germany, at first the
drivers were blamed and appointed to a security training. But taking into
consideration the driver's nearly identical reports, which claimed that the
cars on-board drive dynamic control systems had failed, BMW took on and
inspected the case. The result was: Yes, after an emergency brake exceeding
a certain preset pressure on the pedal, all stability systems are disabled
and can only be re-enabled by switching off the ignition for five seconds...
Originating report (German only):
www.daserste.de/plusminus/beitrag.asp?iid=254
Follow-Ups (German ditto):
www.autobild.de/aktuell/neuheiten/artikel.php?arti...8
www.autoservicepraxis.de/sixcms4/sixcms/detail.php...=
Stefan Lesser, Muenchen, Burda Digital Systems GmbH, Am Kestendamm 2,
77652 Offenburg, Germany +49 89 9250-3433 www.burdadigital.de
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Defies logic. If you found yourself braking in extremis during a journey, might it not follow that you would need computer assistance later in that journey?
Hawkeye
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Stranger in a strange land
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Doubt it's intentional. Might just be a sensor signal so high it's treated as faulty and so turns the lot off.
The braking techniques we oldies were taught to avoid skids we'll now need to relearn to avoid terrifying the traction computer. Plus ca change, or whatever the German equivalent is.
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