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BMW 5 disables Dynamic Stability Control and ABS from Risks
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2004 16:40:48 -0500
Begin forwarded message: Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 23:59:42 +0100 (W. Europe Standard Time) From: Stefan Lesser <stefan.lesser () burdadigital de> Subject: series BMW 5 disables Dynamic Stability Control and ABSAfter 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 andinspected 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): http://www.daserste.de/plusminus/beitrag.asp?iid=254 Follow-Ups (German ditto): http://www.autobild.de/aktuell/neuheiten/artikel.php?artikel_id=7348http://www.autoservicepraxis.de/sixcms4/sixcms/detail.php? id=81192&_topnavi=32454&_zielcb=
Stefan Lesser, Muenchen, Burda Digital Systems GmbH, Am Kestendamm 2, 77652 Offenburg, Germany +49 89 9250-3433 http://www.burdadigital.de ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as interesting-people () lists elistx com To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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