What does VSC mean in a car?
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Vehicle Stability Control (VSC), with its full English name being Vehicle-Stability-Control, is an active safety system developed by Toyota Motor Corporation. Systems with similar functions include BMW's DSC Dynamic Stability Control and Volkswagen's ESP Electronic Stability Program. Below is relevant information about VSC: 1. The VSC system can prevent oversteer or understeer during vehicle cornering, enabling the car to quickly correct back to its original normal path for tracking. 2. During driving, the VSC system continuously monitors the driver's steering direction, vehicle speed, throttle opening, braking force, as well as the vehicle's tilt and roll rate through various sensors to determine the discrepancy between safe driving conditions and the driver's intended maneuvers. It then adjusts the engine speed and braking force distribution on the wheels to correct oversteer or understeer. 3. When the vehicle is in a critical oversteer condition during a turn, the system automatically reduces engine power output and applies braking to the front outer wheel to generate an outward force, pulling the vehicle back to normal driving conditions. Similarly, if the vehicle is about to understeer, it also reduces engine power output and applies braking to the rear wheels based on the degree of understeer to restore the vehicle to its normal driving path. VSC significantly enhances vehicle driving stability.
