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03-28-2006, 11:46 PM
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ASR versus ETS
Is ETS proving to be more reliable/less troublesome than ASR? It doesn't seem like there are too many threads on ETS problems. I would just as soon not have a traction control system but when you get into the mid-90s it seems like just about everything has one system or the other.
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03-29-2006, 01:17 AM
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I don't think that ETS is really a traction control system, it is just an electronic means of accomplishing what a mechanical LSD differential does.
Since MBs with ETS have an open differential, when one wheel spins, it applies the brakes to that one wheel to stop it from spinning and thus allowing more torque to be delivered to the other wheel.
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03-29-2006, 01:42 PM
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03-30-2006, 09:21 AM
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You need to list YEAR & model to get the correct info on those systems!
OF course most cars after 1996 have either ASR or ESP as well as ETS... EVEN the 1998 ML320 that listed 4-ETS had ASR as well!
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03-30-2006, 02:40 PM
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I'm trying to find the year and model - looking for a car, but one that does not have a troublesome traction control system - which I consider the ASR to be, at least the early ones. Starting in the mid-90s the 129s and the 140s seem to have ETS standard so it's not really possible to find a car that doesn't have anything. We just went 143 days without rain here in Phoenix - I don't need a traction control system and the fewer the headaches the better.
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