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Originally Posted by richardminco
IMADOGMAN - According to Nissan you are incorrect. However, I don't know if Nissan even understands this. According to Nissan, ABLS includes traction control and it includes using engine power to limit wheel spin. They read some internal manual to me over the phone where they said ABLS "directs engine power"... Now I guess you could interpret this to mean they direct the power by applying the brakes to the other wheels... but that seems rather redundant. Again, what you are saying makes more sense than what they say.
I still can't understand why you would make air bags and VDC mutually exclusive in 4X4s. I guess I'm too stubborn to believe in total stupidity. I'm looking at Tundra's today. Not what I really want, but then again I can get VDC and air bags together on a 4X4...
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ABLS does direct engine power...to the wheel that has the most traction. It does nothing for Vehicle stability by itself. It may enhance vehicle stability...if it is part of the VDC system, but only by use of the braking system to control wheel spin to regain traction. ABLS, without any of the other systems does exactly what I told you it would do...that is to redirect torque to the wheel that has most traction, by braking the wheel that is spinning. The name is very descriptive. "Active Brake Limited Slip"
I don't see where anything that I have said disagrees with Nissan...only your interpretation...
I have never seen the TCS "Traction Control System" acronym in any Titan literature...only VDC "Vehicle Dynamic Control".
These may be the same thing with a different name....I don't know.