ESP and shock absorbers - a fateful affair...
Questions about shock absorbers
- How do I actually recognize defective shock absorbers?
- BILSTEIN B6 Sport: What do I get out of it as a "normal" driver? What do they bring me in everyday traffic?
- Can I simply switch from oil pressure to gas pressure shock absorbers?
- How important are quality shock absorbers?
- ESP and shock absorbers - a fateful affair...
- Will my car be lowered with shortened BILSTEIN B8 shock absorbers?
- Refer VW T5 / T6 Bilstein shock absorbers - trim level 1BH
- 50 or 55 mm diameter for AUDI front cartridge
- 50 or 55 mm diameter on the front axle? Audi, Seat, Skoda, VW
- Refer Opel: thread size M10 or M14 on the rear axle?
- Golf 7: torsion beam or multi-link axle?
- Bilstein B6 Camper
- What does a shock absorber actually do?
ESP (Electronic Stabilization Program)prevents skidding, e.g. when avoiding obstacles.
The ESP system is based on wheel speed measurements. If one of the wheels deviates, the ESP intervenes and brakes the wheel in a targeted manner. This will stabilize the car again.
However, if the wheels do not have 100% ground contact due to old or defective shock absorbers and "hop", the car can no longer be corrected properly by the ESP intervention. Tires that do not have a secure grip on the road cannot transmit steering or braking forces to the road.
But even without ESP, bad struts that make the tires jump are dangerous. The problem of traction and deterioration of the steering and braking function is just as explosive here. There is a guideline that poor shock absorbers reduce the damping performance by up to 20%. At 100 km/h this corresponds to about 7 meters more braking distance!
