2013 Dodge Durango Owner Manual - Page 495

STARTING AND OPERATING 493 applies the appropriate brake and may also reduce engine power to lessen the chance that wheel lift will occur. ERM will only intervene during very severe or evasive driving maneuvers. WARNING! (Continued) or other vehicles. The capabilities of an ERMequipped vehicle must never be exploited in a reckless or dangerous manner, which could jeopardize the user's safety or the safety of others. ERM can only reduce the chance of wheel lift occurring during severe or evasive driving maneuvers. It cannot prevent wheel lift due to other factors, such as road Electronic Stability Control (ESC) conditions, leaving the roadway, or striking objects or This system enhances directional control and stability of other vehicles. the vehicle under various driving conditions. ESC corrects for oversteering or understeering of the vehicle by WARNING! applying the brake of the appropriate wheel to assist in Many factors, such as vehicle loading, road condi- counteracting the oversteer or understeer condition. Entions, and driving conditions, influence the chance gine power may also be reduced to help the vehicle that wheel lift or rollover may occur. ERM cannot maintain the desired path. prevent all wheel lift or rollovers, especially those ESC uses sensors in the vehicle to determine the vehicle that involve leaving the roadway or striking objects path intended by the driver and compares it to the actual (Continued) 5 path of the vehicle. When the actual path does not match