2011 Dodge Avenger Owner Manual - Page 314

312 STARTING AND OPERATING 2. Shift the transmission into NEUTRAL. 3. Apply the parking brake. 4. Start the engine. 10. Repeat these steps if you want to return this feature to it's previous setting. EVIC Equipped Vehicles HSA is a Customer Programmable Feature on a EVIC 5. Release the clutch pedal. equipped vehicle. If you wish to turn off the HSA feature, refer to "Electronic Vehicle Information Center (EVIC)/ 6. Rotate the steering wheel one-half turn to the left. Customer Programmable Features" in "Understanding 7. Press the "ESC Off" switch four times within 20 sec- Your Instrument Panel" for further information. onds. The "ESC Activation/Malfunction Indicator Light" Electronic Stability Control (ESC) should turn on and turn off two times. This system enhances directional control and stability of 8. Rotate the steering wheel back to center and then an the vehicle under various driving conditions. ESC coradditional half-turn to the right. rects for over/under steering of the vehicle by applying 9. Turn the ignition switch to the OFF position and then the brake of the appropriate wheel to assist in counterback to the ON position. If the sequence was completed acting the over/under steer condition. Engine power properly, the "ESC Activation/Malfunction Indicator may also be reduced to help the vehicle maintain the Light" will blink several times to confirm HSA is dis- desired path. ESC uses sensors in the vehicle to determine the vehicle path intended by the driver and comabled. pares it to the actual path of the vehicle. When the actual