TC - how it works on the 260

[Jakg]

Originally Posted by maxi_crawf

That's how I assumed ABS works to be honest, but it does seem strange how the Traction control works, but then one takes away the excess power and the other takes away the excess braking!

Glad I've not got all the complication of traction control then

Some cars traction control uses the brakes (new BMW 5-series for sure).

On the diesel 75/ZT the traction control / cruise control is all done electronically by cutting the power rather than using a vacuum pump.