It has been raining like CRAZY today. I am used to the usual yellowish-orange ESC light in the instrument cluster when I hit a bump in the road or whatnot. However MASSIVE rain today, and im going down the highway, and the car starts hydroplaning and going to the side, and automatically braking, and I swear I heard the computer beeping like a 5 alarm fire. It all happened so fast. Was I tripping out?
The beeping and braking was from the VSC system, or Vehicle Stability Control. It will lower the power setting and brake individual wheels as necessary to try and keep the car going straight. The beeping was a warning to you that it had activated. Note that this is different than traction control, which is what actives when losing traction while braking or accelerating. Tom
What you're used to - traction control what freaked you out - vehicle stability control. You were going too fast for the conditions and when the car started to hydroplane, the computers stepped in to keep the car on track.
