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The Bendix

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 ESP

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 stability system is a full stability system designed to help 

mitigate rollovers and loss-of-control on a wide variety of road conditions. Full 
stability delivers more performance than roll-only systems, thanks to additional 
sensors and braking capability.

Safety Is The Bottom Line

Most people don’t think of a stability system as contributing to the bottom line. 
But when you consider the costs of accident related vehicle damage, down-
time, clean-up etc... it’s easy to see how it does. For fleets looking to reduce 
incident potential and improve profitability, Bendix

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 ESP

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 full stability system 

provides proven value.

A Competitive Advantage For Your Fleet

•    Protect Profitability – Every dollar you save through incident reduction 

goes directly to the bottom line. Consider this… just to stay profit 
(bottom line) neutral, a fleet operating at a 5% margin would need 
to increase revenue by 20 times the cost of accident related losses. 
That means reducing accident costs by $100,000 is equivalent to 
growing top line sales by 2 million dollars.

•    Promote Customer Satisfaction – An accident can result in a late 

delivery or even damage to your customer’s property, which can build 
ill-will and loss of confidence. Alternately, an investment in a stability 
system demonstrates the added value that your fleet provides.

•    Enhance Driver Training – With tractor-trailer combinations, often drivers 

don’t know the vehicle is tipping because they can’t feel what’s 
happening until it’s too late. The Bendix ESP full stability system can not 
only help to mitigate those events, but driving data can be monitored 
and used as a proactive training tool.

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Strengthen Operational Efficiency – The reliability of genuine Bendix 
components, the familiarity of an ABS-based system, along with 
a portfolio of easy-to-use diagnostic tools means less training 
and more vehicle up-time.

•    Boost Driver Retention – A commitment to safety improves driver 

morale and can reduce the potential of drivers leaving the 
profession or going to a competitor.

The Full Stability Solution

Bendix

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 ESP

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 is the first widely available ABS-based truck stability system 

capable of recognizing and assisting with both rollover and vehicle under- 
and over-steer driving situations on the widest range of road conditions. 
With key sensors and braking capability, including steer axle braking, 
ESP provides a higher level of stability on both dry and wet surfaces than 
systems that only focus on rollover mitigation. Features include:

•    Bendix

 – Bendix ESP helps in both rollover and loss-of-control 

situations. The system helps to mitigate vehicle jackknifes, slides, 
skids and loss-of-control through advanced monitoring of a variety of 
vehicle parameters and automatic and selective application of vehicle 
brakes. Bendix ESP, through its roll stability program, helps to mitigate 
rollovers through advanced sensing and automatic application of 
vehicle brakes.

•    Bendix

 – Unlike other traction control products, the 

Bendix

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 Smart ATC

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 traction control system makes adjustments 

based on the vehicle orientation (straight vs. curve) and the driver’s 
throttle input.

•    Core ABS – Prevents wheel lock-up to help drivers maintain 

steering control while braking. Core ABS is compliant with FMVSS 121 
for air brake systems.

•    Diagnostics – Bendix offers a suite of diagnostic tools to keep your 

trucks on the road. From traditional blink codes and “Chuff” at vehicle 
start, to a portable remote diagnostic unit (RDU), and Bendix

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 ACom

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our comprehensive, computer-based diagnostic software.

•    Serviceability – Because Bendix ESP is an ABS-based system, most 

of the components are the same familiar parts used on your current 
ABS and ATC system. The additional stability system components 
are based on proven technology and require only simple direct part 
replacement.

The Bendix ESP full stability system continuously monitors a

variety of vehicle parameters to determine if the vehicle is reaching 

a critical stability threshold. When such a situation develops, the

Bendix ESP full stability system will quickly and automatically intervene to

assist the driver. The system can selectively apply vehicle brakes,

as well as de-throttle the engine typically faster than a human.

However, no stability system replaces the most important safety

components of all... a skilled, alert professional driver exercising safe

driving habits, as well as continuous, comprehensive driver training.