MSP or ASR disable

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markiii

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The owners manual seems a little contradictory on this so hoping someone may have a definative answer?

MSP (Maserati Stability Program) is described as a catch all for the following systems

ABS - Anti Lock Brakes
EBD - Electronic Brake Force Distribution
ASR - Anti Slip Regulation (Traction Control)
MSR

However it then goes on to say that holding the MSP Button for 2 Seconds disables the MSP. All good so far

However this is then followed by an almost identical paragraph that states holding the MSP button for 2 seconds disables the ASR.

So which is it does it disable the MSP (and therefore all of its subsystems above including ABS) or does it just disable the ASR?
 
zagatoes30

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ASR this is pretty normal being able to disable "Traction Control" never seen a car where you can disable Anti-Lock brakes
 
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What it means is that pressing the button for 2 seconds disables ESC and ASR. Thats why the light indicating they have been disabled is the same symbol.
 
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Just to avoid any confusion, this OP has a GT / QP / GC and that was ASR and ESC throughout. The two prior posts are about the Coupe.
 
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cheburator

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zagatoes30 said:
ASR this is pretty normal being able to disable "Traction Control" never seen a car where you can disable Anti-Lock brakes
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Early BMW E46 M3s have traction control where one long press of the button kills it. Then there is a "hidden" function,, where another long press of the button kills the ABS too. If you want all the systems re-instated, you need to turn the car off and restart the engine.

Very handy for street registered drift cars, where you tap into the rear brake lines with a hydraulic hand brake. Yanking on it, on an ABS-equipped car won't do much. But works wonders on a non-ABS one. Handy for passing MOT and any normal driving - no warning lights and a fully functioning ABS. For some reason, when BMW moved to the great programable Teves/ATE version, the hidden ABS off function was eliminated :(
 
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