The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is responsible for setting guidelines and much of the safety equipment found standard on vehicles as well as testing to ensure newer more advanced safety equipment meet a baseline standard for all new vehicles. Of these many standards set is the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 126 which is focused on reducing the risk of rollover crashes on passenger vehicles (ie any vehicle under 10,000 lbs GVWR) where the vehicle must have an electronic stability control (ESC) system as standard equipment and the system must meet guidelines set for how it controls the vehicle in the event of an evasive maneuver at highway speeds to ensure the driver can maintain control in critical driving situations.
On a closed test course, the BDS lift kit equipped vehicles are independently tested to ensure they are still able to meet this OE standard. Accelerating progressively up to 50 mph, the operator initiates the test by letting the computer take control. The computer controlled steering wheel is spun abruptly; both left and right, causing the tested vehicle to change direction and begin to slide. This event caused the vehicles ESC system to activate and regain control. When the data was analyzed it clearly showed the BDS products and change in ride height did NOT interfere with the performance of the ESC system keeping you safe on road.