This system complements ADAPTIVE ESP® and enhances safety when towing a trailer by applying strategic braking to the front wheels of the towing vehicle if the trailer begins to oscillate. It also reduces the engine torque and so helps the driver to stabilise the vehicle/trailer combination.

If the system intervenes several times in succession, it increases the braking force continuously with the result that the road speed is noticeably reduced. This alerts the driver to the fact that he or she has been driving the vehicle/trailer combination too fast (ESP® trailer stabilisation is available in conjunction with the optional trailer coupling for the Vito and the Sprinter).