I read on this forum about strange things happening especially when the car is pushed towards its limits.

I do wonder if these 'features' (or their misfuntioning) explain some of the experiences suffered by various people.

I was recently surprised myself by what I think was the CRC Cornering Brake Control coming into action.
It happened on the large roundabout joining the M4 and M32, which has traffic lights followed by a 3 lane 270 degree roundabout onto the M32.
I momentarily forgot that I was in a high sided 4x4 and attempted to accelerate up to 70mph around the wide bend.
I was met by a peculiar floating feeling as the power decreased and the FL2 moved towards the outside of the lane, and then the FL2 tightened its line (as I responded lifting my foot) and all was normal.

I think this 'invisible' steering by mainly the individual back brakes may account for my rear brake pads wearing out faster than my fronts, and also my rear tyres wearing at a similar rate to my fronts. On all other cars (all non4x4) I have before brake and tyre wear at the front has been noticeably greater than the rear. FL2 XS SD4 Auto 2010 2012-2017 (21k - 91k miles) (MY2011)
FL2 Metropolis SD4 Auto 2014 2017- (16k - 77k+ miles) (MY2015)
Metro in its 11th Year of (Extended) LR Warranty / Full LR Service History
(Expensive, but Trouble/Worry free - hopefully?)

Could be explained by understeer and on front wheel drive cars if you lift off it creates oversteer and gets you round the corner...
Also rear wheel pads generally wear a little quicker due to brake bias ? 2007 hse auto

Wasn't CBC what you experienced was Roll Stability Control (RSC) activating to prevent a potential roll over by reducing power and applying brake pressure to force a wider radius turn.

So many acronyms! I recall when on the Design & Engineering tour at Gaydon, on the test circuit, charging in to the top bend at 80 mph with pedal to the metal it was DSC ( Dynamic Stability Control) that took over the throttle until we straightened out. It was a D4 though.

Bob 10MY (Sept 09) TD4 HSE Auto in Stornoway Grey (Now Gone)

08 FL2 TD4 SE Manual in Rimini Red (Now Gone)

Thanks, I think you are right, it was the anti-roll stability that I triggered.

It wasn't normal understeer, I have experienced both that and oversteer during my years of driving. This seemed to exaggerate then correct itself. I did not control it myself.

To tell you the truth, I think I would rather have total control myself, but I suppose the computer knows better, as it knows at once what to do.

For my part it took the long hard snowy winter of 1962/3 to learn how to keep going but avoid the objects around the roads.
Ford 100E rear drive live axle, assisted by quickly bought pair of knobbly tyres and 2 bags of sand (in the boot to keep traction). FL2 XS SD4 Auto 2010 2012-2017 (21k - 91k miles) (MY2011)
FL2 Metropolis SD4 Auto 2014 2017- (16k - 77k+ miles) (MY2015)
Metro in its 11th Year of (Extended) LR Warranty / Full LR Service History
(Expensive, but Trouble/Worry free - hopefully?)

Would have been bags of coal up North then and fire once you got home.  FL2 MY10 TD4 GS traded in at 2 years
FL2 MY13 TD4 GS Current

Yorky Bob

I was Up North at RAF Middleton St George, near Darlington.
I travelled down to Bristol most weekends, it was a winter to remember.

Bonus was that airfields are the ideal place to experiment with car control. (Especially for a beginner like I was) FL2 XS SD4 Auto 2010 2012-2017 (21k - 91k miles) (MY2011)
FL2 Metropolis SD4 Auto 2014 2017- (16k - 77k+ miles) (MY2015)
Metro in its 11th Year of (Extended) LR Warranty / Full LR Service History
(Expensive, but Trouble/Worry free - hopefully?)

You're right IanMetro. Airfields are great places to learn skid control when icy. I spent many enjoyable moments in my Lotus-Cortina on a icy perimeter track. Didn't do it on an aircraft dispersal though, the owner of a Vulcan might have been p#ssed off if I had hit it. 11 GS Bali Blue
07 GS FL2. Usually muddy. Gone
Numerous LRs since 1963

We once took a LR 110 Soft top for a snowy 'training' spin around RAF Henlow around the old control tower in which we were based.
Saturday night - great fun playing in the snow !!
Monday morning - not so much fun as the all the snow had melted and we had created a muddy field, station commander was not impressed