If your vehicle has a compliance plate dated January 2011 or after, you’ll need Electronic Stability Control (ESC) for:
- all passenger cars
- off-road passenger vehicles, and
- forward-control passenger vehicles e.g. passenger vans.
Having ESC helps drivers control their car when it skids, swerves or when road conditions are bad. If your vehicle needs ESC but doesn’t have it and it’s not exempt, you won’t be able to register it in Victoria.
If your vehicle has been registered interstate for more than 12 months, you’ll be exempt from having ESC fitted. VicRoads will check the national vehicle register to find out. If we can’t confirm this, we’ll ask you to bring additional documents as proof that your vehicle’s been registered interstate for more than 12 months.
Check your vehicle manufacturer information if you can’t find the compliance or identification plate.