Magnetorheological damper with thermal protection

A method for controlling current delivery to a control component of a controllable damper (14A, 14B) in a wheeled vehicle (10) includes the steps of, as a function of at least damper temperature and vehicle speed, producing a scaling factor (114), and under at least certain conditions, applying the scaling factor to a normal current command producing a scaled current command (116) and delivering current to the control component in accordance with the scaled current command.