Youngin

My car is displaying esp, abs inoperative and also the steering wheel
is a little hard
Any help would help

johnnyblaze

Get a OBD-II scanner and pull the codes first.

ab0bab0i

PS may be out.

PanzerLehr

I had this happen in my VW after the alignment went out while rugged off-roading. If you have no codes and good brakes and smashed into a pothole or clipped a curb, it may be worth looking into..

Illegal Machine

Did you accidentally put it into dynamometer mode?

Critter

Recent battery disconnect?

AMGangster

Mine did this for a full day. I did nothing about it, the next day I got in the car and it was fine. Hasn't happened since.

abcut973

I'll suspect the battery as well

Tex5

Perhaps an ABS/ESP sensor KO.
With Stardiag (perhaps ODBII) you will be sure.

dc5itr888

I had that same message come up for me in the winter when I drove my car in a few centimeters of snow. Yes a few cenitmeters of snow but I was dumb and wanted to move my car to my garage in my Michellin PSS tires summer performance cars.

tfthach13

Had the EXACT same problem happen two weeks ago...power steering was hard at low speeds but fine at higher speeds. How are your front brake pads? If it's really low it may be affecting the front right brake sensor.

I googled the problem myself and came across a thread saying they changed the brake pads and sensor and the problem was gone.

I'd try to replace the brake sensor first if your pads are still good. I had to change my front pads anyways so I just replace them along with the sensor..problem went away.

Let me know what you find out.

Youngin

No codes brought up with ODB scanner
The only thing is my serpentine belt snapped off last week but don't think they disconnected the battery while installing

AMGangster

When mine happened I had recently put new rotors and pads on my car. My thoughts are that once the battery drops below a certain voltage the computer can get a little wonky.

604 C63

Battery. Seen it on 3 cars. At about 4 years these AGM batteries just go. You don't have enough juice to run all systems.

Youngin

Thanks guys. Any suggestions on battery brands as I called the dealer its $408 cad

abcut973

Stick with OEM.
Or go with lightweight Braille battery. But for a daily driver it is not recommended because of the amount of electronic in the car.

604 C63

Youre in Canada?

Right here:

http://www.canadiantire.ca/en/pdp/mo...l#.U-zs9bw1spw

I've put it in two cars now. I believe we are a size 43.I'll spare you all the research I did, but basically there are only a few battery manufacturers who own all the brands. Pretty much exact same as OEM. Same weight, all the same ratings, vented, posts on the correct sides.
Get this. Unless you spend a ton on the right Braille, come February when the heat is on and the defrost and the seats and the and the and the.....it wont start you up in Toronto temps.

Just get this one. If Im wrong, I'll drive out from BC and jump start you.

604 C63

And yes, I think CanTire is CrappyTire too. But there ARE a couple of things they do well, and batteries and other cold weather vehicle stuff makes up about 80% of that list.

Roswell

Good post homie, I will sure try this battery when mine goes bad.

604 C63

Just one man, trying to make a difference in this crazy, mixed up world - one AMG at a time.

LFM_Vancouver

I had this exact problem, car towed to dealer, they scanned the car and they replaced every computer in the car. Had the car for over a month. They also tested for my headbolts and found faulty ones so they replaced all those at the same time.
check for fault codes 5001, 5945 stored in ESP
check for codes 0653,0649,1030,1034. these were all codes thrown when my computers crapped out with same problem as you.

Youngin

Thanks for the info will do this in a couple hours

Youngin

Its not throwing any codes or check engine light
Was your car under warranty

Thanks

tfthach13

Have you tried the brake sensor as I suggested??

It worked for me when I had this problem...

Critter

AGM from Interstate, no issues so far 3rd year