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Old Jun 10, 2016 | 09:50 AM
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Acceleration limiter

Hi, Im new here and have only had my w203 2001 C220 about 8 weeks. I've noticed thought that after hard accerleration from stand still a yellow warning triangle will flash on my computer display and the car will 'cut' out the power/revs and force normal driving/acceleration speed. Is there anyway of turning this off? its not a big deal, just kinda annoying on junctions and round-abouts for someone with a heavey foot!
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Old Jun 10, 2016 | 03:07 PM
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ESP off button!
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Old Jun 10, 2016 | 07:15 PM
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Hi everyone, thanks for the replies, the tyre pressure is good as i had to inflate one and done the rest while i was at it. Also the ESP is of, i almost never have it on. Its a flashing yellow triangle with an exclamation mark in it that goes away after about 3 flashes if that helps anyone narrow it down.
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Old Jun 10, 2016 | 08:19 PM
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Yes. .. flashing is warning you that you loosing traction at the rear. That is how it's designed to function. No way around it. Don't accelerate so hard!
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Old Jun 11, 2016 | 02:12 PM
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How is the ESP off and the triangle goes away? When it's off the triangle is constantly illuminated. Also there is a special test mode that disables all safety systems, including abs as far as I remember. But that's not what you would use in normal driving.
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Old Jun 11, 2016 | 05:24 PM
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You're engaging traction control. Accelerate normally instead of WOT.
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