ESP doesn't appear to be working, but there's no light indicating malfunction
06-02-2012, 01:43 PM
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ESP doesn't appear to be working, but there's no light indicating malfunction
Hi, I recently bough a secondhand MB. It seemed like the ESP-off switch was broken, since it worked sometimes, but sometimes pushing it didn't make the triangle light in the dash show up.
I borrowed a 100% working switch form a friend and still nothing, I was getting frustrated, then when driving, my passenger randomly pushed the button and it worked, the light came on. However when driving on a cobblestone road the light went out by itself. This got me thinking - is ESP even working at all?
So I went on a gravel road and floored it, there was loads of wheel-spin, yet the warning light in the dash didn't blink for a second. This got me thinking - there must be some faulty electrical connection, but since I ruled out the switch, it must be somewhere else, any ideas where should I look? Maybe a malfunctioning sensor?
Also, from what I've read after searching around here: there should definitely be some lights in my dash, right? The OBC also says:"no malfunction". I'm stumped.
I borrowed a 100% working switch form a friend and still nothing, I was getting frustrated, then when driving, my passenger randomly pushed the button and it worked, the light came on. However when driving on a cobblestone road the light went out by itself. This got me thinking - is ESP even working at all?
So I went on a gravel road and floored it, there was loads of wheel-spin, yet the warning light in the dash didn't blink for a second. This got me thinking - there must be some faulty electrical connection, but since I ruled out the switch, it must be somewhere else, any ideas where should I look? Maybe a malfunctioning sensor?
Also, from what I've read after searching around here: there should definitely be some lights in my dash, right? The OBC also says:"no malfunction". I'm stumped.
