Hi mate - thank you for the link thats exactly it! I will do that tommorow night.
Did I miss up the steering calibration as I did full turns to the left, and then full to the right? It did make the light go out though...
If the steering light has gone out, and stayed out, then the ECU has accepted the calibration. However, you need to make sure you actually did the steering calibration correctly.
The ABS light is not on, just the icon of the car skidding and the tyre pressure sensor light. And the ESP is OFF.
Hmmmmm . . . the ABS and ESP lights should stay illuminated if it wasn't correctly carried out . . . lemme think more on that . . .
Soooo, are you saying that the ESP light is still on (skiddy car light)? What colour is it? It will be either amber or red. If its red, you really shouldn't be driving it.
The flat tyre warning light - you need to do an 'initial calibration'. Ideally you need to make sure tyre pressures are physically correct with an old skool tyre pressure guage - but this isn't critical for the initial cali. Righty, ignition on, but don't start engine (and radio OFF), sit in drivers seat and attach seat belt - wait for all warning lights to go out that will do under their own steam. Now, press and HOLD - both at the same time - the tyre pressure button AND the ESP button infront of the gear stick - you need to hold them for about 5 seconds (it may be as little as 2 secs) - you should hear a 'bong' from the dash, and the tyre warning light should now go out. Then, when you next set or adjust the tyre pressures, you only need to press and hold just the tyre pressure button.
I'll tell you what im most worried about, is that when I went into the basic settings and did group '001' which is ''bleeding the ABS pump' and because I pressed the pedal in, but didnt go through the whole procedure im worried I damaged something. It's probably OK and im being paranoid...
Don't worry - I did the same thing once - and I sh@t myself, thinking I'd toasted my ABS/ESP.
You just need to print out (or store it on a browser tab) the wiki page, and possibly the one it links to on the steering calibration - and follow them to the letter, and you'll be fine.
Re the 'bleeding ABS pump' - and not actually opening any taps - again, not a prob. Indeed, this is quite a useful thing to do on a regular basis, as when you activate all four 'wheels' in the VCDS, it actually flushes through any stale fluid which can accumulate through lack of use. These Teves ABS systems on our Golfs / A3s / Cupras / Octavias are known to be unreliable if they don't get a regular flush, and a regular workout.
I take it it's ok for me to drive the car tommorow to work and back with regards to the other lights?
Yeah - just take it easy with the brakes though - especially when braking into a corner. The ABS/ESP system controls the bias to the rear brakes, and modern cars with ABS now have much more powerful rear brakes compared to old skool pre-ABS set ups - you just might get the rear end stepping out under hard-ish braking in anything other than a straight line.
HTH
