hi all,....many thanks for all of your input to date. For anyone elses info...........The fault code was 01435 Brake pressure Sender which means a new ABS control/hydraulic unit at arounf £1500 quid. (ABS still working fine but no ESP - cuts in to much anyhow)
The reading ive been doing and the input from other forums is pointing out that there are a huge number of these units failing. I,m going to try my luck with VW directly as this is an obvious design fault which the customer should not have to foot the bill for. finding out that some customers are having 100 percent success with their compliants but others not so much or even not at all. Still chuffed to bits with my mk5 tho...........and will let you know if i have any sucess.
CHRIS