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Offline wodder42

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esp and abs lights
« on: April 21, 2014, 10:27:56 pm »
Hi all, finally got me a golf mk5 but it seems to have an intermittent fault.  I can be driving along when suddenly the abs and esp lights illuminate on the dash...pressing the esp button does nothing and they disappear if i cut the ignition and restart.  The lights dont come on every journey....ideas please....read a common fault is the brake light switch....what do you think?
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Re: esp and abs lights
« Reply #1 on: April 21, 2014, 10:29:51 pm »
I think you need to get a vcds scan asap to pinpoint the issue.
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Re: esp and abs lights
« Reply #2 on: April 21, 2014, 11:01:07 pm »
VCDS would point the finger in the right direction.

Are you stock or tuned? What stage?

Any power loss?

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Re: esp and abs lights
« Reply #3 on: April 21, 2014, 11:09:32 pm »
Probably a wheel speed sensor.

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Re: esp and abs lights
« Reply #4 on: April 22, 2014, 09:03:08 pm »
Are they expensive??? No power loss, nothing different at all just lights on the dash...
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Re: esp and abs lights
« Reply #5 on: April 22, 2014, 09:34:51 pm »