Finally had a decent amount of snow in the French Alps last night so was quite keen to put her to the test, but alas, she's now stuck on the drive. Quite pathetic really. Only one front wheel is spinning, not the rears.

 

When I start the car up the ESP light on the dash doesn't come up briefly like all the others. 

 

Depressing the ESP button has no effect - it won't light up to signify ESP has been switched off.

 

I thought maybe it could be the fuse for the ABS/ESP but ABS does indeed work. I tried switching out fuse 4 by the steering wheel and there's no change.

 

Really gutted as I went to a lot of trouble to get this car over from the UK....

 

Any ideas people?

 

Thanks

Edited 27 December, 201411 yr by bucketmaster

Does the other light (abs/brakes) next to the esp light go on and off as normal?

A fault with the abs will stop the haldex engaging.

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Yes the ABS light comes on and off. Tested the ABS in the snow and it works fine...

Get the car scanned for faults is going to need to be the next step. OK otherwise you'll just be guessing.

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Cheers will do that.

Failed a Golf earlier this year on the MOT for the ESP switch not doing anything, the problem according to the garage who fixed it was a combination of a fuse and and a broken wire at the ABS unit.

Looks like the haldex controller has gone. Identified the seal coming away, removed the cover and there had been some water ingress resulting in a capacitor being damaged and a couple of the tracks gone. Tried to fix it but no joy.

 

Now scouring the breakers for a replacement....