ESP stands for Electronic Stability Program...i.e. Traction control and brake distribution.
You want the light on the center console to be ON in most scenarios.
(If you know what you are doing then you can turn it off)
After looking at my car again, there is no "ON" light in the center console, just an "OFF" button.
But you get the point.
ESP stands for Electronic Stability Program...i.e. Traction control and brake distribution.
You want the light on the center console to be ON in most scenari dos.
(If you know what you are doing then you can turn it off)
After looking at my car again, there is no "ON" light in the center console, just an "OFF" button.
But you get the point.
I understand from these replies that when the orange indicator is ON this means ESP is ON . Is that right ? If so then why when I ignite the car the indicator is not lit by default ? I have to turn it ON at each drive ? .
Also the stupid button for ESP is labeled ESP OFF but when you press it the button itself does not light up. This had me thinking it disables the ESP when the orange indicator is lit.
My understanding is that the car defaults to ESP ON when you start it up.
When you push the "ESP OFF" button it will turn it off and there will be 2 notifications that it's off. It will explicitly say "ESP OFF" in the driver display (between your speedo and tach) and there will also be a symbol within the tach gauge akin to slippery conditions.
Why would you reccomend it off in those conditions?
Because ESP reduces/cuts power when wheelspin is detected. Normally that is a good thing, but not when travelling up a hill. I think there was a thread that talked about this in greater detail last winter. I will check in a bit.
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2006 A3 2.0T, 6MT, Arctic White / Beige , Open Sky, Wrapped in 15% tint, K40 radar detector (stealth install)...other than that, everything else is stock (for now)
WHat does the ESP indicator light mean ?
