182 TC and ESP

[Alex Michaels]

Hi guys,

I have been wondering about the TC and ESP on my 182, which has never activated during my first 9 months of ownership. I have been pretty much sideways a few times, and have spun the wheels briefly on occoasion 1st in the when) and never felt or or seen the light some on for either, do you guys ever feel/see these systems cut in?

Also never felt ABS under hard braking, the brakes are amazing! (had brembo discs and ferodo 2500's fitted a few 000 ago).

Any feedback appreciated (i did search but not much).

Alex

 

[Alan]

Hmmm without taking the piss, you might not be driving it hard enough mate..

 

[bmh.01]

Its easy enough to get the ESP to kick in in this weather, just try a spirited pull away and it should kick in to stop the wheels spinning. Its reasonably lazy tbh, it'll let the wheels spin a little bit before it kicks in.

 

[Alex Michaels]

Is spinning them for 4 seconds enough? Done that before, still nothing.

 

[Monkey_beast_182]

do you get a light flashing on your dash that looks like a little car skidding? That's your ESP light, and when it kicks in, it flashes on and off. Likewise, if you manually turn it off, it stays switched on (that bit doesn't make sense to me either!)

 

[Alex Michaels]

Yeah, I know how it works and how to tell when its on, what im saying is it never activates, is this common or is it poss not working or just slow?

 

[bmh.01]

The light is off right? Your not pressing the esp button to turn it on are you?

 

[Alex Michaels]

Nope, its definately on (as in the lights off). TC too, it has bassicaly never activately, and I have been pretty sideways.

 

[Monkey_beast_182]

hmmmm.. sounds like a senor not playing properly to me. Get it up to speed, and (where possible) brake hard and see if you lock your wheel up. If it does lock, (and it will!) then it could be your ABS sensor up the swanny.

 

[MRBILLYUK]

Its easy enough to get the ESP to kick in in this weather, just try a spirited pull away and it should kick in to stop the wheels spinning. Its reasonably lazy tbh, it'll let the wheels spin a little bit before it kicks in.

I think your on about Traction Control . ESP is a totally different thing altogether .

 

[Monkey_beast_182]

don't they work off the same thing on the clios? - the traction control and ESP both work off the ABS sensors. Technically speaking, yeah, he was on about traction control, but close enough!