Does the pressing and holding the ESP button turn the Elec. Stability Program OFF?

[ggcrash]

A friend of mine pushed it and held it in until the yellow light on the dash shuts off (about 8-10 sec). The light wouldn't come back on when I pressed it again...Car ran fine, in fact it had a little extra kick, or it seemed to at least. The button didn't work like normal until I restarted the car again...
anybody else tried this?

I have only pressed it when doing doughnuts in the snow, and only until the light came on. (a second press-turns the light off)

[MikeWire]

If this works, that's a nice tip/easter egg. I hate that yellow ESP off light.

[dirtybrd]

ESP does nothing to power output. Not sure why people say it does or the it feels like it does.

[Papachristou]

If that light is off, then ESP was active.

[NvrFllw]

Hell when I hold mine down it throws the passenger out the door

[BNZ TOY]

^^I would get that fixed.

[dirtybrd]

What I hold mine in, I can hear what people are thinking.

[mook11]

When I hold mine in, my car goes into transformer mode.

[shoppingcart111]

When I hold mine in the engine throws a rod through the block, kinda defeats the purpose of touching it at all.

[jackyaudi]

Your TV is on, if you press the power button and hold it for 10 seconds, what happens? Nothing, the TV is off. I dont think there is any "programmable" aspects with the ESP.

[pa4ul]

i read in the manaul once u turn the esp off it wont reactivate until u turn the car off and back on again. This true?

[A4Triple Blk]

When I hold mine my car starts to shave off its sides and turn into the mini batmobile

[jackyaudi]

i read in the manaul once u turn the esp off it wont reactivate until u turn the car off and back on again. This true?

I can turn mine On/Off as many times as I want without turning the car off.

[A4SoftWalker]

I can turn mine On/Off as many times as I want without turning the car off.

^^^Amen... common guys pretty straight fwd here, the routine is:::

>>>Light on - ESP off.
>>>Light off - ESP on.
>>>Shut down car with ESP off - ESP turns itself back on when car is restarted.
>>>Pretty much the same for a lot of cars.

The Volvo V60/70R is one car I know that lets u do all that hold down 1,2,3,4,5 push magic but not our cars.

[shoppingcart111]

Everytime i touch my ESP, a kitten dies.

[PRVWing]

Our cars turn off the esp completely by just pushing the button normally, nothing else happens if left pushed for a long period of time. I've tried it! BMW's turn of ASR when pushed briefly (light turns on) but disable DSC (dinamic stabilty control) when pushing the button and holding it for 10 seconds (brake light turns on in orange color istead of red). My dad has a 330i and my mom a 525i and both work the same way, that is why i tried it on my A4.

[fitch303]

ESP does nothing to power output. Not sure why people say it does or the it feels like it does.

ESP under certain situations can CUT the throttle thereby reducing the power. I think that's what people are referring to.

[festerfm]

ever see taxi?? w/ queen latifa?? well, when i press and hold my esp, my 1.8 turns into a 4.2 w/ a blower.. i become a racecar driver.

[Papachristou]

^^^Amen... common guys pretty straight fwd here, the routine is:::

>>>Light on - ESP off.
>>>Light off - ESP on.
>>>Shut down car with ESP off - ESP turns itself back on when car is restarted.
>>>Pretty much the same for a lot of cars.

The Volvo V60/70R is one car I know that lets u do all that hold down 1,2,3,4,5 push magic but not our cars.

thank you, enough said! its either on or off!!!

[dr. brian]

When I press mine in it automatically calls diagnosticator first at his house then to his cell

[n7plus1]

Everytime i touch my ESP, a kitten dies.

lol

[davidlizard]

everytime I turn my ESP off, I feel like a MAN...

[dirtybrd]

When I press mine in it automatically calls diagnosticator first at his house then to his cell

LOL

[mxrz]

Every time i touch my ESP, a dead kitten is revived, however, two puppies die.

[Trev]

When i press mine, i have an overwhelming urge to do doughnuts

[rhumen]

ESP under certain situations can CUT the throttle thereby reducing the power. I think that's what people are referring to.

it cuts power for traction... no ESP, no traction, still not moving faster...

[lostkhan]

When i Turn mines off, Car Still feels slow :(

[Alphazuzu]

probably been settled already, but. I did this tonight,pushed it(ESP turns off) then held it down for 10+ seconds it turns the ESP back on. so no sliding of the rear. and you cant turn it off again till you restart the car.

[AudiA4Turbo22]

ever see taxi?? w/ queen latifa?? well, when i press and hold my esp, my 1.8 turns into a 4.2 w/ a blower.. i become a racecar driver.

i want that freakin taxi lol.

oh and when i push my ESP button the entire Tech Board of Audizine appears and we have something similar to the Constitutional Convention.

[B6Lovin]

Your TV is on, if you press the power button and hold it for 10 seconds, what happens? Nothing, the TV is off. I dont think there is any "programmable" aspects with the ESP.

not with our cars - bmw's have it where you press/hold and it TOTALLY deactivates.. anyone here should know that if you get your car out of control enough even with esp "off" it'll still kick in. i know i've done it before lol

it cuts power for traction... no ESP, no traction, still not moving faster...

false.... my car would be balls slow if it cut power everytime it thought i was spinning tires. i'd rather spin than bog.

[vinny.dtw]

false.... my car would be balls slow if it cut power everytime it thought i was spinning tires. i'd rather spin than bog.

For some odd reason I remember Doug saying that if he kept the ESP on, he said when he did logs, it actually pulled timing...Maybe I'm imagining things, I've never verified this myself.

Vince

[fitch303]

probably been settled already, but. I did this tonight,pushed it(ESP turns off) then held it down for 10+ seconds it turns the ESP back on. so no sliding of the rear. and you cant turn it off again till you restart the car.

You don't need to hold it down 10+secs to turn it back on, just press it and it comes back on.

[mxrz]

ever see taxi?? w/ queen latifa?? well, when i press and hold my esp, my 1.8 turns into a 4.2 w/ a blower.. i become a racecar driver.

Pfft, a poorly made Crappywood copycat of the real French "Taxi" movies by Luc Besson.

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu...oid=2028513550

[rhumen]

You don't need to hold it down 10+secs to turn it back on, just press it and it comes back on.

no, i'm sure he knows this. i just tried it and if you turn it off, then press for 10+ secs, it turns back on and stays on, you cannot turn it off again until you restart.

i'm sure that audi put this in to disable the disabling of ESP, maybe in situations where you don't want to accidentally turn off ESP?? i dunno why, but i know it works.

[rhumen]

Pfft, a poorly made Crappywood copycat of the real French "Taxi" movies by Luc Besson.

woot woot on luc besson... badass movie maker :)

on that link, in the movie clip, when he looks back (around 0:34) there's an audi right there!! sweet

[FORCE_FED_DUB]

The ESP button controls two separate programs. ESP (Electronic Stability Program) and ASR (Anti-Slip Regulation). pushing the button defeats both. when the light is on solid, both programs are deactivated. when flashing, it is currently employing one or both of the programs. when off, both programs are in standby mode; they are monitoring, but not intervening.

In the VW world, ESP/ASR has two modes: throttle cut + braking, or braking only to control wheels spin. this is an ASR function, but the two modes are only selectable on ESP equipped vehicles, and was switched by holding down the ESP button until the light turned back on or off (i forget for sure).

whether this works on Audis i don't know. i have tried, but my stock 1.8T paired with quattro doesn't offer much feedback in this department.

[QUOTE=B6Lovin;3648268]not with our cars - bmw's have it where you press/hold and it TOTALLY deactivates.. anyone here should know that if you get your car out of control enough even with esp "off" it'll still kick in. i know i've done it before lol
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i'm not sure that's esp kicking back in. i have done my fair share of "out of control driving" and the only thing i've noticed traction control wise is EDL (Electric Differential Lock) activating, which acts alot like ASR, but less agressive. EDL is actually a function of ABS, where the brakes are pulsed to push power back and forth between the wheels sharing an open differential (side to side). in situations when there is very low levels of traction, EDL pretends to lock the axles, making all four wheels spin at the ~same speed.

i guess this is why my friends call me "the book of worthless knowledge"

[B6Lovin]

i'm not sure that's esp kicking back in. i have done my fair share of "out of control driving" and the only thing i've noticed traction control wise is EDL (Electric Differential Lock) activating, which acts alot like ASR, but less agressive. EDL is actually a function of ABS, where the brakes are pulsed to push power back and forth between the wheels sharing an open differential (side to side). in situations when there is very low levels of traction, EDL pretends to lock the axles, making all four wheels spin at the ~same speed.

i guess this is why my friends call me "the book of worthless knowledge"

whatever was happening was definitely ESP related - because i still got a flashing light, even after "disabling" ESP. I assumed it was a panic-stop related feature that would ensure some measure of safety, even if you hit the button. It doesn't do it anymore since I have no MAF (and hence no traction control systems at all), so I can't go try and make it do it now... but before i went MAFless it happened all the time when driving the car extra-hard

[FORCE_FED_DUB]

whatever was happening was definitely ESP related - because i still got a flashing light, even after "disabling" ESP. I assumed it was a panic-stop related feature that would ensure some measure of safety, even if you hit the button. It doesn't do it anymore since I have no MAF (and hence no traction control systems at all), so I can't go try and make it do it now... but before i went MAFless it happened all the time when driving the car extra-hard

fair enough. may i ask wtf you were doing?

[B6Lovin]

fair enough. may i ask wtf you were doing?

lol, a lot of things. screwing around in the rain, on wet grass, running around little "auto-x" courses we used to setup in abandon parking lots... you name it - i've probably done it in my car. amazing that the damn thing still runs.

lately i've taken to power-sliding (we won't call it drifting.. since it's technically not) lol... my tranny/tires hate me. good things i have spares

[A4 TSCHUSS]

Your cars are screwed up! You can turn esp off and on whenever without turning the car off and back on. And when it is turned off the car doesnt do anything to stop you. If it was hitting my brakes or pulling power when deactivated would I be able to do this?

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