Electronic Stability Control - How to turn off/disable?

[Rebellionelite]

MPG's must have dropped some?

Have to pay to play. Nothing major, a couple miles per gallon maybe.

[goforit2007]

I've spent a bunch of time, and some money (about $500) working on figuring this out....I think I will try and test my theory this weekend after giving my wallet a small rest. I had a request in another thread for Canadian Golf R codes...but was told "it's been posted earlier in the thread" (btw - great way to not support someone trying to figure out an issue) and I only have one Canadian Golf R code to go off of (there may be more...but I haven't done a recent search).....when I have 3 different US codes to figure out what I need/want done.

If it works out...it will be a rather simple fix....

awesome! let us know how it goes!!!

[webcrawlr]

MPG's must have dropped some?

I have the comp controller and since installing a month(ish) ago I'm getting about 0.5 - 1 mpg less per fill then before.

[Vickroy6]

Spoke with APR at H2O and they are working hard on a tune to turn off the ESP in addition to the ASR. Fingers crossed.

[MKV Aaron]

The fact that you can't turn off ESP has kept me from purchasing an R.

The first time it is publicly available, either from a tuner for purchasing, or via Vag Com, I will purchase a Golf R within a month. Guaranteed.

Lets hope it makes its way out soon.

[jsausley]

The fact that you can't turn off ESP has kept me from purchasing an R.

The first time it is publicly available, either from a tuner for purchasing, or via Vag Com, I will purchase a Golf R within a month. Guaranteed.

Lets hope it makes its way out soon.

[MKV Aaron]

I used to live in Burlington for 2 years when I was younger.

And there is nothing screwy about what I posted. I don't want electronic intervention when I drive, simple as that. My GTI can get the ass out on command and makes it very entertaining to drive, but the non defeatable ESP kicks in and ruins all the fun.

Not to mention with higher HP applications, it comes into play with simple throttle usage.

[droopy1592]

Light rain yesterday... nice film of oil, got all 4 loose in 2nd AND 3rd... nice long slide, no esp kicking in.

[velocity196]

Light rain yesterday... nice film of oil, got all 4 loose in 2nd AND 3rd... nice long slide, no esp kicking in.

Hahaha that makes me giggle!

[Vickroy6]

The fact that you can't turn off ESP has kept me from purchasing an R.

The first time it is publicly available, either from a tuner for purchasing, or via Vag Com, I will purchase a Golf R within a month. Guaranteed.

Lets hope it makes its way out soon.

Someone will figure it out sooner than later but hopefully not before its sold out in your case.

[MKV Aaron]

Someone will figure it out sooner than later but hopefully not before its sold out in your case.

I would be in the market for a CPO version anyway. They are just starting to touch into the high 20s, so my plan (if they can disable ESP) is to pull the trigger when I can get one for about 28k plus ttl etc.

[vweatsvtec]

I don't know if this would help or not but... Can we get any info from a 2013 gti and have that help figuring any of this out. From what I've heard they have the ability to fully disable traction control. Again I have no idea if this will help or not, just a thought.

[praecurvo]

I've read almost 80% of this thread and thus far I've come to the conclusion that I am still confused.

Is there a defeat available by unplugging the ABS fuse?
Has anyone successfully done this?
Are the side-effects simply lights on the dash, no abs, and no ESP?

aaron

[jsausley]

I've read almost 80% of this thread and thus far I've come to the conclusion that I am still confused.

Is there a defeat available by unplugging the ABS fuse?
Has anyone successfully done this?
Are the side-effects simply lights on the dash, no abs, and no ESP?

aaron

Yes. You can unplug the ABS and it will work, but then you will have no ABS and you will have lights in the dash.

[Charlie84]

I've read almost 80% of this thread and thus far I've come to the conclusion that I am still confused.

Is there a defeat available by unplugging the ABS fuse?
Has anyone successfully done this?
Are the side-effects simply lights on the dash, no abs, and no ESP?

aaron

Yes. You can unplug the ABS and it will work, but then you will have no ABS and you will have lights in the dash.

Has anyone determined for sure whether pulling the ABS fuse disables the steering-angle sensor? And, if so, does disabling the steering-angle sensor have implications for the AWD and where it decides to send power?

[praecurvo]

Has anyone determined for sure whether pulling the ABS fuse disables the steering-angle sensor? And, if so, does disabling the steering-angle sensor have implications for the AWD and where it decides to send power?

Scary BUMP!

[bzflag]

Has anyone determined for sure whether pulling the ABS fuse disables the steering-angle sensor? And, if so, does disabling the steering-angle sensor have implications for the AWD and where it decides to send power?

Pretty sure Mike@tyrolsport confirmed this. There's a link to his thread in the FAQ.

[BIGboySTARK]

so all-in-all what ive gathered from this lengthy thread is that the USA finally got an awd MANUAL golf but cant use it to its fullest ability because of the ESP?
ive been a VW guy my entire life and days like this make me wonder why!

[climbingcue]

so all-in-all what ive gathered from this lengthy thread is that the USA finally got an awd MANUAL golf but cant use it to its fullest ability because of the ESP?
ive been a VW guy my entire life and days like this make me wonder why!

You are correct, no winter driving schools for the USA Golf R...

[ScratchRob13]

Has anyone determined for sure whether pulling the ABS fuse disables the steering-angle sensor? And, if so, does disabling the steering-angle sensor have implications for the AWD and where it decides to send power?

I pulled it the other day, and had fwd only, no abs, and severe disappointment.

If you are looking at the fuse panel under the hood, standing at the front of the car the top right corner, second fuse from the top is the abs.

[Lastlucidthought]

I've been following this issue and saw this posted today:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0Aq2mJuT44

I did a quick search of the forum and couldn't find anything like this. Is this a hoax, or really someone who's defeated ESC?

[Coderedpl]

I've been following this issue and saw this posted today:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0Aq2mJuT44

I did a quick search of the forum and couldn't find anything like this. Is this a hoax, or really someone who's defeated ESC?

Bad at searching then:
http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthrea...-thread-needed

[Lastlucidthought]

Deep regrets, much thanks.

BTW, Google search for Golf R Stability control turns up this thread. If it's sorted, good news.