Dogbreath
Active Member
Hi all
I've had this message every now and again since I bought the car in May. The car is not a daily driver and I use it maybe twice a week but not for long runs unles there is a meet on..! It's never been a problem but a couple of week ago the key fob wouldn't open the car, changed 2 new fob battery's and all good I thought. Anyway yesterday me and the wife went for a blast up the coast and on start up I got the battery message, not a prob went off and told me everything was available after a few mins driving. Wife who has a bad back decides to put heated seat on to ease her pain, kinda had it on and off for all our 6 hours driving, on the way home 'ESP defective visit workshop' came on. I've read on here that this is the first system to say there is a problem when the voltage drops...? Turned the car on and off when I got home and the ESP message came on at startup.then the key stopped locking and opening the car.
So would the esp and key problems be Dow to the weak battery... I'm of for a battery test tomorrow.
Thanks Lee
Sorry for the long post..
I've had this message every now and again since I bought the car in May. The car is not a daily driver and I use it maybe twice a week but not for long runs unles there is a meet on..! It's never been a problem but a couple of week ago the key fob wouldn't open the car, changed 2 new fob battery's and all good I thought. Anyway yesterday me and the wife went for a blast up the coast and on start up I got the battery message, not a prob went off and told me everything was available after a few mins driving. Wife who has a bad back decides to put heated seat on to ease her pain, kinda had it on and off for all our 6 hours driving, on the way home 'ESP defective visit workshop' came on. I've read on here that this is the first system to say there is a problem when the voltage drops...? Turned the car on and off when I got home and the ESP message came on at startup.then the key stopped locking and opening the car.
So would the esp and key problems be Dow to the weak battery... I'm of for a battery test tomorrow.
Thanks Lee
Sorry for the long post..