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ESP Activation
Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2003 8:57 am
by PaulR
With the icy roads earlier this week I noticed that when the ESP acticates the headlight dimmed momentarily. This surprised me so much that I backed off and then accelerated again and it repeated. This tells me that something about the ESP activation is quite a power drain, to say the least.
Has anyone else noticed this?
If it is a transient effect the alternator should be able to cope with, or a just normal?
Perhaps the obvious solution is to turn ESP off.
...Paul.
Re: ESP Activation
Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2003 11:15 am
by DavidR
Yeah, my xenons flicker when ESP comes on, especially if its correcting loads of oversteer [img]images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
Re: ESP Activation
Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2003 5:12 pm
by ChrisB
I don't think mine do that, but then again the 6 does have a 110Ah battery (and probably a suitably sized alternator for it), so I'm not surprised about that.
Perhaps it's caused by the reduction in engine power output as ESP throttles it back?
Re: ESP Activation
Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2003 2:12 pm
by TarmacTerrorist
This tells me that something about the ESP activation is quite a power drain, to say the least.
Has anyone else noticed this?
Perhaps the obvious solution is to turn ESP off.
I got up this morning to find 2" inch of snow had landed [img]images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
My lights were flickering quite alot when the abs was activating under braking. I didn't notice it when accelerating and the esp was cutting back power.