ESP switch

[NMavs]

Hi Guys. Was just wondering if anybody has the ESP disabling switch in their polo? Is this something that can be fitted easily / or at all?

[RoSonic]

I think that on any Polo (vw in general) with ESP there should be that switch...

[RUM4MO]

I tend to agree - ie if you don't have an ESP switch then you don't have ESP fitted to the car.

[Gtimatt]

i have the button on my gti....wudnt dare switch it off with roads atm . even being damp. has saved me a couple of times already

[NMavs]

Thanks for the replys guys. It was just when i bought my 1.9 TDI sport from VW, i got it factory built and was told that it came as a standard feature on my model, but the option in which to disable it with a switch would cost £350. So i didnt think much of it and never bothered, but now with the snow I stuggle like hell gettin on and off the street. Is there any way i can deffinatly make sure it does / doesn't have this feature? Cheers

[kc]

is it not possible to take the fuse out?

im sure it shares the same fuse with the ABS too, so winner for both!

no esp and no abs - winner in snow!

[NMavs]

Arrhh...could be a plan that mate. haha. Just how do i find out which fuse it is though?

[Jeff GTi]

turning the esp off makes driving safer in this weather, but it does not turn off abs

[RUM4MO]

Thanks for the replys guys. It was just when i bought my 1.9 TDI sport from VW, i got it factory built and was told that it came as a standard feature on my model, but the option in which to disable it with a switch would cost £350. So i didnt think much of it and never bothered, but now with the snow I stuggle like hell gettin on and off the street. Is there any way i can deffinatly make sure it does / doesn't have this feature? Cheers

I simply don't believe that idea that its got ESP built in but you have to pay extra to get a switch! Its well known as pointed out by VW that in extreme or extraordinary conditons it might be benefitial to switch it off. I think that your VW dealer has pulled your ???? If you scan it with VAG COM VCDS then you would see if you have ESP. By the way, I think that you will find that ESP includes EDL - which means elctronic locking differential - so its really TCS+EDL rolled into one option package - but its still not that good!