Comments on: Mercedes Benz ESP Malfunction – Light On dash https://www.mercedesmedic.com/what-is-the-esp-light-on-a-mercedes-benz/ Mercedes-Benz Repair Guides, Service, How To DIY Sun, 19 Mar 2023 14:53:04 +0000 hourly 1 By: Tony https://www.mercedesmedic.com/what-is-the-esp-light-on-a-mercedes-benz/#comment-40293 Thu, 14 Sep 2017 02:11:10 +0000 http://www.mercedesmedic.com/?p=67#comment-40293 A few days ago I was taking off from a stop sign in a shopping center, going straight, and got up to about 20 mph when all of a sudden the yellow ! warning light lit up, there was some popping/clicking and the car skidded to a stop in the road. After about 3 seconds of trying to make sure I wasn’t causing an accident I was able to pull off into a side parking lot.

I put it in park and the ! light turned off. I let it idle in park for a minute before I tried to drive around the parking lot. As soon as I shifted into drive the ! light started flashing. After about 10 seconds the ! light stayed on. Then, about 10 seconds later the ABS light came on. From then on, both lights have remained on. I have 2 messages on the instrument panel saying “ABS, ESP unavailable” and “ABS, ESP inoperative”. Cruise control is also unavailable.

The first bit of driving around immediately after the incident there were some rattling sounds coming from the vehicle. It felt and sounded like it was coming from the front driver side. There was some noticeable popping/clicking when I made a sharp right turn soon after it all started. Since then, I occasionally hear some lesser popping/clicking when making sharp right turns. I haven’t seemed to notice it much making left turns.

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