esp light and flashing glow plugs?

[burtoni uk]

hi guys 1st post on here so plz be gentle.
basiclly i was driving last nite and for no reason my esp light came on and wont go off no matter wat i try and my glowplug lights are flashing.

no loss in performance however esp isnt kicking in
any advice?

just so you know its a 2003 (53) audi a4 1.9tdi 130 quattro sport.

any help would be greatly appeciated
thankyou in advance

[kite]

Check your brake lights are working, could be a broken switch.

[sausagefingaz]

strangely enough, the same thing happened to me today.

My brake lights stopped working on the way home and then the glow plug light started flashing at me.

I guess its a loose wire at the brake light switch (above the brake pedal) , as moving them around a little solved (temporarily) both the problems.

[dsc4t]

This happened to my wife's car today as well - 2004 1.9 tdi quattro - esp light on constantly on dash display and emissions light also on now. Any help would be appreciated. The esp switch above the stereo doesn't appear to be switching on or off?
Very strange.:(

[WebNosis75]

This sounds like the brake switch. I had exactly the same problem with my Passat and once the brake switch was replaced, the ESP light, glowplug light and ABS lights have all gone away and the brake lights are working again.

Cheers,
Web

[garyduguid]

Exact same thing happened to me. Top brake light works, other two don't. Glow plug flashes, ESP on permanently (2002 Audi A4 TDI). Any more ideas?

[kite]

Exact same thing happened to me. Top brake light works, other two don't. Glow plug flashes, ESP on permanently (2002 Audi A4 TDI). Any more ideas?
Change your brake light switch.

[Aft112]

hi i encountered the same problem with my Audi A4 1.9 TDI sport as instructed by members on this forum i checked my brake switch and it was not operating correctly i purchased a switch from my local dealership cost me £8 and took me 20 mins to fit hope this helps.

[kiptaylor]

hi guys,
exactly the same thing happened to me a while back-esp and glow-plug warning lights came on.oh sh** i thought,this looks expensive.bit a quick search on this forum and for about a fiver i replaced both brake-light bulbs and all was good again.just goes to show what a valuable resource this forum is..........

kip :beerchug:

[burtoni uk]

hi guys i know this post is from a while ago but i got round to replacing the brake sensor and the lights are still there!...

also i went over a speed bump too fast today and this has set my airbag light off :zx11: grrrr any advice??

thanks

[burtoni uk]

bump.. replaced brake switch all lights still on

[VAGMAN54]

did you clear the fault code ?

[burtoni uk]

nope... apart from my local audi dealer i dont know any other way to do that...

[VAGMAN54]

thats why the lights still on.check in vag.com user locations im sure somebody near you will do it for a beer if you live in kent i will do it for you

[burtoni uk]

im in derby which is a shame.. thanks for the help tho matey:beerchug:

[VAGMAN54]

no probs m8 take care

[sixbellies]

I had the esp light on constantly took it too the dealers who said it was the angular sensor which was replaced under warranty now all ok. Hope this helps

Paul

A4 1.9TDI QUATTRO SPORT 54 PLATE

[retailandtrade]

Thank you for this post, My missus came home today and told me of this exact fault, thought this is bad, no idea what this is!!

Searched on this forum, found the problem,

I had one brake light out anyway, so dunno if the other has now gone pop or the brake switch that you guys talk about.

So tomorrow, gonna change both light bulbs and see if that fixes it, if its still on then will change the Brake switch.

Hope this works guys, will post again once problem fixed. Thanks for all the posts.

[docurley]

Had the ESP and ABS light on and swapped out the brake switch today after playing with the switch which just caused the brake light to come off and on it's own so this morning I shot round to Audi and £8.45 later and all is good.
My car is a 04 1.8TQ