warning lights reset?

[zillfish]

this might seem a silly question to those with experience, but I can't find a specific reference in the forums.
When you get a dashboard warning light, (in this case ESP), will the light go if the fault is cleared, or does it need resetting by diagnostic tools?
Ive got a golf v 1.9 tdi on a 55 plate.
thanks in anticipation of a reply

[nc7503]

you can get the light turned off and cleared ,not using a vag com.i done this with a passat i had a few years back, but if you do not fix the fault thats causing the light to come on,it will keep flagging back up this used to last for about 2 weeks then the light would come back on.

[zillfish]

thanks to nc7503 for response, but you don't actually tell me if the light will go automatically if the fault is cleared.

[zollaf]

it might do, depends what the fault is.

[STEWY L]

this might seem a silly question to those with experience, but I can't find a specific reference in the forums.
When you get a dashboard warning light, (in this case ESP), will the light go if the fault is cleared, or does it need resetting by diagnostic tools?
Ive got a golf v 1.9 tdi on a 55 plate.
thanks in anticipation of a reply

what light have you got on?
is it in the dash pod?
is it flashing? or is it constant?
regards,
stewy.

[zillfish]

Hi stewy,
the warning light I have is a constant esp warning in the dash, and also shows "esp off" at the switch in the centre console.
I've researched this and other forums, so I know some of the possible causes, but the day after the light came on I had a puncture and this can unbalance the system triggering the alarm. I know I'm grasping at straws, but I keep hoping it isn't the abs pump module.

cheers, zillfish