Passenger window down and flat battery

mephisto · Mar 16, 2013

Walked out to my car this morning to find the passenger window down and the battery pretty low, solenoid fluttering when attempting to start..
Put it on charge now charged enough to wind up passenger window, now i see ESP fault on the dash, what the fck has happened

And it was ******* with rain here in dorset last night all night! Any help appreciated.

NHN · Mar 16, 2013

You sat on the key maybe, disable window down from key with vcds.

mephisto · Mar 16, 2013

Rolled in from shops and left keys on the side last night may of been plausible had i been out. Starts fine but still have ESP fault now?

OK found this on forums for anyone interested

This usually happens whenever the battery is disconnected. The ECU loses its sense of the steering's position - specifically its limits left and right. This causes the ESP to malfunction as it needs to know exactly where the wheels are pointing. Hence why the steering light and ESP fault are indicated. It can sometimes be cleared by turning the wheel lock to lock a few times. My mechanic told me to find a largeish car park and do several full lock turns left and right.

Tried a few lock to locks myself and all is well again. No idea about window though.

NHN · Mar 16, 2013

Yes a simple drive would make the lights go out.

Are you sure the key button hasn't been depressed at anytime by anyone but yourself.

Ok test this, lock the car then try holding the unlock button down & see if the windows start rolling down for a start.

I would also lock the car with the key in the door, don't use the remote atm, I'm suspicious of windows dropped without any evidence done by the owner.

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