removing warning light bulb for mot?

Hahadumball · World Chat Champion Joined: 07 Oct 2015 Karma :

vw beetle done goofed, esp light is on and wont gtfo... removing bulb for mot tomorrow wise or?
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dransy · World Chat Champion Joined: 04 May 2005 Karma :

Go for it . I've done it loads before
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Rogerborg · nimbA Joined: 26 Oct 2010 Karma :

Awaits the EU mandating a "bulb removal warning bulb".

For future reference, do you have an OBD dongle?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/162143945848 + https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.prowl.torquefree&hl=en_GB = diagnose and clear. You may find that it's a stored warning from a one-off wiring hiccup that you can just clear off. A friendly MOT tester will be OK with passing it as long as he can look at the dash and see no lights at that exact instant. Shhh!

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MarJay · But it's British! Joined: 15 Sep 2003 Karma :

ESP should be OK. There are some which will fail an MOT such as ABS, Air bag etc, but I doubt ESP would fail an MOT anyway.
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P.addy · Red Rocket Joined: 14 Feb 2008 Karma :

Get all technical, wire all of the lights that should come on and go off into the circuit that shows the battery warning light.

That only comes on at the beginning and then turns off.

If all the lights come on, you treat it like an engine management fault. Laughing

Pjay · World Chat Champion Joined: 18 Jan 2016 Karma :

It's only red lights that are a bother to MOT stations, orange lights are not a safety issue.

My golf was one of the MK5 ones with the dodgy ESP that fell over.
VW now fit a free replacement part because it happened to so many. Maybe your Beetle has the same part?

I never bothered getting it changed as I turn ESP off anyhow and have never had a fail on the light, or even an advisory.

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Hahadumball · World Chat Champion Joined: 07 Oct 2015 Karma :

plugged it in, lateral acceleration sensor is playing up...
i did try to get it out last night to see if its fixable or ready to replace.. after an hour in the footwell upside down and half the dash off i admitted defeat and bashed it back togetger, took for mot today and passed.

advisory on oil leak and rust on sill.

happy days
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Fin: no matter how much I look at It I can't understand what was going through my head, all I remember is going about 80 and redlining it to stop it seizing.
360 Deg... Five 1/4 turns. :- Teflon-Mike 18 Jan 2015

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