info on the switch?

 

Don't you guys read the manuals with your vehicles?????

There is a procedure to PERMANENTLY disable the ESP. Jeep recommends it for altered vehicles. I'll type and pose it in a few minutes.

 

Tools/supplies needed: wire cutter, wire stripper, razor knife, soldering iron, solder, couple feet of wire, drill, toggle switch, electrical tape.

*note* I soldered all the joints but you could use crimp style connectors if thats your cup of tea.

-First figure out where you are going to mount your switch and cut two pieces of wire long enough to run from the spliced joints to the.
-Remove panel below steering wheel. You really only need to do this if you are going to put your switch in the same area as I did.
-Locate the bundle of wires on the right side of the foot-well. Mine was not tapped up – If yours is, you will need to remove the tape using a razor knife or similar
-Locate the purple wire with a light blue stripe. (you will see another purple sire with a dark blue stripe so make sure you get the light blue one) There are several wires that are close, but you should be able to pick it out easily. Once you are confident you have the correct wire – cut it!
-Now is a good time to put the key in the ignition and turn it to the on position. If you have cut the correct wire there should be three lights that stay illuminated: esp/abs/the sliding vehicle
-Prepare the wire you just cut by striping and then tinning the ends with solder. Also, strip and tin the new lengths of wire you are going to run to the switch. Once you have them prepared, solder the wires together.
-Wrap the soldered joints with electrical tape.
-Drill a hole in the dash to mount the switch. Route the spliced wires through the dash and to the area you are mounting your switch. I mounted mine on the dash above the speaker. I’m not detailing how to get access to the back of this area as it’s easy to pull the vent out and pop of the side panel.
-Solder the wires to the toggle switch. The lead that is running towards the rear of the Jeep is attached to pin 1.
-Slide the toggle switch through the hole and put on the retaining nut.
-Put the Dash back together.
-I also wrapped the bundle of wires up with electrical tape because I wanted to keep my work tucked away so to speak"

 

just so i'm clear on this: with the switch in the *OFF* position it's a no B.S. thing, it's 100% off... correct.

the damn ESP junk tried to get me run over by a semi on the mountain last weekend and i'm done with it. going around a slow corner at a proper speed for a lifted jeep the lights came on and the jeep seemed like it was going to stall out and kinda swerved toward the inside of the turn... not a good place to be on this particular turn. a quick glance in the mirror and i saw the bugs in the grill of the semi.

dumbest thing i've ever seen on a jeep...

 

Correct, everything is 100% off.

you experienced some BAS also I think, when it electronically engages the outside of the turn front brake when in a turn. I hated that so much. ESP will retard the gas to stop the rear from spinning out

 

I have never noticed that mine has come on, am I driving too slow?

 

Same with mine. Works great in deep snow on the roads. Point the wheel whatever direction you want to go, and thats where it goes. Dirt roads at 35 mph, no problems ever. Its saved my ass once when I hit black ice, and the car in front of me crashed into the bridge. I was heading straight for him, no brakes at all. Turned the wheel at the last second and the esp kicked in and I went right around him. Stopped safely once off the bridge.

 

Indeed........Every year I drive for months on almost solid ice, (depending on how the weather's been) and the ESP works fantastic for that. But, someday I think I probably will wire in a switch because we have a lot of gravel roads up here, and it's a pain in the ass for them.

 

yep, that light was on too.

will this fix get rid of that too? if not, how the heck do i do that?

 

mine is disabled ... with the abs, and the bas.

came back frome the flash recall on the computer and since then no more electronic control