ABS and ESC stopped working

[FirstGen]

A storm dumped 4 inchs of snow yesterday in my area. After work try to get on the main road and felt the rear slip and slide more than this morning(same amout of snow) I had to counter steer every time I step on the gas pedal(with snow tires) About 2 minutes later the ABS and ESC lights came on and stayed on. So I tried a hard braking(no cars around of course) no ABS pause, car just slid. Next red light I shut off the car and restart it, fortunately both lights did not stay on and car back to normal. Did any one else had this problem? Car is 09 with 149 thousand km or 92 thousand miles.

 

[Mark_888]

A storm dumped 4 inchs of snow yesterday in my area. After work try to get on the main road and felt the rear slip and slide more than this morning(same amout of snow) I had to counter steer every time I step on the gas pedal(with snow tires) About 2 minutes later the ABS and ESC lights came on and stayed on. So I tried a hard braking(no cars around of course) no ABS pause, car just slid. Next red light I shut off the car and restart it, fortunately both lights did not stay on and car back to normal. Did any one else had this problem? Car is 09 with 149 thousand km or 92 thousand miles.

Could be HECU failure that was related to brake fluid recall. You can google for more information.

 

[FirstGen]

Brake fluid recall was done this spring.

 

[Mark_888]

Brake fluid recall was done this spring.

The brake fluid recall did not fix the HECU. It only slows down further corrosion of HECU valves that get actuated during ABS usage, causing loss of braking when valves become too corroded. Quite a few people have reported HECU failure after having the brake fluid recall done.