Mercedes A170 W168 BAS/ESP light ON, brake release switch faults. Fault finding and repair.

Thank you

Hi

This car came to me with the BAS/ESP light on, a quick scan revealed the fault C1201, which relates to a problem with the BAS release switch.
Will I be able to have it fixed without replace any parts?
Follow me on this video to find out, not just that, but also to see how I diagnose and fault finding this problem...

Hope you enjoy the video.
Any comments or suggestions, please put them below.
Like always, thank you for watching!

[look]

I washed the car and after a while in motion my bas esp and abs light came on, I tested the abs and it was working. One lit up, one didn't. I figured it had some dirt sitting on the wheel sensor so I went back and washed it and today all day the light didn't come back on. I'll get back to you when I have more. Thank you

[marinkojezabek]

its great watching an old school style mechanic pulling things apart to a sub component level to try to fix something before buying the whole assembly. 99% of mechanics would not have bothered.

[johnf]

I love the way you repair rather than replace.

[tecnaman]

Another ingenious MacGyver fix.Well done Luis.

[richardmounfield]

Great video.I think that would have been expensive to replace from mercedes, the customer is lucky to know you well done .

[kyhomegarage]

Awesome work my friend. You really have a lot of patience to deal with electronics. 👍👍cheers

[binarybox.binarybox]

Well done, again... 8-) You saved the customer a lot of money.

[tcifusion]

EXCELLENT DIAGNOSE....I AM SURE THAT U COULD FIND A SIMMILAR SWITCH....JUST NEEDS RESEARCH WHITCH TRANSLATES TO TIME WASTED IN THAT IT

[ConesuelaLadyTailor]

Excellent repair. What annoys me about this type of job is, like you said, you cannot find a replacement switch anywhere. But someone, somewhere must make them and probably has a shelf in their warehouse with hundreds of them sitting there gathering dust.

[CarsExposed]

What can I say ? Top job mate great tips in there ... cheers luis 👍

[Automotive_Solutions]

Another interesting video and great repair. 👍

[rscelectrical]

Nice job buddy, love your perseverance & repair before replace attitude. Just one thing: You need to lose the screen protector on your meter, would make it a lot easier to read.

[terencecottington]

Nice job. Well done. Love your videos. :)

[ecdsxxiecdsxxi]

Unbelievable, thanks, thanks, great job. Wow!!!

[mrbjeji]

Thank you so mutch i have to tray nathing to loss becose when i went to the work shop they told me i need to reples brake postar

[claudiokusho]

Hello when i check the normaly closed when i donnt push on the brake OL in multimeter
When i push i have value in multimeter
But normaly open its always OL what i need to do?

[DrivingPOVz]

Another nice video!
From where you get these diagrams on paper?
It will be great if you put a link or the name of the program you using to get these diagrams in future! :)

Keep it rolling! :)

[fatihemre]

I have an idea. Is it possible to connect BAS A7/7s1 cable numbers (NO:1, NC:2, common:5) TO brake pedal light switch inside cabin?

[a.k]

Is it also the back tires responsible?

[povilaszizliauskas]

Hi Louis, great video as always, but with all respect may I have few comments: 1. Messing around with all the car fluids on your driveway is not a good thing, so please use some cardboard or similar wherever those could get spilled before authorities come after you 😉; 2. Another environmental point is you jumpstarting/charging the cars from your van or idling-you and your family are breathing exhausts-please use dedicated charger; and 3. I still hope to be able to support you while buying my own ms908p with your referral code - please provide. And as a suggestion to ease your work - there are tools out there that help trasing wires/finding breakage - consider using one 😜. Good luck and keep on rollin'!