Code ESP_d059 was reported by the “Stability control and ABS (ESP)” controller in the car. The letter “d” in the middle places it among entries of the diagnostic entry type.
The electronic stability program — ESP, ABS, traction control and brake force distribution. These codes show up as warning lights and some assistance systems dropping out. The car still brakes, just without electronic help.
A service record that is not shown to the driver. Only a technician sees it in diagnostics.
This is how the fault is named inside the car's firmware. For codes without a description it is the most precise clue there is — the name itself says what the event is about.
The text below comes from Tesla's technical documentation. We leave it in the original English so that translation cannot shift its meaning.
Lateral Acceleration Sensor: Plausibility against second signal failed. Ays plausibility fault.
The monitoring checks for a physically plausible lateral acceleration signal and consists of the following parts:
Monitoring during validity by building a reference lateral acceleration from all available sensor signals.Steering angle.Yaw rate.Lateral acceleration.Wheel speed sensors.
It is possible to test the lateral acceleration (Ay) signal on plausibility. If during stable vehicle behavior a lateral acceleration failure larger than approximately 2.5m/s� occurs, the vehicle dynamic controller will disregard the sensor information so a false vehicle dynamic intervention is prevented. A fault is recognized after 1.6s during model validity.
When observing, the recognition time depends on the amount of failure. The deviation of the measured signal from the model values is integrated when exceeding the allowed threshold. The shutdown threshold for the fault integral is 10m/s.
Copy it exactly, letter and number included. Photographing the screen is safest — codes often differ by a single digit, and mixing them up leads somewhere else entirely.
Some codes clear after a screen restart or after the car sits locked for a few hours. If the code does not come back, it was usually a one-off glitch.
A one-off entry and a code that appears after every drive are two different things. It helps a service centre enormously if you know exactly when it shows up.
With airbags, brakes, steering and high voltage there is no point waiting it out. With the other groups you can watch and see whether the code returns at all.
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