Originally Posted by NeilT

We've had an Smax with ESP fitted (elec stability program) for a few months now and I was expecting the ESP system to cut in in the event of the wheels losing traction and apply brake/accel as necessary, to regain traction.

However, i've had several instances of the car losing its footing on wet roundabouts /pulling out of juntions etc recently, all without the ESP system cutting in (and I've not been driving it like a demon either!)

So, question is has anyone else got a Ford (focus/fiesta/smax/galaxy) with ESP on it and does it perform any better?

Assuming theres something up with ours as its pretty useless so far, or is ESP useless in general anyway?

Neil