Originally Posted by macjville
How new is your battery? My understanding is that the XF will "wig out" just before the battery goes out. The battery could be pulling the voltage too low when the car is idling and causing the failures.
Thanks for the input, but the battery is less than 3 months old.
Originally Posted by patpur
I don't think this one has anything to do with the battery. Mine did the same two winters ago, same situation. I reset it with the wheel turn method and it didn't reset right away. It took several hours. My battery was/is fine. My issue BoilerUp was the same. Pulled out of the parking lot at lunch. Car caught some ice and rear spun a bit. BAS/ESP light/ABS light came on and the spoiler went up. Felt stupid sitting in the bank drivethrough with the spoiler up! Spoiler would not go down even manually unless I shut the car off and then restarted it and put it down manually. Came back to the office and called the dealership set up appointment, went out after work and everything was fine? I wish I had an explanation for you, cancelled my trip to the dealership. I know a low battery can cause the ESP/BAS light to come on but I don't think that's the case here. I have an 05 LTD.
Pat, I am sure glad you chimed in, it was you I was able to find with the same symptoms in an older thread, I just did not want to call you out LOL. I am leaving for Florida for 8 days and am thinking I am going to let it sit and hope for the best. I am not getting any adverse affects from the lights, no grinding or anything, just annoying lights.
The first thing I did was the full steering wheel calibration with no affect, I guess I am going to wait a few more days and see what happens.
Thanks!