JayJeep'07

I have 35" tires on 3" Rough Country lift. My ESP starts breaking my front wheels at relatively low speeds around turns (jug handles) on and off the highway. Any clues for a newbie to Jeeps and Lifted 4x4's. this is my first jeep.

drivingfool

probably need your speedo reprogrammed to accomodate 35" tires. I have an AEV procal, I think it lists for 150 and it'll do the speedo and more. I could be wrong about the speedo causing the esp braking, but that's what it smells like to me.

ronjenx

The lift will displace your steering wheel a little. If you haven't brought it back to center, that could be your issue. The computer is thinking you are entering a skid.

edit to add:
Like said above, you should consider getting a programmer to dial in the tire size for the speedometer, and the automatic transmission, if that's what you have. It will also help you center the steering wheel if it can read the steering wheel position sensor.

JnT

Steering wheel is most likely not centered. Re-center and see if that fixes it. Other option is to do like chrysler recomends and disable the esp system as per the manual.

sa29560

First step is going to be heading over to project-jk.com and checking out a DIY alignment on your JK.

Center the steering wheel, get your front axle centered and get your toe set. If you continue to have issues I would bring your JK to a 4x4 shop, they will be able to give you a whole print out on the specs of where your ride may need a little help. From there you will be able to see what parts need to be upgraded to adjustable or whether your caster/ camber could be causing an issue with your handling.

I used to have the same issue. Centered the steering wheel, haven't had it since, took five minutes to fix

Wranglin07x

Mine used to kick on all the time when i ran the tires at 32+ psi... now that i run 21 psi, it never kicks on.. or maybe i turned it off with my AEV procal without knowing?

c17loadmaster

Steering wheel center. I had that problem and centering the steering fixed it

nautique210

I have a rc 3.5 lift. I had the ESP problem also. Even tho the lift came with LCA's I found that even with my steering wheel centered I didn't have enough caster. So I bought rc adj LCA's and that fixed the issue.

rubijoe1

I have rough countrys 3.5 kit and mine would do the same thing around turns, the springs are pretty soft. I endeded up installing aevs control arm drop brackets for other reasons and the problem went away. Im guessing due to the improved handling and no more break dive, body roll, or death wobble. If recentering the steering wheel dont fix it you could try the brackets. Hope this helps.

EasyE

centering the wheel has allowed me to keep higher pressure in my tires and the esp issue on corners is gone...