I own a 2003 Volkswagen Touran with 93,000 miles on the clock. The ESP lights have come on and also the engine still runs after taking out the key. I have read lots about the ESP failure on this forum ...
The occur where the car has a combined STE Teves Mk 60 ABS/ESP module. I haven't heard of problems with post 2007 cards, but that might be because they are all fixed under warranty without question.