well after some more "testing" tonight I found the issue....it was the transmitter itself. Last week it got knocked off my pit table and hit the dirt. Apparently that was enough to mess it up. I was running a car tonight trying to find out what it was and finally decided it had to be the radio....tapped the transmitter with my hand and the car took off. Prior to this the car had almost no brakes and after letting off the throttle it would keep rolling...along with going when I turned left. Anyway, after the "tap" I reset the esc and presto, everything works right again. So there ya go, mystery solved. Thought I would post in case someone else comes across the issue. I'm going to go try and get rid of my headache now....