Steering wheel angle sensor?

asiflicious · 10-19-2018, 08:49 PM

Hey guys, I've been running into this issue the last couple times I've done donuts. After finishing the donut, the brake light and DSC lights come on in amber. DSC remains turned off. I'm assuming it's the steering wheel angle sensor needing to be recalibrated. That's fixed it both times but I'm just wondering why it's coming in the first place. It didn't happen any of the other times I've played around with the diff

chris_flies · 10-19-2018, 10:00 PM

When I ran my car up to speed on jackstands to find a noise (3 months later determined it was a wheel bearing) the same thing happened. I got ABS and DSC lights, and the car wasn't happy. I reset the codes in Carly, and all was well again. I think the car may be thinking that you have a bad wheel speed sensor due to a consistent difference in readings front to rear when "playing around with the diff"

That wouldn't explain why recalibrating the steering angle sensor fixes it, though...

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asiflicious Captain 691 Rep 968 Posts Drives: 2018 M2 Join Date: Aug 2017 Location: Winchester, CA iTrader: (0) Garage List 2018 BMW M2 [10.00]	Steering wheel angle sensor? Hey guys, I've been running into this issue the last couple times I've done donuts. After finishing the donut, the brake light and DSC lights come on in amber. DSC remains turned off. I'm assuming it's the steering wheel angle sensor needing to be recalibrated. That's fixed it both times but I'm just wondering why it's coming in the first place. It didn't happen any of the other times I've played around with the diff
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chris_flies Sideways and Smiling 3027 Rep 2,860 Posts Drives: In Exuberance Join Date: Mar 2017 Location: Rosamond, CA USA iTrader: (0) Garage List 2012 BMW E91 328i [0.00]	When I ran my car up to speed on jackstands to find a noise (3 months later determined it was a wheel bearing) the same thing happened. I got ABS and DSC lights, and the car wasn't happy. I reset the codes in Carly, and all was well again. I think the car may be thinking that you have a bad wheel speed sensor due to a consistent difference in readings front to rear when "playing around with the diff" That wouldn't explain why recalibrating the steering angle sensor fixes it, though... __________________ 2012 BMW 328i 6-Speed Wagon \| Deep Sea Blue with Grey Dakota Leather \| Manual Swap, 330i Intake + Tune, 3.15 Helical LSD, Öhlins R&T (SOLD) 2009 BMW 128i 6-Speed Coupé \| Monaco Blue with Black Sensatec \| chris_flies' 128i thread
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