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If your Volkswagen steering angle sensor is not calibrated, the traction control light and steering wheel warning lights to come on, and in some cases, a warning light may show on the instrument cluster as well.
Active fault codes will be stored in the Steering Assist module if your VW steering angles sensor is not calibrated.
The steering angle sensor on a Volkswagen needs to be calibrated when working on the steering system. If you replace the tie rods, alight the front wheels, replace suspension parts or change your VW battery, you will need to perform steering angle sensor calibration.
There are two ways to perform steering angle sensor calibration on a Volkswagen.
How to reset the VW steering angle sensor without a scan tool.
This procedure will reset the VW steering angle sensor. If your traction control light is on because the steering angle sensor is not calibrated, this procedure will reset the steering angle sensor, and the traction control light should reset.
If the traction control light stays on even after resetting the steering angle sensor, it means an ACTIVE fault code is stored in the Traction Control Module. You will need to read the fault codes from the Traction Control Module with a VW scanner.
Advanced VW scan tools such as VCDS can perform steering angle calibration, reset and relearn. You will need to perform basic settings with the guide function. How to perform VW steering angle calibration.
When using VCDS, you can check the steering wheel's position by opening the Measuring Bocks, go to Basic Setting, then enter 60 under Group and press Go.
This procedure works on many VW models, including Jetta, Passat, Golf, Routan, Tiguan, Bettle, CC, Touareg, EOS, GTI.
Steering angle sensor calibration may fail if there are fault codes stored in the steering assist module.
To successfully carry steering angle sensor calibration, no other active fault codes should exist in module 44 - steering assistance other than No or Incorrect Basic Setting code.
Try clearing the fault codes from the steering assist module and carry out the calibration procedure again.
If there are no fault codes, but the steering angle still fails, the module may be coded incorrectly.
The following fault codes are related to the steering angle sensor and often come up when a system scan is performed.
This guide applies to most Volkswagen vehicles, including Audi and Skoda vehicles.
By YOUCANIC Automotive Experts Published on: Wednesday, July 1, 2020. |