Well my friends, someone here no longer sees the VDC OFF and SLIP ON lights after ignition. Steering angle sensor is now replaced successfully!
Here's the sensor box from factory. it cost somewhere between 2~300.
One one side we can see theres the port for an interface wire, which probably connects to power + central computer unit of the car, feeding information to the VDC unit like steering rate of turn, direction, etc.
The whole installation can be done by one person in around 45 minutes. Unfortunately, couldn't stick around to take pictures of the installation, but what can you do, can't have it all I suppose.
The good news is ... right after the install was done, and the sensor reprogrammed with the centered steering wheel (same idea as zeroing a weighted scale), the problem was solved.
Now after ignition and wheel turn, the VDC startup sequence no longer detects an error from the wheel angle sensor and it no longer shuts down the VDC /ABS.
The mechanic did mention that in some very rare cases if the problem still persisted, it might be because the wheel was misaligned and therefore the wheel alignment would be necessary. Clearly not required in this case. But still sharing that tidbit in case it helps you.
I found this whole experience very interesting although slightly costly, if you have any questions let me know Id be happy to help if i can.
Time to take some highway ramps at high speed :-)
Here's the sensor box from factory. it cost somewhere between 2~300.
Opening the box, we find the sensor part. As you can see, it pretty much aligns with the steering portion, indicating that the steering wheel has to be removed in order to install this piece
One one side we can see theres the port for an interface wire, which probably connects to power + central computer unit of the car, feeding information to the VDC unit like steering rate of turn, direction, etc.
The whole installation can be done by one person in around 45 minutes. Unfortunately, couldn't stick around to take pictures of the installation, but what can you do, can't have it all I suppose.
The good news is ... right after the install was done, and the sensor reprogrammed with the centered steering wheel (same idea as zeroing a weighted scale), the problem was solved.
Now after ignition and wheel turn, the VDC startup sequence no longer detects an error from the wheel angle sensor and it no longer shuts down the VDC /ABS.
The mechanic did mention that in some very rare cases if the problem still persisted, it might be because the wheel was misaligned and therefore the wheel alignment would be necessary. Clearly not required in this case. But still sharing that tidbit in case it helps you.
I found this whole experience very interesting although slightly costly, if you have any questions let me know Id be happy to help if i can.
Time to take some highway ramps at high speed :-)
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