Active Handling Question
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The Tensioner craped out on me and left me stranded 5 miles from my house, could not find a rollback that would pick me up, so I got the four wheel drive and tow rope and pulled it home, taking it easy and only 5 turns, everything seemed to be fine... While I was waiting on the new tensioner to come in I disconnected the battery... Put the new Tensioner on, started it up and backed out of the drive, approached a stop sign, made a left turn brakes started grabbing active handling comes on... The car drives fine after this, reset the code but the red light stays (car icon) on... It will only do this when the car is shut off and then start up and drive, just as soon as I make a turn Left or Right it will do this... Any Ideas?
After this happend I disconnected the battery over night, next day same thing...
After this happend I disconnected the battery over night, next day same thing...
Last edited by VETTerman1; May 21, 2006 at 06:00 PM.
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Originally Posted by VETTerman1
The Tensioner craped out on me and left me stranded 5 miles from my house, could not find a rollback that would pick me up, so I got the four wheel drive and tow rope and pulled it home, taking it easy and only 5 turns, everything seemed to be fine... While I was waiting on the new tensioner to come in I disconnected the battery... Put the new Tensioner on, fired it up and and backed out of the drive, approached the stop sign, made a left turn brakes started grabbing active handling comes on... The car drives fine after this, reset the code but the red light stays (car icon) on... It will only do this when the car is shut off and then start up and drive, just as soon as I make a turn Left or Right it will do this... Any Ideas?
May be as simple as a computer glitch. Disconnect the battery again and hope everything resets.
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No battery issues, I also have a 1.5 farad micro processed capacitor installed with the the electrical system, up to 24V out put on demand if needed...No this is something really stupid... I find it hard to believe, never a problem on A/H, never removed, car gets pulled home in neutral key just turned to unlock steering, and now I am having issues like this and I am being told to replace my steering sensor... I'm thinking if the car is off, you should be able to, push: pull: turn the wheel with no voltage be seen...
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Originally Posted by Don Kisamore
Check for (H) stored codes. It sounds like a wheel (bearing) sensor has crapped out.
Low battery charge fluctuations, loose battery cable connections, dirty ECBM connectors, as well as, faulty wheel bearings and speed sensors are common culprits to AH/TC issues. Also, re-check the DIC for specific codes to help you narrow the cause down. And, lastly, when it finally comes down to very consistent Service Active Handling prompts (that continue to come back after you manually reset the trouble code prompt on the DIC): Yet, another very common cause is a faulty Steering Sensor (located at the base of the C5 steering column). Hang in there. 
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