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Old Jan 9, 2014 | 03:37 PM
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Hopefully someone else has had this problem to, but when I'm driving my brakes will randomly jolt (probably not the right word for that), and then a service message comes up and says "Active Handling", sometimes even when I'm not even pressing on the brakes but usually when I'm braking.

Another problem I have is when I'm also driving a "Service Active Handling" message shows up and then the traction control light lights up. But, when I turn the car off and get back in its gone.

Some please help, I have no idea what to do or what the problem could be.
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Old Jan 9, 2014 | 03:57 PM
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Check your codes. It sounds like the classic Steering Wheel Position Sensor failure. (i.e. P1287)

this link will show you how to do it.
http://www.c5forum.com/ayc/dtcdic.php

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Old Jan 9, 2014 | 05:34 PM
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I have the exact same issue. I was going to pull the codes today but ran out of time, I'll subscribe to this thread and post how I fix mine as well.
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This is after a day of driving and sitting in the garage turned off. I erased them all and will see what new ones pop up and check the codes while the car is still running.

10-PCM ----- P1416 C ----- AIR Bank 2 (Didn't throw a check engine light)
28-TCS ----- C1287 H ----- Steering Sensor (Probably the culprit for this thread)
A0-LDCM ----- B2282/84/U1016 H ----- Battery Voltage out of range. (Changed my battery recently.)
A1-RDCM ----- B2283/85/B2265/U1016 H -----Battery
B0-RFA ----- C2110 H ----- Right Rear TPM ----- Just got 4 new tires all-round.


Like I said, I deleted these. The only ones I expect back are the P1416 and the C1287. I bet the OP has C1287 as well. Let us know OP! I'm going to price out a steering position sensor.
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Old Jan 9, 2014 | 06:15 PM
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2002 Part at Autozone:

http://www.autozone.com/autozone/par...er=904618_0_0_

If you ship it to your house you get a $25 AutoZone GC right now.

Looks like a lot of work to get in there and change this out.

Here is how to check the sensor, from Bill himself!


Originally Posted by Bill C
The sensor inside the drivers foot well at the base of the steering column and has FOUR wires:

There connected to pins 1, 2, 5 & 6 on the sensor.

Pin 1 is GRY and it will have a 5 VDC (4.9) reference sig from the EBCM. It also feeds the YAW rate sensor and the lateral rate sensor. i would also check for the voltage there. It is also a GRY wire.

Pin 2 is ORN/BLK and it will have a LOW REFF (sensor ground) Sig. It also goes to the YAW and lateral sensors as the same color wires.

Pin 5 is the Steering wheel position sensor signal phase A. It goes directly to the EBCM Lite green wire

Pin 6 is the Steering wheel position sensor signal phase B. It goes directly to the EBCM Lite Blue wire


If you disconnect the sensor plug, you should read (if i read the procedure correctly) .2 VDC on pin 5 & 6

Read the 5 VDC ref voltage to the Low reff pin 2, orange/blk wire should see 5 VDC. if you measure the low reff pin to ground it should not read any higher than 5 ohms.


If it were me,, I would hook up a jumper wire to pin #1 0n the sensor and when the steering wheel is straight, you should see The same output on pins 5 & 6. As you turn the wheel all the way right and left, you should see one pins voltage smoothly increase while the other one smoothly decreases.

Hope this helps.

BC

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