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Does anyone know where to get a new steering position sensor for a 99 C5? GM discontinued them a little while ago and all I can find is used ones for crazy high prices. The problem with the used ones also is you don't what position the wheel was in when it was removed so they are usually not worth the trouble.
Does anyone know where to get a new steering position sensor for a 99 C5? GM discontinued them a little while ago and all I can find is used ones for crazy high prices. The problem with the used ones also is you don't what position the wheel was in when it was removed so they are usually not worth the trouble.
Unless you happen to find a new OEM unit sitting on a parts self forgotten your chance are slim to none.
I recall a few years ago seeing one advertised as brand new and the seller was asking $1k for it
Does anyone know where to get a new steering position sensor for a 99 C5? GM discontinued them a little while ago and all I can find is used ones for crazy high prices. The problem with the used ones also is you don't what position the wheel was in when it was removed so they are usually not worth the trouble.
Do a Google search on the part number. The same part was used in other GM cars including Cadillacs. You can probably buy the whole column for less that a NOS part, if you can find one. They are more plentiful than you might think.
Do a Google search on the part number. The same part was used in other GM cars including Cadillacs. You can probably buy the whole column for less that a NOS part, if you can find one. They are more plentiful than you might think.
OEM part number:26058286
This is a sensor for Chevrolet cars. This sensor fits 1 General Motors car models which have been manufactured for US market since 1999 till 2000. This part is genuine General Motors part with GM OEM part number 26058286 and belongs to group #06.522.
Does anyone know where to get a new steering position sensor for a 99 C5? GM discontinued them a little while ago and all I can find is used ones for crazy high prices. The problem with the used ones also is you don't what position the wheel was in when it was removed so they are usually not worth the trouble.
We have been selling 99-00 SWPS used for 7 years. They work perfect, same as installing a new one (which are no longer available)
On the mid year 98 through 2000 the Active Handling was an option and not a feature as it was on the 2001 - 2004. If the early year car has AH then if the SWPS fails the anti lock brake function is disabled, and the AH and TCS lights are illuminated on the dash. Both AH and TCS require the anti lock brake function to be able to do their job. The car still has normal braking so it will stop just not anti lock braking. If the car does NOT have AH then the SWPS is primarily used to control the Magna Steer function. When the SWPS fails then magna steer does not function correctly and at higher speed the steering may feel loose. The anti lock feature continues to work on a non AH 98 - 2000 when the SWPS fails.
The loss of the SWPS on the 2001 - 2004 cars has the same effect except that the SWPS is currently still available as a new part. All 2001 - 2004 have AH as a built in feature.
In answer to your specific question, it depends on whether a used replacement part is available at a price the owner can/is willing to pay. Car is still driveable and there are many out there with failed SWPS still being driven.
Has anyone ever came up with why they go bad? I have all grounds refreshed and keep my battery on a tender hoping it will keep on this crap on a 99 from going bad.
GM replacement part is under $100 and aftermarket replacement (Dorman) is around $60.
That wooshing sound you might have just heard was me exhaling with relief knowing mine are reasonable. I just helped a friend change the steering colum in a 88 Silvarado, it has one. I didn't even know they had anti-lock brakes then and I still don't but it does have the steering wheel sensor on it because we had to switch them from one colum to the other.
Thanks again
After seeing the picture again I don't think what we were dealing with is a SWPS but it did have a protrusion on it that fit in a slot in the steeing shaft. But I'm still relieved.
Last edited by Rabbitman; Feb 25, 2017 at 08:35 PM.
Has anyone ever came up with why they go bad? I have all grounds refreshed and keep my battery on a tender hoping it will keep on this crap on a 99 from going bad.
Is there any way to cut one open with an exacto knife to possibly repair it in someway? Man that's a hell of a price for a thing like that
Is there any way to cut one open with an exacto knife to possibly repair it in someway? Man that's a hell of a price for a thing like that
I don't understand how something created with technology created 20 years ago cant be reproduced with modern technology today. Its like why cant my tape deck be repaired with mp3 technology. Such Bullshit how they rip us off with used parts or make us by the newest car
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Originally Posted by 8VETTE7
On the mid year 98 through 2000 the Active Handling was an option and not a feature as it was on the 2001 - 2004. If the early year car has AH then if the SWPS fails the anti lock brake function is disabled, and the AH and TCS lights are illuminated on the dash. Both AH and TCS require the anti lock brake function to be able to do their job. The car still has normal braking so it will stop just not anti lock braking. If the car does NOT have AH then the SWPS is primarily used to control the Magna Steer function. When the SWPS fails then magna steer does not function correctly and at higher speed the steering may feel loose. The anti lock feature continues to work on a non AH 98 - 2000 when the SWPS fails.
The loss of the SWPS on the 2001 - 2004 cars has the same effect except that the SWPS is currently still available as a new part. All 2001 - 2004 have AH as a built in feature.
In answer to your specific question, it depends on whether a used replacement part is available at a price the owner can/is willing to pay. Car is still driveable and there are many out there with failed SWPS still being driven.
I have compared the 99 Cadillac Seville SteeringWheel sensor
with the 99/00 steeringwheel sensor connector pinout and to me the seems to be very similar.
They also seems to generate same signals to the EBCTM , Phase A and B plus analog output . Bought my self a new spare for 75USD on ebay today .
Steering position sensor
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