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I just got back from a seven month deployment and on the second day back i started to drive my 2008 Corvette. I was going around an off ramp around 30-40mph when the brakes seemed to apply and let off and the active handling light periodically came on. This problem has progressively got worse the past few days to the point where I have a great amount of play in my steering wheel. What i mean by that is when i go to turn the steering wheel, it isn't direct and if i jerk it quickly to go around a turn the active handling light will come on and go off (it not comes on and off even when i slightly turn almost every time). The steering wheel also has play even when the car is off (about an 1/8th of a turn play)
Ive looked this problem up on other threads and found similar problems relating to the service active handling and traction control but non seem to say anything about the steering wheel play.
I like most people want to avoid spending an arm and leg at the dealership so if there is any ideas to this problem please help me out!!
Last edited by Jacob Cole; Jul 10, 2014 at 01:42 AM.
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If the car sat for seven months, un-used, you might need to drive it upwards of sixty miles to give all the sensors time to take readings, adjust themselves, and collect new data. Was the battery disconnected for this period, if so, take it for a long drive. Same principle applies when you change a bad/dead battery.
It does sound like the steering wheel position sensor may be having issues. Does the car track straight with no hands both in accelleration and braking? Does the car track straight when the steering wheel is centered? If the answer is no, you may need an adjustment on the steering.
As for the play, check you steering fluid. Is it full? Start the car, while stopped, turn the wheel hard left then right (all the way until it stops) a couple of times to exercise the hydrulics and ensure the system is full.
If the car sat for seven months, un-used, you might need to drive it upwards of sixty miles to give all the sensors time to take readings, adjust themselves, and collect new data. Was the battery disconnected for this period, if so, take it for a long drive. Same principle applies when you change a bad/dead battery.
It does sound like the steering wheel position sensor may be having issues. Does the car track straight with no hands both in accelleration and braking? Does the car track straight when the steering wheel is centered? If the answer is no, you may need an adjustment on the steering.
As for the play, check you steering fluid. Is it full? Start the car, while stopped, turn the wheel hard left then right (all the way until it stops) a couple of times to exercise the hydrulics and ensure the system is full.
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I did give a fellow corvette owner power of attorney so he could drive it occasionally but not too much. i have an appointment for an oil change tomorrow, so ill ask them to check the codes.
The steering wheel does not track straight when driving straight. When i make a left turn and center back straight, the steering wheel is slightly to the left and vise versa for turning right.
Thanks so much for the tips and ill be sure to check them all out, but for now ill be driving my gf mustangs
This happened to me on the track. Going down the front straight at Nashville International Speedway. I was going over 150 mph and was about to turn into the infield when the car started dinging. I briefly glanced at the console, it said service active handling soon and I completely lost control. Hit the wall at about 140. Totally destroy my C5 Z06.
If going to run a Vet on high speed track, need to run active handling in comp mode at least.
Running it in street mode (all nannies on), has the active handling/yaw sensor reading to sensitive, and will kick in AH to try to keep the car straight, when your putting the car into a corner at higher G rate. Hell, the amount of times I have see newbies try to run a hot lap with all nannies on in the vets, end up with car not turning into a corner/off track since AH has kicked in to not allow the car to turn but to try to straighten back out going forward only, way, way too many times.
If you are really pushing the car, do have the talent to skate the car and keep it in check, then screw comp mode, and just run the car in all nannies off, where the only thing left on is abs. With comp mode, AH will still kick in if back end gets too far out, while in all off mode, back end is free to come around on you without anything trying to save you/get the car straight going forward again.
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