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tobyrm1



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United Kingdom 2015 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 SW Santorini Black
Steering Angle Sensor
Hi,

I’ve got a 2015 defender and it seems like the steering angle sensor is out of calibration when the steering is straight ahead I get a reading of 50 degrees and I think this is resulting in the feeling of slight traction control coming on when going over speed bumps.

I have a Hawkeye diagnostic that won’t calibrate the sensor back to 0 degrees. Can anybody tell me which of the diagnostic tools will recalibrate it or whether there is another way of doing it?

Thanks
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Nevillerover



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Steering angle sensor, what is that?
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LandRoverAnorak



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It's part of the dynamic stability control system fitted to the last year of production vehicles.

Sorry, can't help with the query. It may be worth asking the makers of the IID Tool as that's a very comprehensive diagnostic tool. Darren

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stew 46



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Mine broke on my D3 many years ago and couldn’t drive as it kept putting the breaks on , had to reset it and glue it with apoxie glue , excuse my spelling Whistle , the IID tool can calibrate it I think .
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Martin
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Yes IID has the routine



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jst



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 2011 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 USW Stornoway Grey
I have a dsc light that comes on the dash intermittently.

Fault codes show.ln below.

It comes on after steering input rather than abs or tc activation.

Would the osf wheel sensor cause dsc light or would that be more likely to trigger the abs/tc lights.

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has recently had a new ignition barrel fitted.

Any advice? Cheers

James
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andy63



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I think the abs system is tied in with and reacts to input from the steering angle and yaw rate sensor..
All part of traction controll, dynamic stability controll
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Martin
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Have you cleared the DTCs and see which come up when you get the lamp on?

Or have you done that and you get all of those?  1988 90 Td5 NAS soft top
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jst



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These were showing first off and cleared them.

Waiting to read again.

Does dsc element need calibration if it is at fault? Cheers

James
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Post #1057733 18th Jan 2025 11:55am
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andy63



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Dsc is just the term used to describe the interaction and responses of the abs, yaw rate and steering angle sensor.. it's not a specific unit or controller that can be calibrated as far as I know..
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Ianh



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When you had the ignition barrel changed did they remove the steering wheel ? I’m assuming they did.
If they did and inadvertently moved the steering angle sensor on the steering column then it will be out of calibration and need recalibrating with an appropriate tool such as the GAP IDTool. I’m pretty sure a Nanocom can’t do it.
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jst



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Cheers.

Error returned fault read again,

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Cleared, steering angle sensor calibrated. Will see what it does next.

Yes I presume steering wheel removed when ignition changed. It's been driven for a week since that work was done.

It's a mate truck not mine. Cheers

James
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Post #1057769 18th Jan 2025 6:59pm
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Oldowner



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Ianh wrote:
When you had the ignition barrel changed did they remove the steering wheel ? I’m assuming they did.
If they did and inadvertently moved the steering angle sensor on the steering column then it will be out of calibration and need recalibrating with an appropriate tool such as the GAP IDTool. I’m pretty sure a Nanocom can’t do it.


Nanocom can do it, I’ve used it a couple of times, it’s hidden away somewhere that I can’t remember off hand.
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Ianh



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I read somewhere that the Nanocom can display the readings from the sensor. Therefore you can use those readings to manually set up the steering angle sensor correctly. However it’s not a dedicated recalibration process built into the tool and therefore more difficult and time consuming to utilise.
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jst



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I have done it off an Auetl. Recalibration is an option and it also gives live data feedback on sensor, presumably the only way to use the latternis by rotating the sensor so it reads zero/mid value straight ahead? Cheers

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