E60 Active Steering issue
01-19-2011, 09:48 PM
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Where are you based? Was the purely for your territory?
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06-13-2017, 09:23 PM
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Greetings,
Are there any forum members who are actually BMW techs with experience with the steering misalignment/szl/active steering issue.
5years later, 2 replacement szls, the issue still has never been resolved.
I really really need assistance. In my country there aren't competent BMW service people.
Not even the dealer.
Please let me know
Are there any forum members who are actually BMW techs with experience with the steering misalignment/szl/active steering issue.
5years later, 2 replacement szls, the issue still has never been resolved.
I really really need assistance. In my country there aren't competent BMW service people.
Not even the dealer.
Please let me know
06-20-2017, 11:08 AM
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I'm not a tech by any means, but did have an active steering issue last summer. I had intermittent active steering light, would reset it, would happen again, reset it again, repeat, then the light just stayed on...my steering wheel was pinned at the 1 o'clock position and power steering was gone. I thought it was the brushes or clock or steering angle sensor, took the steering wheel apart, inspected everything and put it back together. Brought it to my dealer and they couldn't connect to the active steering control module. They said I needed a new module and quoted me $1750 for parts, labor, programming. I told them I would source the part somewhere else and install it and bring it back to them for programming. My dealership is completely cool with doing this. I got a new one from BMW of Atlanta for $900, installed it (there was sticky, spilled soda, and dampness under the carpet where the old unit was), took it to my dealer and they programmed it for $250. Been working great since last year.
2005 545i
Good luck!
2005 545i
Good luck!
06-21-2017, 02:44 AM
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Just to ad my experience with SZL and adaptive steering.
Always been getting sporadic adaptive steering faults in the system and usually they are just glitches that do not cause any problem, I just hookup my laptop and run INPA to clear them. Adaptive steering stops working for no apparent reasons and then works ok again after car has gone to,sleep. Recently took my car for a wheel alignment to my local dealer and was told they were unable to get a response from my module for the final part to finish the alignment is to reset the adaptive steering. I told them to skip it and would,try to do it. (had done this myself before two yrs ago when alignment was done by another shop that did not have the equipment) and if I could not get it done I would come back for them to fix it.
Had no problem at home to have my laptop and INPA talk to my SZL so my opinion is that don't let dealer get $$$$ from you easily because they always want to sell you new modules.
Also if your only problem is that steering wheel is not at the 12 o'clock position you can get INPA /DIS on your laptop and line up the steering wheel yourself easily.
Always been getting sporadic adaptive steering faults in the system and usually they are just glitches that do not cause any problem, I just hookup my laptop and run INPA to clear them. Adaptive steering stops working for no apparent reasons and then works ok again after car has gone to,sleep. Recently took my car for a wheel alignment to my local dealer and was told they were unable to get a response from my module for the final part to finish the alignment is to reset the adaptive steering. I told them to skip it and would,try to do it. (had done this myself before two yrs ago when alignment was done by another shop that did not have the equipment) and if I could not get it done I would come back for them to fix it.
Had no problem at home to have my laptop and INPA talk to my SZL so my opinion is that don't let dealer get $$$$ from you easily because they always want to sell you new modules.
Also if your only problem is that steering wheel is not at the 12 o'clock position you can get INPA /DIS on your laptop and line up the steering wheel yourself easily.
06-21-2017, 04:29 PM
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Sorry I was not complete/correct above, you need DIS to do the reset or steering sensor alignment to get the wheel to the 12 o'clock position, but that is speaking for my version of INPA, there are YouTube videos out there doing it with INPA
Check out this video on YouTube:
Check out this video on YouTube:
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06-21-2017, 08:38 PM
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I'm not a tech by any means, but did have an active steering issue last summer. I had intermittent active steering light, would reset it, would happen again, reset it again, repeat, then the light just stayed on...my steering wheel was pinned at the 1 o'clock position and power steering was gone. I thought it was the brushes or clock or steering angle sensor, took the steering wheel apart, inspected everything and put it back together. Brought it to my dealer and they couldn't connect to the active steering control module. They said I needed a new module and quoted me $1750 for parts, labor, programming. I told them I would source the part somewhere else and install it and bring it back to them for programming. My dealership is completely cool with doing this. I got a new one from BMW of Atlanta for $900, installed it (there was sticky, spilled soda, and dampness under the carpet where the old unit was), took it to my dealer and they programmed it for $250. Been working great since last year.
2005 545i
Good luck!
2005 545i
Good luck!
How did they assess that the active steering module was the problem?
Where is it actually located? These idiots here have had me buy 2 separate szl sensors.
My station alignment varies. Sometimes 1 o clock, sometimes 11, and it actually can change if I park up and start driving again.
I am losing my mind.
06-21-2017, 08:44 PM
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Just to ad my experience with SZL and adaptive steering.
Always been getting sporadic adaptive steering faults in the system and usually they are just glitches that do not cause any problem, I just hookup my laptop and run INPA to clear them. Adaptive steering stops working for no apparent reasons and then works ok again after car has gone to,sleep. Recently took my car for a wheel alignment to my local dealer and was told they were unable to get a response from my module for the final part to finish the alignment is to reset the adaptive steering. I told them to skip it and would,try to do it. (had done this myself before two yrs ago when alignment was done by another shop that did not have the equipment) and if I could not get it done I would come back for them to fix it.
Had no problem at home to have my laptop and INPA talk to my SZL so my opinion is that don't let dealer get $$$$ from you easily because they always want to sell you new modules.
Also if your only problem is that steering wheel is not at the 12 o'clock position you can get INPA /DIS on your laptop and line up the steering wheel yourself easily.
Always been getting sporadic adaptive steering faults in the system and usually they are just glitches that do not cause any problem, I just hookup my laptop and run INPA to clear them. Adaptive steering stops working for no apparent reasons and then works ok again after car has gone to,sleep. Recently took my car for a wheel alignment to my local dealer and was told they were unable to get a response from my module for the final part to finish the alignment is to reset the adaptive steering. I told them to skip it and would,try to do it. (had done this myself before two yrs ago when alignment was done by another shop that did not have the equipment) and if I could not get it done I would come back for them to fix it.
Had no problem at home to have my laptop and INPA talk to my SZL so my opinion is that don't let dealer get $$$$ from you easily because they always want to sell you new modules.
Also if your only problem is that steering wheel is not at the 12 o'clock position you can get INPA /DIS on your laptop and line up the steering wheel yourself easily.
Hi,
I have no INPA experience at all. Someone tried to sort error for me remotely using my laptop and team viewer. They were unable to. They had me moving the steering at incremental angles, but it wouldn't register and the error wouldn't come off.
Do you have any suggestions? I am non technical so I would love to be able to tell my mechanic some things to check and try.
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.