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Old 05-14-2008, 01:10 PM
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the proper answer is start car , turn wheel all the left , then all the way right and all the way to the left again and they should reset !!

or now that i think about it it maybe rt then left try both combo's , one will def work , i've done it myself !!
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Old 05-14-2008, 01:54 PM
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Its the steering sensor. i have the exact same problem. I had my pads, rotors replaced and then the error lights came on. The shop diagnosed it as the steering sensor...
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Lights still on

My brake and ABS lights are yellow. I did notice the red lights went off. I did not know about the steering wheel sensor. Did you have yours replaced? I still have the darn "Self Leveling suspension light" on. I did have to have my vehicle jumped about a month ago. I thought maybe that caused the problems. THis is very frustrating. 78K miles, I know have clunking in the front. From theis forumn, it might be stabilizer sway bar links or Control Arms. What next.
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My brake and ABS lights are yellow. I did notice the red lights went off. I did not know about the steering wheel sensor. Did you have yours replaced? I still have the darn "Self Leveling suspension light" on. I did have to have my vehicle jumped about a month ago. I thought maybe that caused the problems. THis is very frustrating. 78K miles, I know have clunking in the front. From theis forumn, it might be stabilizer sway bar links or Control Arms. What next.
I had the same thing ... it's the ABS sensor (wheel rotation sensor). If you have a code reader it will tell you which one it is (mine was in the back). There is a way to test it but I can't remember which is which ... I believe the rear left one will work with the "cruise control" (but check around if it's left or right). If that's not working, there's your problem. If it is working than it is one of the other wheel sensor.
As far as I know, yellow brake light + ABS light means wheel (ABS) sensor. Red brake light means change brake pads.
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I just had that problem today...all three lights came on DSC, ABS, BRAKE lights in yellow)...I did the steering extreme left and then the extreme right, and back to nuetral...the lights went out...thanks guys!!
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I just had that problem today...all three lights came on DSC, ABS, BRAKE lights in yellow)...I did the steering extreme left and then the extreme right, and back to nuetral...the lights went out...thanks guys!!
was the car running or just the key on?
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Old 12-27-2008, 04:15 PM
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was the car running or just the key on?
I had the X5 running and turned the wheels to the left and then the right and then the lights went off.....she's been fine...so far.
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Its the steering sensor. i have the exact same problem. I had my pads, rotors replaced and then the error lights came on. The shop diagnosed it as the steering sensor...
I had the exact same problem too, but after all the monkeying around with various 'fixes' people have devised that DIDN'T work, I decided to get a download done and the code pointed at the steering angle sensor. Got a new one (actually I took a gamble and paid £20 from a scrappy ), fitted it in under 30 mins, then took the car to an indy to get the steering angle sensor talking with the DSC again... 20 mins later and the lights have stayed off ever since.

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Old 05-27-2008, 08:02 PM
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the proper answer is start car , turn wheel all the left , then all the way right and all the way to the left again and they should reset !!
After replacing battery on my 2002 tonight I got the CEL, Brake and ABS lights. This worked for me.

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I am now getting this problem, but ONLY WITH THE A/C ON.

As posted above, is this a "low charging"/battery problem? It literally ONLY happens on decent drives with A/C ON. It has never happened, and still does not happen if the A/C is off. I have the original battery but have never had a problem with cold starts, or starting the car after sitting up to a week. However, now that I think about it, the A/C blower seems to fade in and out at anything over half power.

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Steve

(I was just coming here to start a new topic, but figured I would throw this one to this thread)
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