Steering Angle Sensor (G85) After Brake Work

[gilber33]

So I finally wrapped up several things on the car and when I reconnected the battery and turned it on for the first time in about a month, I had the dash light on for the steering angle sensor and ran vcds to see it is code G85.

The work I did to the car consisted of replacing the brake booster, brake master cylinder, front rotors/calipers, and new coilpacks with coilpack replacement harness. The car sat for about a month, probably close to 3 weeks with the battery disconnected. When I reconnected the battery it was pretty low and wasn't enough to crank the car over (however, the light was on as soon as I reconnected the battery). I charged the battery, car started up, light was still there. Ran VCDS and cleared all the codes, however, this one comes back right away.

I don't see how I could have even remotely gotten close to damaging the sensor since it's up in the steering wheel.

Could it be as simple as with the car up on jacks and the battery dying that I need to run the steering angle sensor adaptation?

Thanks

Gabe

[jpulll]

the one time this happened to me, the fix was driving it 500 ft.


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[gilber33]

Oh really? Well, cross my fingers that does it

[jpulll]

yeah i can't remember what i was doing whether it was brake work or control arm work but similar circumstances. trying to clear codes, that one doesn't clear. i drive the car to make sure the steering is OK, come back with no code...things that make you say hmmm.


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[texasboy21]

Like mentioned above take the car around the block and turn the wheel lock to lock. If the code doesnt clear you will need to realign the sensor via VagCom.