Steering rack failure A3 8p

[Avant1]

Guys the electric steering / steering assist has stopped on my wife’s A3 8p 2006

Scans says the steering angle sensor isn’t communicating . Got another one eBay (g85) same fault
Do you need the ecu pin off the doner car ? Don’t have it
Is this going to cost a fortune are we better off looking for another car ?

Really need advice

 

[Boydie]

I had my rack replaced on my 8P S3, you can part exchange them or get them reconditioned but I think at the time to part ex with a new one, including fitting was the guts of £1000

 

[pobmk4]

IF the g85 is faulty, then it just a case of remove and replace. Basic settings etc may also need to be carried out.

 

[alan_c]

I had an issue with the G85 Steering angle sensor on my old Mk5 Golf. Yellow steering wheel light on the dash and was getting a 00778 error on the VCDS scan. Turned out it was the rear ABS sensors causing the issue.

I found the details in this link really useful for helping me get it sorted.

www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,111188.0.html

 

[Simon998]

Try not to replace it with a refurb rack from ECP or the likes. We swapped a faulty VW one out for the dearer ECP one and after it was fitted it was worse than the faulty VW one.

 

[Avant1]

Forgot to mention the red steering wheel on the dash

 

[Avant1]

Forgot to mention the red steering wheel on the dash

Just to confirm the G85 is under the steering wheel ?

 

[southsky sunrise]

Just in for braking here

 

[pobmk4]

Just in for braking here View attachment 236635

That's an 8L, if your red light is on be careful that it's not a fault within the controller on the rack. But yes on most of them the g85 is behind the wheel, some generations of them had a sensor which was in the rack itself.

 

[Avant1]

Just in for braking here View attachment 236635

wtf is going on with the front bumper

 

[southsky sunrise]

wtf is going on with the front bumper

Had to “adjust” it at the other side to get at the goodies since I wasn’t a fan of the bumper either

 

[Avant1]

Ok after a bit of investigation and a realisation as to where the problem may have started I have a confession .. about 2 weeks ago I bottomed the car out on one of the speed bumps at J1 needles to say that’s where it must have started and needless to say it’s come back to bite .

 

[Avant1]

The damage