Loughborough
Hi all, i have a bit of a weird thing happening with my steering, i have read the many posts about this but here is my strange predicament.
It started when i went to reverse park (i know this has happened to a few posters here) and once you hit the full lock the yellow steering wheel with exclamation mark appears and all EPS is lost, after re starting it is back to normal however, if i give it some revs it does not happen!
The next time it happened i was at traffic lights, honked my horn hard a couple of times at a friend. Looked down and the same thing as above, no EPS, light on etc.
Then, partially removed the drivers seat, (was doing the airbag light repair as earlier posted) and wedged it into the s/wheel. Next time i drive her the same as above. I know it has something to do with the torque sensor because it throws a fault. But surely if the sensor/steering column needs replacing why does this happen only rarely and only when i have knocked or hit the steering wheel?
Could somebody advise me if the Angle Sensor and the Torque Sensor are at all connected because im thinking that if the angle sensor which i believe is at top of the column takes the strain of the above actions, would it then communicate with the t/sensor thus throwing a fault and loss of EPS. I know from all the post i have read that it is to do with power not getting there or too much. But 98% of the time everything is fine, it wont happen for months then because of the above it will...well.....just happen!
After a restart, the problem goes away and doesn't return until something similar as above happens!
Big thanks for reading. Oh, its an E85 Z4 2.0i if it helps.
It started when i went to reverse park (i know this has happened to a few posters here) and once you hit the full lock the yellow steering wheel with exclamation mark appears and all EPS is lost, after re starting it is back to normal however, if i give it some revs it does not happen!
The next time it happened i was at traffic lights, honked my horn hard a couple of times at a friend. Looked down and the same thing as above, no EPS, light on etc.
Then, partially removed the drivers seat, (was doing the airbag light repair as earlier posted) and wedged it into the s/wheel. Next time i drive her the same as above. I know it has something to do with the torque sensor because it throws a fault. But surely if the sensor/steering column needs replacing why does this happen only rarely and only when i have knocked or hit the steering wheel?
Could somebody advise me if the Angle Sensor and the Torque Sensor are at all connected because im thinking that if the angle sensor which i believe is at top of the column takes the strain of the above actions, would it then communicate with the t/sensor thus throwing a fault and loss of EPS. I know from all the post i have read that it is to do with power not getting there or too much. But 98% of the time everything is fine, it wont happen for months then because of the above it will...well.....just happen!
After a restart, the problem goes away and doesn't return until something similar as above happens!
Big thanks for reading. Oh, its an E85 Z4 2.0i if it helps.
