Steering angle sensor not initializing with VCDS

[1FastB5S4]

I have steering angle faults which i believe to be cause by my alignment being off after i lowered the car. So i did an alignment and have been trying to get the car to initialize but i have had no luck doing it with my VCDS. Below is the instructions i have followed. If anyone has any feedback as to why this is not working for me please let me know. Thanks!

ABS/EDL/ASR/ESP control unit (J104)

Steering Angle Sensor (G85)

Steering Column

There are certain test conditions that must be met before doing this procedure:

Start the vehicle.

Turn the steering wheel one turn to the right and one turn to the left.

Drive in a short distance straight line on a level surface at a speed not higher than 20 km/h.

If the steering wheel is straight during the test drive then stop the vehicle with the wheels pointed straight

Ensure that the steering wheel is not moved again.

Keep the engine running and do not switch off the ignition.

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Procedure for performing the zero position calibration for the Steering Angle Sensor (G85) on VW Passat and Audi A4/S4, A6/S6, and A8/S8:

[Select]
[03 - ABS Brakes]
[Login - 11]
Enter 40168
[Do It!]
[Basic Settings - 04]
Group 001
[Go!]

[infinkc]

That's correct, have you ever had your steering wheel off? The clock spring can be 180 out. You can check to see if its reading the zero position with vag also.

[ilyafil]

OK, gurus. I'm reviving this thread because I need your help. I somehow damaged my steering angle sensor while doing the heater core. I have replaced the sensor, I try to do the above alignment procedure and get this:

VCDS-Lite Version: Release 1.2
Friday, 14 February 2014, 18:17:22:55895
Control Module Part Number: 8D0 907 389 E
Component and/or Version: ABS/ESP allrad D56
Software Coding: 00000
Work Shop Code: WSC 00000
VCID: 351D78801C59
3 Faults Found:
18036 - Powertrain Data Bus: Missing Message from Steering Angle Sensor
P1628 - 35-00 - -
01044 - Control Module Incorrectly Coded
35-00 - -
18258 - Powertrain Data Bus: Missing Message from ECU
P1850 - 35-10 - - - Intermittent



Any help would be appreciated.

TIA!

[ilyafil]

Bump!

[ilyafil]

OK. I got my ESP module re-coded. I wasn't able to code it to S4 code, but it took the RS4 code no problem. I still can't get the steering sensor to adapt. Any ideas?

[ilyafil]

I did more research and it turns out the sensor may be incompatible. I'll see if I can exchange it.

[ilyafil]

Turns out the the sensor I got was bad. I did more research and came across this:

http://forums.quattroworld.com/s4/msgs/116076.phtml

Everything is back to normal now!

YAY!

[rdcyclist]

Thanks for following up even though you didn't get exactly widespread response. This is good info for someone with a similar problem.