Sigh...Bump

 

One last gasp...bump

 

I have never dealt with these particular codes.
From what the WIS says the error is most likely being caused by an inoperative yaw sensor in the steering column.
Suggestions include resetting the yaw sensor. Checking the harness and then replacing (its expensive).
The yaw sensor error will set a brake code too.
I'll keep looking
Cheers
Barri

 

A bit more digging and I found

Which is evidently very like ours on the e320. Part seems to cost between $200 and $300. Get some more opions before you change it. There are lots of threads on steering angle sensor - particularly in the c and ml class cars.
Cheers
Barri

 

Barri! Thank you! I thought the thread was dead. Steering angle sensor research here I come...

 

Anyone know how to reset the yaw sensor?

 

I believe keys in ignition and on then turn from lock to lock once from the straight ahead position
attached is from the handbook but someone else will probably correct me

cheers
Barri

 

I tried this resyncing move dozens of times.

 

If the DTC indicates play in the steering column, it would seem to be a good place to check.
Is there play, either side to side or in/out?

Can you tell us some history of the car?

Skippy

 

Hi SkippyJasper. Thanks for joining the discussion. I laid out the fixes I tried in the first post. Other than that. The car has been pretty problem free. I bought it 3 years ago with around 100k on it. It now has 160k. I replaced the water pump last summer. Straight forward. I change the oil regularly myself. Maybe the easiest oil change ever. No other mechanical issues.

There is a little play in the steering wheel, but nothing obscene. But how sensitive are the MB sensors? I saw how to disassemble the steering column and feel pretty comfortable with that, if I need to replace the steering angle sensor. What else could cause the failure in the play of the steering wheel? I had a full alignment on the tires less than 8 months ago. The car drives straight as an arrow when letting go of the steering wheel on a straight road.

Thank you for any help!

 

Did you ever solve the SAS issue? I am having a similar problem with a 2001 E320 W210 with ABS/ BAS/ESP lights on and haven't been able to solve the problem

 

With gurunutkins experience that the steering angle sensor is not a common failure and your observation that there isn't excessive play in the steering, my next thought would be to look at the steering angle sensor to see if it is loose or connections flaky.
Skippy


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On top of skippy's excellent suggestions (which is what I would check first) - did whoever did the alignment realign the shaft/wheel when they had finished (i.e do both front wheel adjustments so the column remained centered) if you have just a mm or 2 misalignment in the column and a mm or 2 of play then on stop to stop turns the sensor gets thrown out as it is seeing less turns one side to the other. That will be enough to throw a code and yes they are sensitive.
cheers
Barri