Multiple steering related failure lights
Thread Starter
|
1st Gear
Joined: Dec 2019
Posts: 2
Multiple steering related failure lights
Hi all
New here due to obvious issues. Turned my car on today and multiple warning lights flashed as follows:
1. Yellow stabilisation control (ESC): fault!
2. Red do not drive vehicle: steering defective
3. Yellow hill hold assist: unavailable
4. Yellow tyre pressure: system fault!
I’ve tried to upload a video of the faults...it didn’t work!
It’s a 2015 2.0 TDi 150 A3 S-Line.
If anyone has any ideas of what might have caused this, they would be gratefully received, as it’s not looking great! I coincidentally noticed (with hindsight) a faint clicking sound when I turned the wheel three days ago. It was by chance I had no music on at the time.
Look forward to hearing from you. Thanks in advance, Nel
New here due to obvious issues. Turned my car on today and multiple warning lights flashed as follows:
1. Yellow stabilisation control (ESC): fault!
2. Red do not drive vehicle: steering defective
3. Yellow hill hold assist: unavailable
4. Yellow tyre pressure: system fault!
I’ve tried to upload a video of the faults...it didn’t work!
It’s a 2015 2.0 TDi 150 A3 S-Line.
If anyone has any ideas of what might have caused this, they would be gratefully received, as it’s not looking great! I coincidentally noticed (with hindsight) a faint clicking sound when I turned the wheel three days ago. It was by chance I had no music on at the time.
Look forward to hearing from you. Thanks in advance, Nel
1st Gear
Joined: Oct 2019
Posts: 21
Any time you have several seemingly unrelated systems all showing a fault, you should check for an electrical fault (normally this happens when the battery is low due to a bad alternator or faulty battery). The battery should hold at least 12 volts with the engine off, and you should have at least 13.5 volts with the engine running.
It could also be because of a single "major" fuse, but I don't have any info on your car so it's hard to say if those systems have anything in common.
It could also be because of a single "major" fuse, but I don't have any info on your car so it's hard to say if those systems have anything in common.
Thread Starter
|
1st Gear
Joined: Dec 2019
Posts: 2
Any time you have several seemingly unrelated systems all showing a fault, you should check for an electrical fault (normally this happens when the battery is low due to a bad alternator or faulty battery). The battery should hold at least 12 volts with the engine off, and you should have at least 13.5 volts with the engine running.
It could also be because of a single "major" fuse, but I don't have any info on your car so it's hard to say if those systems have anything in common.
It could also be because of a single "major" fuse, but I don't have any info on your car so it's hard to say if those systems have anything in common.
thanks again, Nel
1st Gear
Joined: Oct 2019
Posts: 21
Yes, I think they're very separate systems, so assuming they all happened the same time, you need to be looking at something that's common to all of them. Most times, it's low voltage - easy enough to check with a voltmeter, or even one of the cheap plug-in voltage monitors that can be had for just a few bucks. Just plug it in and read the display. If you don't have the values I mentioned in my last post, then you know where to look for the problem (alternator or battery, or possibly connections on one or the other).
It's possible that your car has other circuitry that's common to all those systems, though it sounds kind of unlikely given the wide range of symptoms.
It's possible that your car has other circuitry that's common to all those systems, though it sounds kind of unlikely given the wide range of symptoms.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
rippedin6
Audi A3
3
Jul 6, 2016 01:49 PM