ESP/TCS light

[Proneons]

Got a mk1 Fabia Vrs with the ESP/TCS light on, got a cheap diagnostic reader on eBay and says fault code 00778 - Steering Angle sensor - G85 anyone had an experience with this?

[claudiu2s]

If you are lucky is only missing it’s calibration and that can be sorted by calibrating it. If is defective then you need a new sensor. A vcds scan will tell you exactly what the issue is and it can perform basic settings in case calibration is out.

[Proneons]

So take to a garage to get them to do a proper diagnostic to see what the case is?

[SWBoy]

Or just try slowing driving in a circle on full left lock then full right lock - if it's just a G85 calibration loss that should fix it on a Mk1 Fabia.

[Proneons]

1 hour ago, SWBoy said:

Or just try slowing driving in a circle on full left lock then full right lock - if it's just a G85 calibration loss that should fix it on a Mk1 Fabia.

So slowly dive a whole circle on 1 lock then the other lock and it’ll recalibrate? Cars on makeshift ramps atm so is it worth checking the sensor while I’m under it?

[Proneons]

Tried to recalibrate it as you said but didn’t work unfortunately!

[SWBoy]

13 hours ago, Proneons said:

Tried to recalibrate it as you said but didn’t work unfortunately!

You'll need to lookup the detailed explanation of the fault code then since it's not just a calibration issue.

 

See this page on the Ross-Tech Wiki 00778 Fault Code