Does anybody know what fault code would be read by VAG-COM when the famous plastic sensor becomes faulty?

My power steering works intermittently and today the engine management light has come on as well. The car does still have the plastic sensor (x-reg fabia) but the fault code suggests a supply voltage issue.

Thanks.

Been here?

01288 - Ross-Tech Wiki

Thanks for the reply Theresias.

Yes I had seen that and proceeded to check the fuses and battery voltage. It has started working again now so I'm more inclined to think it is a dodgy sensor or connection rather than fuse/battery.

The other code it came up with was 06-10 which translates to signal to high - adaption limit not reached. This would support the sensor theory, that the sensor is not telling the pump to assist when the steering wheel is being turned.

I'm not sure if the sensor itself can be tested with the measureing blocks in the VAG-COM - if anyone has done this please let me know.

I plan to replace the senser at the weekend, so I will post back to let you know the result.

(PS. to anyone with a similar issue there are lots of posts in different sections of the forum regarding power steering problems, you just got search in the right places)

While not an expert, signal too high could be a sensor but I'd bet my EE background on a dodgy connection.

-Bruce-

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It has started working again now so I'm more inclined to think it is a dodgy sensor or connection rather than fuse/battery.

Terminal 30 is battery power supply, a sensor can not cause this.

The other code it came up with was 06-10 which translates to signal to high - adaption limit not reached.

You "translated" that wrong. A registered version of VAG-COM would show you 06-10 as Signal too High - Intermittent, which again makes the sensor theory nonsense.

I'm not sure what diagnostic tool you are using or why you are translating that stuff manually, but I can safely assure you that this issue has nothing to do with any faulty sensor.

FWIW, I updated the WIKI entry for some other possible causes.

I have a shareware version of VAG-COM that gave me 01288 then 06-10 and I used a list posted by another user to translate the 06-10 bit...

http://www.briskoda.net/forums/diagnostics-vag-com/what-does-06-10-mean-after-fault-code-01288-power-steering-problems/85819/

When it fails again I will measure the battery voltage (with a meter) and see if there is anything in VAG-COM measuring blocks that I can use to measure what the pump thinks the voltage is.

Thanks for your opinions that it may not be the senser (BTW, the skoda dealer quoted GBP73 and its an exchange part)

Hi

How did it end then ?

I have a similar problem.