Necessary preliminary tasks
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- Remove steering wheel See 3233000 REMOVING AND INSTALLING/REPLACING STEERING WHEEL or 3233010 REMOVING AND INSTALLING/REPLACING SPORT STEERING WHEEL
- Remove TOP SECTION OF STEERING COLUMN CASING .
- Remove LOWER SECTION OF STEERING COLUMN TRIM
Release screws (1).
Pull back fixture for steering column switch (2) in direction of arrow.
Disconnect plug connections behind and remove fixture for steering column stalk (2).
Installation:
Carry out STEERING ANGLE SENSOR ADJUSTMENT .
On vehicles with active front steering, steering angle sensor adjustment is performed by means of INITIAL OPERATION /adjustment of active front steering.
Replacement:
- Remove VOLUTE SPRING CASSETTE
- Carry out vehicle programming/codingNOTE:
- If replacement of the steering column switch cluster is initiated via Progman, the steering column switch cluster is coded indirectly via the DSC control unit
- If coding is cancelled, first adjust the steering angle sensor; this makes a brand-new steering column switch cluster coding-compatible again if necessary
- Then code the DSC control unit again
- Carry out STEERING ANGLE SENSOR ADJUSTMENTNOTE:
- If steering angle sensor adjustment is cancelled, first code the DSC control unit
- Then adjust the steering angle sensor again
- Vehicles with active front steering:
- Steering angle sensor adjustment is performed by means of INITIAL OPERATION/ADJUSTMENT of active front steering
- If necessary, proceed in accordance with instructions