Construction (E60, E61, E63, E64 up to 09/2005)

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The DSC sensors are a combination of lateral acceleration and rate-of-yaw sensors. The DSC sensor consists of:

Housing with connector
Damper to prevent mechanical overstressing
Sensor element:
The sensor element consists of 2 piezoelectric acceleration sensors. A spring-mounted weight is hung in the measuring cell of the acceleration sensor.
Housing cover

In terms of engineering design, the two DSC sensors are virtually identical. DSC sensor 2 has an extra terminating resistor. The two DSC sensors have different part numbers. In addition, each of the two DSC sensors has its own identification on the CAN bus (CAN message). This excludes the possibility of confusing the DSC sensors.