Steering Wheel Angle Sensor
11-09-2011, 07:47 PM
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11-09-2011, 07:49 PM
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its very common for the steering angle to fail on any car equipped with some kind of vehicle stability control, though if you feel comfortable driving with out one, then just ignore the light, but if you decided to let your car save your life in case your right foot is not "VSAing" then fix it.
its very easy to figure out if the sensor is really bad or not. A Factory scanner will tell you the angle reading, if it doesnt then its junk, to me, $180 just to plug the scanner to the car is a little too much, I just looked through, my Snap-on scanner, and it does have functional tests for VSA, but im not sure if that would be enough to tell me that the steering angle is junk. PM me if you want to try my scanner, ill try to help you for nothing.
Bottom line is, its your choice whether you want to fix it or not, not saying nor i know how you drive, but why not, after crap loads of money Honda spent on engineering this, have it, you can always turn it of when you dont want it, but if it doesnt work you cant just turn it on.
its very easy to figure out if the sensor is really bad or not. A Factory scanner will tell you the angle reading, if it doesnt then its junk, to me, $180 just to plug the scanner to the car is a little too much, I just looked through, my Snap-on scanner, and it does have functional tests for VSA, but im not sure if that would be enough to tell me that the steering angle is junk. PM me if you want to try my scanner, ill try to help you for nothing.
Bottom line is, its your choice whether you want to fix it or not, not saying nor i know how you drive, but why not, after crap loads of money Honda spent on engineering this, have it, you can always turn it of when you dont want it, but if it doesnt work you cant just turn it on.
11-10-2011, 06:50 AM
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Bottom line is, its your choice whether you want to fix it or not, not saying nor i know how you drive, but why not, after crap loads of money Honda spent on engineering this, have it, you can always turn it of when you dont want it, but if it doesnt work you cant just turn it on.
11-10-2011, 07:02 AM
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The Tech may know what their doing, and want to run more tests to make sure its the sensor and not a wiring or control module that is having a problem.
11-10-2011, 08:13 AM
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VSA idea is pretty cool. However, I think the implementation here is not as good. I tried it on the track, and it was intrusive. I was much better running without it. I'm a big proponent on electronic stuff. I was one of the few who runs power steering and ABS in the race car while all other racers were pointing finger and making fun of me. That's including you, Brian 
However, my experience told me, the older ABS system was not good enough to use for track, like the one on the NSX. VSA falls in this category at the moment.
However, my experience told me, the older ABS system was not good enough to use for track, like the one on the NSX. VSA falls in this category at the moment.
11-10-2011, 08:25 AM
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Andrie, it's VSA (vehicle stability assist) not (help you go faster at the track assist)
It's useless at the track but it can be useful for people on the street that may need that extra little help in certain situations.
If it helps keep more S2000's on the street then I'm all for it.
It's useless at the track but it can be useful for people on the street that may need that extra little help in certain situations.
If it helps keep more S2000's on the street then I'm all for it.
11-10-2011, 08:30 AM
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VSA idea is pretty cool. However, I think the implementation here is not as good. I tried it on the track, and it was intrusive. I was much better running without it. I'm a big proponent on electronic stuff. I was one of the few who runs power steering and ABS in the race car while all other racers were pointing finger and making fun of me. That's including you, Brian
11-10-2011, 08:52 AM
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VSA idea is pretty cool. However, I think the implementation here is not as good. I tried it on the track, and it was intrusive. I was much better running without it. I'm a big proponent on electronic stuff. I was one of the few who runs power steering and ABS in the race car while all other racers were pointing finger and making fun of me. That's including you, Brian
.heck I even converted my race car from the old 3 channel system to the newer 4 channel system
VSA = save your ass on the street