ohnoburrito
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A couple of months ago the ABS light on my smart fortwo started coming on, but turn off a couple of minutes later, so no action was taken.
After a couple of weeks of this issue, the ABS light would come on and stay on, and the car would refuse to go faster than 30kph, but this could be remedied by turning it off for a minute.
The car was taken to the dealership and we were told that the Lateral acceleration unit/YAW sensor was to blame. The YAW sensor was disabled, by turning it 90 degrees, which we were told would make the YAW sensor send erroneous data to the ECU on starting the car, making the ECU ignore all data sent from this sensor.
For a couple of trips, this seemed to work, however, a couple of days ago, the ABS light returned and the car slowed once again to 30kph.
Does anyone have any ideas as how to fix this? Has anyone experienced this before and if so, how did they fix it?
Thanks!
After a couple of weeks of this issue, the ABS light would come on and stay on, and the car would refuse to go faster than 30kph, but this could be remedied by turning it off for a minute.
The car was taken to the dealership and we were told that the Lateral acceleration unit/YAW sensor was to blame. The YAW sensor was disabled, by turning it 90 degrees, which we were told would make the YAW sensor send erroneous data to the ECU on starting the car, making the ECU ignore all data sent from this sensor.
For a couple of trips, this seemed to work, however, a couple of days ago, the ABS light returned and the car slowed once again to 30kph.
Does anyone have any ideas as how to fix this? Has anyone experienced this before and if so, how did they fix it?
Thanks!