Hello all,
I’m currently driving an A3 8P 1.6 special edition (2005 reg) I believe it is the BGU engine.
I decided to retrofit it with a MFSW and cruise control, following a guide I found online I was able to install the control stalk and the steering wheel, but the issues have arisen from the control unit. I attempted to fit the unit 8P0953549F. The MFSW worked but the power steering seemed to cut out and I got the error code 00778 “steering angle sensor: no or incorrect basic settings”. And the management light for ESP and steering wheel came up. No amount of coding with OBD11 seemed to fix it, so I just put the original unit back in and so the CC and MFSW aren’t functional.
Now a related issue, since I’ve had the car the horn has never worked, it never really bothered me as I thought for the MOT I could wire a button up for the horn if the wiring through the steering column is kaput. But when I put the new control unit in, the horn works, indicating the issue lies in the original control unit. To attempt to fix it quickly before a long trip I was going on, I replaced the control unit with one with the same parts code (1K0953549E). When I did this, the same issue arose with the steering angle sensor and the management lights.
Is there some coding I should be doing that I’m missing? I have OBD11 so I am able to code a little.
I have a suspicion that it may be related to the squib perhaps being the wrong part as I suspect the previous owner was a tinkerer like me and messed around with the steering wheel as all the warranty stickers were already peeled back.
Sorry for the dump, I really hope someone can give me some advice, even if it is just getting the horn working.
thanks in advance
I’m currently driving an A3 8P 1.6 special edition (2005 reg) I believe it is the BGU engine.
I decided to retrofit it with a MFSW and cruise control, following a guide I found online I was able to install the control stalk and the steering wheel, but the issues have arisen from the control unit. I attempted to fit the unit 8P0953549F. The MFSW worked but the power steering seemed to cut out and I got the error code 00778 “steering angle sensor: no or incorrect basic settings”. And the management light for ESP and steering wheel came up. No amount of coding with OBD11 seemed to fix it, so I just put the original unit back in and so the CC and MFSW aren’t functional.
Now a related issue, since I’ve had the car the horn has never worked, it never really bothered me as I thought for the MOT I could wire a button up for the horn if the wiring through the steering column is kaput. But when I put the new control unit in, the horn works, indicating the issue lies in the original control unit. To attempt to fix it quickly before a long trip I was going on, I replaced the control unit with one with the same parts code (1K0953549E). When I did this, the same issue arose with the steering angle sensor and the management lights.
Is there some coding I should be doing that I’m missing? I have OBD11 so I am able to code a little.
I have a suspicion that it may be related to the squib perhaps being the wrong part as I suspect the previous owner was a tinkerer like me and messed around with the steering wheel as all the warranty stickers were already peeled back.
Sorry for the dump, I really hope someone can give me some advice, even if it is just getting the horn working.
thanks in advance
