Steering Column Control Module
The controller at the top of the steering column, typically handling or relaying the stalk switches, the horn, the steering wheel controls, the steering angle signal and — on many vehicles — the electric steering column lock and part of the immobiliser chain.
It matters more than a body module usually would, because several unrelated critical systems happen to meet at the column. Losing it takes indicators and wipers with it, which is a roadworthiness matter rather than an inconvenience. It drops stability control and driver assistance, since neither can function without knowing where the wheels are pointed. And on vehicles with an electric column lock, the vehicle may not restart — the lock has to be commanded to release, and a module nobody can hear receives no command. A car that is running now but may not start again is the practical risk.
The clockspring is the first physical suspect. Every circuit reaching the steering wheel passes through a flat ribbon coiled inside a cassette so it can rotate, and that ribbon is a consumable that eventually cracks — classically taking the horn and the wheel controls with it. A fault that changes with steering wheel position is a clockspring until proven otherwise.
Also known as: column module, sccm, steering column module, column switch module, steering column electronics
Referenced by 21 codes
Codes involving this component (21)
- U0212 Lost Communication With Steering Column Control Module High
- U0236 Lost Communication With Column Lock Module High
- U0428 Invalid Data Received From Steering Angle Sensor Module High
- U0429 Invalid Data Received From Steering Column Control Module High
- U0537 Invalid Data Received From Column Lock Module Stop driving High
- U0329 Software Incompatibility With Steering Column Control Module Moderate
- U300A Ignition Switch Moderate
- U300B Ignition Input Accessory/On/Start Moderate
- U300C Ignition Input Off/On/Start Moderate
- U300D Ignition Input On/Start Moderate
- U300E Ignition Input On Moderate
- U300F Ignition Input Accessory Moderate
- U3010 Ignition Input Start Moderate
- U3011 Ignition Input Off Moderate
- C0559 Power Steering Control Module Range/Performance – Rear
- C059A Power Steering Control Module - Rear Missing Calibration
- C05D6 Power Steering Control Module Processor Performance
- U015B Lost Communication With Power Steering Control Module “B”
- U0229 Lost Communication With Heated Steering Wheel Module Low
- U045C Invalid Data Received From Power Steering Control Module “B”
- U052A Invalid Data Received From Heated Steering Wheel Module Low
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