Yaw Rate Sensor
Measures how fast the vehicle is rotating about its vertical axis, and on most vehicles is packaged with the lateral and longitudinal acceleration sensors in one small module — so separate codes naming each of them usually mean one part and one connector. Rotating less than the steering asked for is understeer and more is oversteer, and stability control cannot tell those apart without it. Normally mounted low and centrally under a seat or the console, which makes a wet carpet, a leaking screen seal or a spilt drink a real and frequently overlooked cause. Must be fitted the correct way round and calibrated, or it reports believable values about the wrong axis.
Also known as: yaw sensor, g sensor, lateral acceleration sensor, multi-axis sensor, accelerometer, esp sensor
Referenced by 28 codes
Codes involving this component (28)
- U0122 Lost Communication With Vehicle Dynamics Control Module High
- U0316 Software Incompatibility With Vehicle Dynamics Control Module High
- U0332 Software Incompatibility With Multi-axis Acceleration Sensor Module A High
- C0061 Lateral Acceleration Sensor Moderate
- C0062 Longitudinal Acceleration Sensor Moderate
- C0063 Yaw Rate Sensor Moderate
- C0064 Roll Rate Sensor Moderate
- C0069 Yaw Rate/Longitude Sensors Moderate
- C006A Multi-axis Acceleration Sensor Moderate
- C006C Stability System Moderate
- U0123 Lost Communication With Yaw Rate Sensor Module Moderate
- U0124 Lost Communication With Lateral Acceleration Sensor Module Moderate
- U0125 Lost Communication With Multi-axis Acceleration Sensor Module A Moderate
- U0513 Invalid Data Received From Yaw Rate Sensor Module Moderate
- U0536 Invalid Data Received From Lateral Acceleration Sensor Module Moderate
- C0065 Vertical Acceleration Sensor
- C051C Multi-axis Acceleration Sensor Module A Range/Performance
- C051D Multi-axis Acceleration Sensor Module A Missing Calibration
- C051E Multi-axis Acceleration Sensor Module A Intermittent/Erratic
- C051F Multi-axis Acceleration Sensor Module A Correlation
- C0520 Multi-axis Acceleration Sensor Module A
- C0521 Multi-axis Acceleration Sensor Module B Range/Performance
- C0522 Multi-axis Acceleration Sensor Module B Missing Calibration
- C0523 Multi-axis Acceleration Sensor Module B Intermittent/Erratic
- C0524 Multi-axis Acceleration Sensor Module B Correlation
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