Hello-
DSC with ABS light is on. Yaw sensor failure was indicated. How do I know if the Yaw is bad, or if the issue is in the wiring somewhere between the sensor and where the wires terminate (in Bosch box under hood). Can the YAW sensor be tested with a multimeter?
daryl

 

You could start with the actual code.

 

Apologies for not supplying the code. The description text was “yaw sensor: communication failure”.

so with that verbiage, I ask - could this be in the wiring? Or is it the SENSOR?

i have a photo of the what I think is the main part for the abs/yaw. Forgive me if I’m wrong on this. I’m a newbie. Will upload photo separately

 

Sadly that's not a code

It'll be something like C1234 (or possibly B1234).

For each code, Jaguar list all the potential causes but without the code you can't look up that list.

 

A lot of code readers give you a generic version of fault, alas for a Jaguar they are usually wrong. The photo is not to the best of my memory the YAW sensor, if I remember correctly it is on the steering column. It would help to know what problems you are having and you need to get the codes read by a reader that can read chassis codes. Most standard readers can only read engine management codes.

 

I received the code a while back (Autozone read it). It referred to a communication error with the yaw sensor. I looked at it at thought it something I could test with something I have, like a multimeter. The photos are a)the wires into that “Bosch box” and the sensor. I’ll do my best to pull the code with a reader. Mine say they are reading the PCM module of the Jaguars code set, it it never actually delivers the code. Cheap crappy $8-dollar reader.

 

There's a real chance Autozone turned the code into the WRONG words entirely so you could then do something utterly pointless. You really need the code.

 

If in fact it is the yaw sensor, the location is under the shifter on the center console. Not all that difficult to change on an automatic transmission, a real PIA on a manual. The yaw sensor new (if you can even find one) is very expensive; there are always a few being sold on ebay by junk yards. WARNING,! there are several models of the yaw sensor! Replace yours with one with the same Bosch part number otherwise it might not fit (plug receptacle on the opposite side from the plug).

Hope this helps.