01 Vanden Plas- My steering wheel will telescope inwards if I manually pull it towards me first, but if it's all the way forward, it won't telecope outwards. I can here the motor humming but it's not doing anything. Any ideas?

Chris

 

You need to replace the reach motor. Not a hard job.

 

i have one for your vehicle..

 

Genius....the ASC not available light came on on my wifes VDP today. I am going to scan it tomorrow see what it is. I may be hitting you up for some stuff.....lol

 

sounds like you may need a module rebuild.. lol

 

Hoping it is a C1157 or something. I want to do a harness. I hope it is not the module.

 

why? module are easy to fix if you need one ill show you or ship one made to you . just have to pay the shipping. did you see the price of the wheel speed sensor for your car went up.. use to be 300 . now it's 525.00 crazy

 

Is that retail or our cost?
You know how to fix the module? You gotta show me that.

 

splitting the case is the hardest part,
then resolder the 2 pin power terminals at the circuit board
usual culprit is the terminals separating from the circuit board
high resistance "heat" and age
newer jags just like the jags of the old days lol

 

Are you familiar with LUCAS
Prince of Darkness lol
Not to say the newer cars arent any better "No Comparison"
Its just that sometimes you still see things today that were common in the old days

 

Lol. I have an email tucked away somewhere about Lucas and letting the smoke out. Pretty funny.
Scanned the car today and have C1095 code. Gonna ohm it to see if module or pump. If module I need to ask for the how to on splitting he case LOL.

 

My money is gonna be on the pump:-(
Cant remember the last time i replaced a pump

 

yeah its pretty easy 5-10 minutes .. like ibjags said hardest is to get it open.. after souldering just do a ohm test.. it's a old volvo trick. volvos 97 and up all needed a rebuild or replacement.. ive only done 2 hydraulic units ever.. just becareful lemon law down there.. not up here tho..

 

Lemon law in FL is only for 2 years 24000 and only covers new vehicle purchase, not used cars. Most other states are 1 year 12k.

How do you get the case open?

 

Wassup Stu

Well first things first
have you got a bad abs module handy?
besides your"s lol
reason im asking is you might want to "practice" on another module first
the guys hear split the case 2 different ways
one is with a dremel too and the other is with a razor knife
i prefer the dremel tool
not to mention the razor knife kinda gets a little scarry at times when it slips
and a descent epoxy to reseal it

 

oops and make sure you clean the circuit board good around the terminal otherwise you"ll never get the solder to adhere from terminals to board