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Properstyle
09-07-2021, 04:21 PM
well this fun. I was out on a sprinted drive with a few buddies, came down a hill which appeared to have the road worn away from larger trucks driving over it. Long story car bottomed out. pulled over to insure there was no major damage or visible broken parts. everything seem to check out. what appears to be light scratching on rear under panel prior to the diff. Get back in the car and it is stuck in track mode.

week passes take it to a buddies shop to put the autel on the car and notice I have a fault for active dampening module.
implausible input from ABS

check live data and all wheel speed sensor are working as they should ABS control module shows no faults but we notice G force has an error.
when checking the ABS module live data lateral Gs reads fine car is at a rest.

when checking active dampening module live data lateral Gs have a reading that is stuck at 10m per second, clearly this is not possible but this is the error.
Has anyone encounter anything like this. Looking for a method approach I assume the later g sensor only has on out put to ABS module and from ABS module to Active dampening module.

2013 GTS stock out side of g4 lowering springs

Steve-Indy
09-07-2021, 07:39 PM
First off, I really don't recall specific data that you are presenting.
A friend had a 2013 GTS with about 1000 miles on odometer. He called me to say that car was incredibly uncomfortable to drive and that it had spontaneously defaulted to race mode.

We visited nearby dealer with a SRT trained tech, and his wiTECH showed problem with left front shock.

Warranty diagnostic procedure required stepwise process. First, check wiring between module and suspect shock. If OK, order new module as a test. This took a few days and another trip. New module changed nothing, so original returned to car and new module went back to SRT. New shock could now be ordered...which took a while. Once shock came in and was installed, all was well.

Suggest you see dealer and read the car with a wiTECH 2.0 Pod and go from there. Sometimes, just clearing an active code is all that is needed. Good luck !!