Originally Posted by kathy9

Can this be fixed without taking it into a shop? and how if so.

Originally Posted by vernd

hello, i am new to this forum and i don't really have a question, but i would like to share my problem and my solution with everyone else who may be experiencing similar problems. my wife's 2008 town and country van began acting up about a week ago, and she also had some lights come on, on the instrument panel. when this happened, she also said that she was accellerating from a stop while turning slightly. she said that the van made an awful grinding noise, also. the lights that came on were the ESP/BAS light, along with the traction control light. the van did not have any pcm codes to be extracted. i am a certified mechanic, but i had never experienced any problems similar to this. i knew that this was definaitely a traction control problem and that the grinding was probably the traction control system cutting power to the wheels. after doing some reading, i concluded that the problem with the van was more than likely a faulty "steering angle sensor". the steering angle sensor is located inside of the clock spring, which is in the steering column. the clock spring is also what supplies power to the air bag and allows the steering wheel to turn back and forth, while maintaining a steady power supply to the air bag, horn, and steering wheel radio controls ( if equipped ) after replacing the clock spring/steering angle sensor, the van was back to operating properly. all of the dash lights are off again and no more grinding noise. even though i am a certified mechanic, this job was pretty simple and could be done by a do it yourselfer, without too much difficulty. just be careful and take your time! also, the air bag is not held onto the steering wheel with screws, it has 3 spring type clips, that need to be pryed over. i used a mirror to see them and it made it very easy to see what was going on. i hope this helps somebody that is experiencing the problems that i had with my wife's van. i decided to post this, because i couldn't find much of anything relating to this!

Originally Posted by Celenyhdez

Hello I have the same problem with my 2008 town&country..I took it to the mechanic He said that replacing the Abs sensor the problem will be solved but I read your post and I think what He said won't solve the problem...just I would like to know what another research you did before to get your last conclusion about the steering angle sensor was the issue .
thanks