Steering Effort Control Module (vehicles equipped with adaptive steering)

The steering wheel contains the Steering Effort Control Module (SECM), which provides power and ground to the adaptive steering motor. At low vehicle speeds, the SECM activates the adaptive steering motor to add clockwise or counterclockwise rotations to the steering shaft, which enables the driver to control the direction of the vehicle with fewer rotations of the steering wheel. Based on input from an angle sensor, the SECM uses the adaptive steering motor to change the steering ratio based on vehicle speed and the direction of steering wheel rotation. The SECM cannot be serviced independently. It is only replaced as an assembly with the steering wheel. The SECM requires PMI when replaced.