behind the steering wheel. pull off neg. battery cable, wait 2 minutes, remove airbag, remove steering wheel, and there it sits
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My power steering hose was burst when I was 1.5 hours away from home. All the steering oil was splashed within a minutes. Though it was hard to drive, I came back home without problem. Next day, I went to work and came back home. No problem other than very sticky steering.
A flat tire is one possibility
It can be numberous things. TAke it to a garage for correct diagnoises.
If the car is being driven with the "city" setting selected and suddenly the steering goes heavy and a steering wheel symbol appears in the instrument cluster then the electric power steering has failed. If you stop and the ignition is switched off and then back on again the steering should recover until the next failure which may be minutes, hours or days apart. The best solution is to deselect "city" driving and drive on normal setting which may never fail but if it does then the answer is to get a new steering column with integrated power steering fitted but it is costly £700 to £800.
Most likely replace the clock spring. Or check all plugs going to the stereo unit including inside the Steering wheel. Be sure to disconnect negative battery terminal for 2 minutes before opening the steering wheel for safety reasons regarding the airbag if fitted.
That sounds exactly like what happens when your fan belts are loose! I had this happen to my 1991 D-21 it was the steering Idler pully bearing! It did fail and I lost my power steering!!! It drove me crazy for a very long time!!!
The only special tool you need is a steering wheel pull. You can usually get a loaner from the parts place. To take the steering wheel off first you need to disconnect the negative terminal of the battery for 5 minutes to disrupt the current to the airbags so they won't blow on you. Then, you take the horn button loose and disconnect the wiring to it. Then pull the airbag off by taking 2 bolts off the back of the steering wheel. Then disconnect the wiring to the air bag. Mark the position of the steering wheel on the shaft so you can get it back on straight. Then put the puller on the steering wheel and pull it off. Piece of cake!
Sounds to me like the "clock spring" is broken. " The "clock spring" is a device that makes the connection for the horn, air bag and other accessories mounted in the steering wheel from the steering column to the steering wheel. Replacement requires removing the steering wheel. The vehicles battery needs to be disconnected several minutes before so as not to accidentally discharge air bag in the process.
Start engine. Turn steering wheel all the way left, then right, then center. Stop the engine. Top off the PS fluid. Wash, rinse, etc.
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