Hello,

I need HELP!!!

Steering wheel is very rough when turning both left and right. I have too use both hands just to turn the wheel. I know RX8 don't take any power steering fluid. So I tried this method I put wd-40 on the steering it self and just like that it started working. I had no trouble with steering wheel being rough. BUT UNFORTUNATELY! That didn't last so long. I had stoped at the gas station to put some gas as I was running low. When I got back into my car I turned it back on tried turning the steering wheel AND Thier it was again THE STEERING WHEEL BEING ROUGH.

Please let me know what I should do or what could be the cause of this problem.

 

Power steering failure is very common in RX-8s.

It is usually due to a poor connection on the CAN connections between the rack and the steering controller. It is usually the connector where the radiator overflow dumps on top of it

there are tons of threads on this issue of you search

 

Exactly what he said.

And, it is not the connector you can see, follow the treads..

 

And if addressing the connectors doesn't help, check the u-joint. I've read stories about a sloppy u-joint in the steering linkage causing oddball issues.