Power Steering suspended 3 times in a month
09-18-2008, 12:26 AM
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Power Steering suspended 3 times in a month
Hi all,
I'm new to the forum. Any advice is appreciated. In mid Aug, I was driving my 04 as usual, but all of a sudden, the power steering light came on, and in maybe 3 seconds or so, the whole steering wheel got locked, got close to being entirely locked. I fortunately was running on a pretty quiet road, so there wasn't much traffic. I then turned off the engine and let it cool for a while. After maybe 3 minutes or so I started it back up, it was fine. I took it to the dealer the following day; luckily, they were able to verify the issue and supposedly "fix" it for me. However, 3 weeks and around 400 miles passed, the same situation happened, but this time was on a freeway. Again, I was lucky enough to be on the right lane, but let me tell you, it was one of the scariest things that can happen to people. So I took it in again, and they said they'd take a better look at the issue. They kept the car for a few extra days to work on it. They then told me that they removed the connector of the power steering system and this time should be fine. So here I am, wondering we if it ever happened again? What would be my options? Of course, I don't ever want to be in that similar situation again. Please let me know what you think.
I'm new to the forum. Any advice is appreciated. In mid Aug, I was driving my 04 as usual, but all of a sudden, the power steering light came on, and in maybe 3 seconds or so, the whole steering wheel got locked, got close to being entirely locked. I fortunately was running on a pretty quiet road, so there wasn't much traffic. I then turned off the engine and let it cool for a while. After maybe 3 minutes or so I started it back up, it was fine. I took it to the dealer the following day; luckily, they were able to verify the issue and supposedly "fix" it for me. However, 3 weeks and around 400 miles passed, the same situation happened, but this time was on a freeway. Again, I was lucky enough to be on the right lane, but let me tell you, it was one of the scariest things that can happen to people. So I took it in again, and they said they'd take a better look at the issue. They kept the car for a few extra days to work on it. They then told me that they removed the connector of the power steering system and this time should be fine. So here I am, wondering we if it ever happened again? What would be my options? Of course, I don't ever want to be in that similar situation again. Please let me know what you think.
09-18-2008, 01:58 AM
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Hi all,
I'm new to the forum. Any advice is appreciated. In mid Aug, I was driving my 04 as usual, but all of a sudden, the power steering light came on, and in maybe 3 seconds or so, the whole steering wheel got locked, got close to being entirely locked. I fortunately was running on a pretty quiet road, so there wasn't much traffic. I then turned off the engine and let it cool for a while. After maybe 3 minutes or so I started it back up, it was fine. I took it to the dealer the following day; luckily, they were able to verify the issue and supposedly "fix" it for me. However, 3 weeks and around 400 miles passed, the same situation happened, but this time was on a freeway. Again, I was lucky enough to be on the right lane, but let me tell you, it was one of the scariest things that can happen to people. So I took it in again, and they said they'd take a better look at the issue. They kept the car for a few extra days to work on it. They then told me that they removed the connector of the power steering system and this time should be fine. So here I am, wondering we if it ever happened again? What would be my options? Of course, I don't ever want to be in that similar situation again. Please let me know what you think.
I'm new to the forum. Any advice is appreciated. In mid Aug, I was driving my 04 as usual, but all of a sudden, the power steering light came on, and in maybe 3 seconds or so, the whole steering wheel got locked, got close to being entirely locked. I fortunately was running on a pretty quiet road, so there wasn't much traffic. I then turned off the engine and let it cool for a while. After maybe 3 minutes or so I started it back up, it was fine. I took it to the dealer the following day; luckily, they were able to verify the issue and supposedly "fix" it for me. However, 3 weeks and around 400 miles passed, the same situation happened, but this time was on a freeway. Again, I was lucky enough to be on the right lane, but let me tell you, it was one of the scariest things that can happen to people. So I took it in again, and they said they'd take a better look at the issue. They kept the car for a few extra days to work on it. They then told me that they removed the connector of the power steering system and this time should be fine. So here I am, wondering we if it ever happened again? What would be my options? Of course, I don't ever want to be in that similar situation again. Please let me know what you think.
it has happened and documented..
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09-18-2008, 11:45 PM
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I guess I'm asking more about options I have with the dealer in case it happened again. Of course, I hope I'll never have to go through that scary experience again. But if I did, should I be asking them to replace the whole power steering system? What would be reasonable?
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