Extremely Light Steering Feel, Powersteering Works Fine
So lately I've been having an annoying problem with my powersteering. The powersteering works fine, light never illuminates or PS goes out, but the feel is incredibly light, sort of like the EPS is overboosting the feel. I replaced inner and outer tie rods a few weeks ago and the feel got heavy again, but for the last week it has gone back to before and is once again incredibly light. I read in the PS failure thread about the harness everyone replaces, which I replaced about 1.5 years ago, and it sounded like one guy said he had light steering as well until he replaced the harness. I cleaned the connectors on my harness, but the symptoms are still the same, so I'm not sure if replacing the harness will for sure fix my problem or not. Any ideas? It's incredibly annoying when my mom's SUV has about the same feel as my car atm. Lol
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I would think a power steering problem would be more likely to result in heavy steering...
Anyway, I thought the steering was a bit light on my car from new. I wanted more self-centering for high speed cruising, which most of my previous cars had. So, when I bought new tires, I found the best alignment shop in the area and had them do a custom alignment, which included dialing-in more caster to the front steering geometry. That did it. The steering has a nice weight to it now, more self centering, and more stable on the highway. |
If it's changing the weight without any hardware/alignment/suspension changing, then it has to be an electrical issue.
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Originally Posted by RIWWP
(Post 4381585)
If it's changing the weight without any hardware/alignment/suspension changing, then it has to be an electrical issue.
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Originally Posted by PeteInLongBeach
(Post 4381576)
I would think a power steering problem would be more likely to result in heavy steering...
Anyway, I thought the steering was a bit light on my car from new. I wanted more self-centering for high speed cruising, which most of my previous cars had. So, when I bought new tires, I found the best alignment shop in the area and had them do a custom alignment, which included dialing-in more caster to the front steering geometry. That did it. The steering has a nice weight to it now, more self centering, and more stable on the highway. |
Originally Posted by Grace_Excel
(Post 4381620)
Yeah, I clearly remember when I had my EPS problem two years ago, it was heavier turning right than to turn left even if the steering were jerking/pulling to the right before I fixed the EPS.
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It should be heat slowly degrading the connection. I'd pull it apart and re-do it, and make sure that you shield the connection as much as possible.
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