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Old 02-04-2012, 04:46 PM
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Power Steering Failure help.

Now before you all say search I been there and done that's already*

Right now my power steering completely out and I get now response with EPS at all. *I do know that my power steering was working before I pulled my motor and now that the car is up and running its a no go. I cleaned and check all the connections over and over again and no luck any suggestions...?
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The fuse is OK?....
Check power at the relay under the ECU....

Check the connectors there if you had the ECU out as well...
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Have a look at the connectors .. they are basically underneath the coolant bottle and if that thing spues some **** it will cause issues.

BTW does your car ever work?
Just wondering?
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The connections are right in front of me as I disconnected them all and cleaned them and i also have the steering wheel with the exclamation point Lit up on my dash as well.

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Huh?.....
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Wait ... are you just getting a light or have you actually lost the power steerring?
If you start the car and turn the steering wheel all the way to the left then to the right it should reset the traction control light.
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Unhappy

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Have a look at the connectors .. they are basically underneath the coolant bottle and if that thing spues some **** it will cause issues.

BTW does your car ever work?
Just wondering?
After being down for 2 years there is so much **** to get right again. Seem like I always having issues.
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Check the ground that goes under the air filter box.
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Ok. Since I redid sor of the connections were would be the proper grounding point go. Because I know when I had the grounding point wrong for the factory stereo system the stereo wouldn't come on at all.
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