Help Steering Failure

[Guest blue600]

HI CAN ANY BODY HELP IN ANY WAY AT ALL

1.4 LX 2003 STEERING FAILS ON START UP AND SPEEDO IS NOT WORKING

[paul.h]

Did the 2 problems start together ? I have seen somewhere that switching the ignition on and off a number of times will reset the power steering which is electrical but that must depend on the fault.

[Guest blue600]

yes both started together and i have try'd switching it on and off three times i have herd this befor.

what happend was i stalled the car and when i set off again the steering was heavy and the speedo was not working and when u come to

stop at junction or lights car cuts out dose not idle

[Johndouglas]

Don't know if it helps - but my power steering went when the battery got too low. Even after recharging it still didn't work. Disconnecting the battery brought it back to life.

[paul.h]

The recommendation to switch the ignition on and off came from Car Mechanics mag (originally from a Citroen dealer) and was to do it half a dozen times quickly and it worked for them on their car.

Have you checked the fuses - Haynes shows maxi fuses 7 and 8 and fuse 4 all in the engine fuse box as being involved for the power steering but the fuse numbers sometimes vary over the model years.

 

If you have abs on the car the speed is via the abs system - is the abs light going off as normal ? If you do not have abs, according to Haynes, the speed sensor is on the back of the gearbox so you could check the wiring from here. You could also check the wiring to the steering motor and any engine earthing.

[biggestalever]

When my power steering failed I pulled the plugs off the engine management unit ( by the battery ) and reseated them . All worked fine then.