or you can remove plastic tray and fasten battery down with this

When I read above details, My battery and alternator reading is fine, I have replace my new PAS motor because of the error code C1005 it said torque sensor fault after fit still same problem, can you confirm if the torque sensor is behind the steering wheel or further down shaft columns?

thats airbag stuff behind steering wheel, torque sensor is further down, blue or yellow cable is commin out of it

try changing pas ecu first

Yes I have fit a PAS motor ECU (silver box under steering wheel) from scrapyard Punto at 36,000miles so is nearly new, the power steering fail at fully lock only on the right. This continue same number of times. So I reckon it is the torque sensor cause the failed.
Thanks

i have purchase 2 relays for my pas put them in calibrated the stering but it feels notchy any ideas

mhm, i changed relays on my pas recently, and it works normally without calibration

May I chip in here?

My wife had the EPS light on every other day with her 2000 Punto.
I looked for it and reading the parameters in the computer, I saw that -even on a pretty smooth surface- the motor took almost 50 A (!!)

I couldn't find the problem right away but told her not to touch the wheel when starting the car; she never had the problem again.......

As stated in the opening post; voltage drops can cause the light to go on. 50A taken by the EPS and the started motor working, might prove to much.

This is not a solution, but if your light goes on every now and then and resets itself after restarting the car; this might do the trick (for a while?).

Sorry if this has been previously mentioned...

I bought my 2003 (53 reg) Fiat Punto 1.2 8v two weeks ago, it was cheap as the PAS light was on, and the previous owner didn't want the hassle of fixing it as they had another car.

The PAS would work absolutely fine, until suddenly I would lose the power steering and the red light would come on.

After fitting a reconditioned steering column unit (which has the ECU and motor built in) the fault has completely gone!

So I can say that buying a new steering column (cost me £220, and about 5 hours of my time) worked for me

220 squid, you got robbed

I changed 2 relays in the pas motor 14 quid.

Hi,

I bought my sporting version with the power steering unresponsive. The connections inside the EPS was re-soldered and has been working great for 6 months. I think I have physically damaged the power steering today, but please can someone tell me where they think I should look.

I attempted to park in a tight spot as I usually do, but this time it was too tight. I put on city to give me some assistance (which I hardly ever use usually) and my tyre got wedged in the curb. I think I must have pulled on the steering wheel too hard whilst it was wedged and now my power steering has stopped working.

All fuses are in order, the soldering is still in place, I have recently topped up the distilled fluid in my battery, I cant find any loose cables near the EPS under the steering wheel. I am considering buying a new power steering unit. But before I do, I am wondering if anybody has any other ideas?

Thank you

Btw, I have bought code reading wires and software but I cant get them to work, so I wont be able to do this.

its either your pas motor, pas ecu or pas sensor, usually its the motor that fails, next its ecu and rarely its the sensor

Thanks for your reply, I ended up buying a new ELECTRONIC STEERING ECU & MOTOR and only replaced the motor which solved the problem

However, it was used and has stopped working twice since! First time, we had to take the motor out and poking it a bit made it work! Second time, we resoldered all the connections and now its working again..

Is there a mk2 that doesnt experience this power steering failure?! I love my car, but I am starting to get sick of this..

This happen to my 02 fit Punto 1.2 I was driven down a one way road and I was going straight and then the car whent to right side on it own it wouldn't steer it was like it was stuck I didnt know what happens nearly crash it to a pole but there was nothing on dash to say so then a couple week s later I was turning right and the steering lock and steering wheel sing came up on dash omg Is was a night nightmare.But I notice that the steering is heavy when the car not moven or stoped but when u driven it it's not as heavy I was still able to drive it to get fixed it cost me 50 euros for power Streeting motor and 20 euro for the fella to fit it I found him on adverts.ie he charges 50 euro for power street motor its second hand its take about 5 10 to be replace guy did my in lidl car park so I say that's what you need to replace you power steering motor I had my one done and I Havant had a problem with it since but the fella told me not to all ways drive with the power street and meaning city button as that was causes the power steering motor to brake so now I don't use it at all

Over on the Panda Mk 11 forum there is a detailed how to on steering torque sensor replacement. I realise the Punto may have other PAS issues but for those of you needing to replace the torque sensor, it's straightforward. Search under "newbie power steering fix"

Hi there. I have just joined the Fiat Forum to offer some findings on the 'power steering failure' issue. I offered to have a look at a work-mates 2003 Punto with this problem and got lots of useful info from the forum to start me off. I ordered in the relays only to find that it had one of the later relay-less motors. Hmmm.... Interestingly the motor was marked up as a service part - had the job been done previously I wondered? My suspicions were that it was a 'poor connection' issue somewhere in the system - so many electrical problems are it seems!- since the problem was intermittent. The battery was good so I worked through as many connectors as I could get to with contact cleaner and lots of 'jiggling' to break off any corrosion/oxidisation. No joy the steering still cut out after half a mile or so. However I thought it did so with a faint 'click' which suggested a relay to me. On the fuse panel (to the rt of the steering column) was a black, 50A rated relay. I took this out and gently prised off its plastic cover. I cleaned up the contacts with contact cleaner and some newspaper to provide a gentle cleaning action. (I didn't use 'wet and dry' as this would remove the contacts coating to aggressively) then snapped the cover back on. Popped the relay back in and the steering has been fine ever since! If you are not happy opening up a relay then a replacement is probably cheaper than other options and might be worth a shot! Now I admit I am no expert but this free fix might be worth a go before spending lots on replacement parts! My hunch is that the dirty contacts might have been dropping the voltage enough to trip the system out intermittently. To be honest I am not sure that this was the power steering relay since I had no manual to hand – I may have just got lucky. I would be interested to know if it works for anyone else though. Well there it is for what its worth - perhaps it will be of help to someone!!! Steve P

just to offer some insight to anyone attempting a fix, i attempted this for the first time yesterday with successful results. In my case, it was very clear that several solder joints on the back of the circuit board within the motor had become cracked, dull and oxidised. Simply renewing all the joints on the board with some high quality solder completely cured my car's steering issues. If you're having issues definitely have a crack at resoldering it; worst case scenario it won't work and you'll have to buy a new motor anyway!

Word to the wise, the bolt at the rear of the power steering motor is a real bugger to get. By far and away, thats the aspect of this job which stumped me for the longest. In the end, I used a wobble socket. If you have a friend on hand, get them to gently prise the plastic above the bolt away to give you more space to work in