General power steering failed

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General power steering failed

anthep

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Hi all,
i got in my car last night ( 2000 seicento sx 900) and set of then realised the power steering was not fuctioning, the car was driving fine in other respects.The only thing i noticed was a little red light which was on (not sure what this is as i did not get a manual with the car).
i drove the car without the power steering working for about 30 mins. Stopped for about 20 mins got back in the car to drive home and realised the power steering was working again and the red light had gone off.
Has anyone got any idea what could be wrong car ?or had this happen to them...the car has 16k on the clock.
Thanks....
 
Hi all,
i got in my car last night ( 2000 seicento sx 900) and set of then realised the power steering was not fuctioning, the car was driving fine in other respects.The only thing i noticed was a little red light which was on (not sure what this is as i did not get a manual with the car).
i drove the car without the power steering working for about 30 mins. Stopped for about 20 mins got back in the car to drive home and realised the power steering was working again and the red light had gone off.
Has anyone got any idea what could be wrong car ?or had this happen to them...the car has 16k on the clock.
Thanks....

more than likely a bad earth - had the same problem on mine when I bought it - used to lose power steering round sharp left bends! - can't remember which earth had come loose though.

Have a look around in the engine bay (and behind the firewall) and see if there are any random wires not attached to anything, or any that look loose
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Thanks for the replys, i will check fro any bad earths. Have used the car a couple of times today and the power steering seems to be working again...

Anthep
 
if you messed about with steering wheel upon startup you disturbed the electrical PAS startup proceedure. You cant move steering wheel till red steering light goes off. I used to do this all time.

Turning it off and restarting cured it
 
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