My power steering light has started to light up a few times recently (losing power steering) this is corrected by me turning off the ignition and restarting the car, cold this mean a lose connection or is my power steering motor on its way out? If so how much am I looking for and can the motor be just changed without involving the ECU

PuntoMills said:

My power steering light has started to light up a few times recently (losing power steering) this is corrected by me turning off the ignition and restarting the car, cold this mean a lose connection or is my power steering motor on its way out? If so how much am I looking for and can the motor be just changed without involving the ECU

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How old is the current battery?
Have you cleaned the earthing up on the engine bay etc?

I believe you can change just the motor but the codes have to match the ecu's, never having done a swap - i cant tell

Ziggy

first port of call is to check out your battery, this time of year combined with short journeys will take its toll very quickly on your battery.

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I experience simular issues with my steering, had Fiat diagnose and was told it was the torsion sensor in the electric steering, I was quoted £750 for parts and £150 to fit them. I bought a second hand unit from a wrecker and fitted it my self (medium difficult job) fixed for less then £150.

I had to fix my Power Steering sometime last year, it'd work then cut out on full lock or just randomly cut out while driving on a straight road... Which is horrid so I went to a scrappy and brought a second hand motor and fitted it and the problem went away, and to even this day I've not had one Power Steering issue! So if I was you do the same, it's relatively easy to do

Generally speaking if it only happens at full lock, parking, reversing or soon after start it suggests battery. If it happens randomly in a straight line or with light loads applied it suggests motor,torque sensors etc.

PuntoMills said:

My power steering light has started to light up a few times recently (losing power steering) this is corrected by me turning off the ignition and restarting the car, cold this mean a lose connection or is my power steering motor on its way out? If so how much am I looking for and can the motor be just changed without involving the ECU

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you look to have a burnt orange punti of about x reg?
its the law at this age the motor packs up
just be aware that another motor from a scrapyard might also be duff and is the reason the car was scrapped
chose carephilly
internet is worse for people selling crap
try someone like the breakers at peterlee in the big industrial estate (north east breakers?) they have supplied some decent bits to me over the years when ive been collecting bluecycle cars